langs: 6 февраля [ru] / february 6 [en] / 6. februar [de] / 6 février [fr] / 6 febbraio [it] / 6 de febrero [es]
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Pompeo Marchesi ( Italian pronunciation: [pomˈpɛːo marˈkeːzi; -eːsi ] ; 7 August 1783, in Saltrio , near Milan – 6 February 1858, in Milan) was a Lombard sculptor of the neoclassical school. Italian sculptor Monument to Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor , Hofburg Palace (Vienna, 1846) Monument to Ces
Valeska Röver (6 February 1849 – 31 March 1931) was a German painter. Röver started an art school for women in her home town of Hamburg. German painter Valeska Röver Born 6 February 1849 Hamburg Died 31 March 1931 Nationality Germany
Richard Horace Bassett (February 21, 1900 – February 6, 1995) was an American impressionist and was the founder and head of the Milton Academy Art Department in Milton, Massachusetts from 1945 to 1965. He studied extensively in Europe and in the United States and had several one man and group shows
Howard Jarvis (6 February 1903 – 28 June 1964) was a British painter . His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics . [1] British painter Howard Jarvis Born ( 1903-02-06 ) 6 February 1903 Liverpool , England Died 28 June 1964 (1964-06-28) (aged 61) Lis
Piero Manzoni di Chiosca e Poggiolo , better known as Piero Manzoni (July 13, 1933 – February 6, 1963) was an Italian artist best known for his ironic approach to avant-garde art. Often compared to the work of Yves Klein , his own work anticipated, and directly influenced, the work of a generation o
Edward Dickson Reeder (6 February 1912 – 8 May 1970) was an American artist and member of the Fort Worth Circle . [1] American painter Edward Dickson Reeder Born ( 1912-02-06 ) February 6, 1912 Fort Worth , Texas U.S. Died May 8, 1970 (1970-05-08) (aged 58) Fort Worth , Texas U.S. Nationality Amer
George Henry Bogert (February 6, 1864 – December 13, 1944) was an American landscape painter . American painter George Henry Bogert Born ( 1864-02-06 ) February 6, 1864 New York City Died December 13, 1944 (1944-12-13) (aged 80) New York City Nationality American Education National Academy of Desi
#8 Chaz Guest
Chaz Guest (born May 2, 1961 [1] in Niagara Falls, New York [2] ) is an American artist who works in the mediums of painting and sculpting. He is described by the Huffington Post as "an American artist of profound inventiveness." [3] American painter and sculptor (born 1961) Chaz Guest Chaz Guest in
Mary Hortense Webster (1881–1965) was an American sculptor. British artist Mary Hortense Webster Born 1881 Died 1965 (aged 83 – 84) Nationality American Alma mater Art Academy of Cincinnati Known for Sculpture
#10 Alexander Evgenievich Ponomarev
Alexander Ponomarev (born 1957, Dnipropetrovsk , Ukrainian SSR ) is a multidisciplinary contemporary visual artist. He was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture "for merits in literature and art" in 2008. Russian painter This biography of a living person needs a
#11 Othon Friesz
Achille-Émile Othon Friesz (6 February 1879 – 10 January 1949), who later called himself Othon Friesz , a native of Le Havre , was a French artist of the Fauvist movement. French artist (1879–1949) Othon Friesz Photograph from c. 1930 Born ( 1879-02-06 ) 6 February 1879 Died 10 January 1949 (1949-
#12 Asu Dev
Asu Dev (আশু দেব) born as Ashutosh Deb (13 December 1917 - 6 February 1983) . Asu Dev was born in Dhubri, Assam India . Asu Dev [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] was a pioneer artist of Assam. He was a painter, sculptor and an Art Educator. During his lifetime he had worked as a Textile Designer in several Cotton
#13 Roxy Paine
Roxy Paine (born 1966, [1] New York City ) is an American painter and sculptor widely known for his installations that often convey elements of conflict between the natural world and the artificial plains man creates. He was educated at both the College of Santa Fe (now Santa Fe University of Art an
#14 Friedrich Wilhelm Mengelberg
Friedrich Wilhelm Mengelberg (1837–1919) was a German-Dutch sculptor, architect of church interiors, and art collector. [1] His work promoted the Gothic Revival architectural-style in churches throughout Germany and the Netherlands. [1] The Mengelberg family has a long history of various artists and
Thomas Bowman Garvie (6 February 1859 – 5 January 1944) was a Northumbrian artist whose portraits include Thomas Burt , Lord Percy, Lord Armstrong , [1] George B Bainbridge, Fred B Fenwick and Sir William and Lady Grey. English painter He was a prolific painter of portraits and landscapes. He studie
Clark Mills (September 1, 1815 – January 12, 1883) was an American sculptor, best known for four versions of an equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson , located in Washington, D.C. with replicas in Nashville, Tennessee , Jacksonville, Florida , and New Orleans , Louisiana . American sculptor Clark Mill
#17 Ronald Bladen
Ronald Bladen (July 13, 1918 – February 3, 1988) was an American painter and sculptor. He is particularly known for his large-scale sculptures. [1] His artistic stance, was influenced by European Constructivism , American Hard-Edge Painting , and sculptors such as Isamu Noguchi and David Smith . [2]
#18 John Hunter Kerr
John Hunter Kerr (1820–1874) was a Scottish-born grazier, amateur photographer and collector of Indigenous artefacts in Victoria , Australia, during the mid-nineteenth century. He was the fourth son of Captain A R. Kerr, R.N., C B, and brother of Vice-Admiral R. Kerr. [2] John Hunter Kerr John Hunte
Zamfir Dumitrescu (15 April 1946 – 6 February 2021) was a Romanian painter. Romanian painter (1946–2021) This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) This article relies largely or entirel
#20 Andy Strangeway
Andy Strangeway (born 1965 in Londesborough , East Riding of Yorkshire ) is a decorator and adventurer from the Yorkshire Wolds . He has landed and slept on all 162 of Scotland's islands of 100 acres (40 hectares) and above. He completed this challenge on 29 August 2007 after landing on Soay, St. Ki
#1 Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art
The Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art is an art museum at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida . It is in the UF Cultural Plaza area in the southwest part of campus. Art Museum in Gainesville, Florida Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art Established 1990 Location University of Florida Gainesville, F
Norwich Castle is a medieval royal fortification in the city of Norwich , in the English county of Norfolk . William the Conqueror (1066–1087) ordered its construction in the aftermath of the Norman conquest of England . The castle was used as a gaol from 1220 to 1887. In 1894 the Norwich Museum mov
The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum is dedicated to the artistic legacy of Georgia O'Keeffe , her life, American modernism , and public engagement. It opened on July 17, 1997, eleven years after the artist's death. It comprises multiple sites in two locations: Santa Fe , New Mexico , and Abiquiu , New Mexic
The National Museum in New Delhi , also known as the National Museum of India , is one of the largest museums in India . Established in 1949, it holds a variety of articles ranging from pre-historic era to modern works of art. It functions under the Ministry of Culture , Government of India . The mu
The Bucerius Kunst Forum is an international exhibition centre in Hamburg , Germany, founded in 2002 through the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius foundation. It is named after Gerd Bucerius and his wife, and located directly beside the Hamburg Rathaus . The exhibition centre shows 3 - 4 exhibi
#6 Bondi Beach Cultural Landscape
The Bondi Beach Cultural Landscape is a heritage-listed former Turkish baths , pavilion with dressing cubicles, dining rooms, sunbaking , shops and ballroom and now art gallery, pavilion, theatre and open air cinema located at Queen Elizabeth Drive, Bondi Beach , Waverley Municipality , Sydney , New
The Willard Gallery was a contemporary art gallery operating in New York City from 1940 until 1987. It was founded by Marian Willard Johnson. [1]
#8 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is an art museum beside the National Mall , in Washington, D.C. , the United States . The museum was initially endowed during the 1960s with the permanent art collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn . It was designed by architect Gordon Bunshaft and is part of the
The Albert Hall Museum in Jaipur is the oldest museum of the state and functions as the state museum of Rajasthan , India. The building is situated in Ram Niwas garden outside the city wall opposite New gate and is a fine example of Indo-Saracenic architecture . It is also called the Government Cent
#10 The Art of This Century gallery
The Art of This Century gallery was opened by Peggy Guggenheim at 30 West 57th Street in Manhattan , New York City on October 20, 1942. The gallery occupied two commercial spaces on the seventh floor of a building that was part of the midtown arts district including the Museum of Modern Art , the Mu
#11 Koffler Centre of the Arts
The Koffler Centre of the Arts is a broad-based cultural institution established in 1977 by Murray and Marvelle Koffler and based at Artscape Youngplace in the West Queen West area of downtown Toronto , Ontario . [1] Koffler Centre of the Arts Location of the Koffler in Toronto Established 1977 Loca
The National Palace Museum , [note 1] located in Taipei , Taiwan , has a permanent collection of nearly 700,000 pieces of Chinese artifacts and artworks, making it one of the largest of its type in the world. The collection encompasses items spanning 8,000 years of Chinese history from the neolithic
#13 Bangabandhu Memorial Museum
Bangabandhu Memorial Museum [lower-alpha 1] , also known as Bangabandhu Bhaban or simply as Dhanmondi 32 was the personal residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman alias Bangabandhu, the founding father and president of Bangladesh. [1] Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated with most members of his family
The Pinacothèque de Paris ( French: [pinakɔtɛk də paʁi] ) was an art gallery in Paris , France , with exhibition space for temporary exhibitions of artworks. [1] It was owned and run by Modigliani enthusiast Marc Restellini . [2] It closed in 15 February 2016 after going into receivership in Novem
#15 Canadian Centre for Architecture
The Canadian Centre for Architecture ( CCA ; French : Centre Canadien d'Architecture ) is a museum of architecture and research centre in Montreal , Quebec , Canada. It is located at 1920 Baile Street, between Fort Street and Saint-Marc Street in what was once part of the Golden Square Mile . Today,
#16 I.d.e.a. Museum
The i.d.e.a. Museum (formerly the Arizona Museum for Youth ) is a museum designed for exhibiting, teaching, and interacting with the fine arts . It changed its name on February 6, 2014, to i.d.e.a., which stands for "imagination, design, experience, art." The i.d.e.a. Museum is primarily designed fo
The Nasher Museum of Art (previously the Duke University Museum of Art ) is the art museum of Duke University , and is located on Duke's campus in Durham, North Carolina , United States. The Nasher, along with Dartmouth's Hood Museum of Art and Princeton's Art Museum , has been recognized as a place
#18 Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo de Santander y Cantabria
The Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo de Santander y Cantabria (also known as MAS ) is an art museum in Santander, Spain . Today the museum specializes in modern and contemporary art. Spanish museum of contemporary art MAS – Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo de Santander y Cantabria Establis
#19 Grohmann Museum
The Grohmann Museum , at the Milwaukee School of Engineering , houses an art collection dedicated to the evolution of human work. The museum opened on October 27, 2007 and is located at 1000 N. Broadway, Milwaukee , Wisconsin , United States. [ citation needed ] It is next to the German-English Acad
#20 C-Pop (gallery)
C-Pop Gallery (sometimes stylized as "(C)-Pop" or "©-Pop") was a metro Detroit art gallery that operated from 1996 to 2009. Image of the rear outside wall of the former site of C-Pop Gallery at 4160 Woodward, Detroit, Michigan as of April 20, 2016
Fountain of Time , or simply Time , is a sculpture by Lorado Taft , measuring 126 feet 10 inches (38.66 m) in length, situated at the western edge of the Midway Plaisance within Washington Park in Chicago , Illinois, in the United States. [1] The sculpture is inspired by Henry Austin Dobson 's
#2 Self-Portrait (Inn of the Dawn Horse)
Self-Portrait (Inn of the Dawn Horse) is a painting executed by artist Leonora Carrington and is currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art . [1] [2] [3] She began the painting in London in 1937 and completed it in Paris in 1938. [4] It is one of her most recognized works and has
The Scrovegni Chapel ( Italian : Cappella degli Scrovegni [kapˈpɛlla deʎʎi skroˈveɲɲi] ), also known as the Arena Chapel , is a small church, adjacent to the Augustinian monastery, the Monastero degli Eremitani in Padua , region of Veneto , Italy . The chapel and monastery are now part of the comple
#4 Along the River During the Qingming Festival
Along the River During the Qingming Festival ( Qingming Shanghe Tu ) is a handscroll painting by the Song dynasty painter Zhang Zeduan (1085–1145). It captures the daily life of people and the landscape of the capital, Bianjing (present-day Kaifeng ) during the Northern Song . The theme is often sai
#5 Portrait of John C. Calhoun
Portrait of John C. Calhoun is a circa 1858 oil on canvas portrait painting by Henry F. Darby, now in United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. It is one of the paintings that possibly suffered damage from tear gas and pepper spray during the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol . [1] Portrait
#6 Naked Woman Climbing a Staircase
Naked Woman Climbing a Staircase (originally in French Femme nue montant l'escalier ) is a drawing done with pencil and charcoal on card made by Joan Miró in 1937. It is part of the permanent collection of the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona. [1] Naked Woman Climbing a Staircase French: Femme nue mo
#7 First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln
First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln is an 1864 oil-on-canvas painting by Francis Bicknell Carpenter . In the painting, Carpenter depicts Abraham Lincoln , the 16th President of the United States , and his Cabinet members reading over the Emancipation Proclamation , wh
Emperor Haute Couture is the name of a 2011 Canadian oil-on-canvas painting depicting Stephen Joseph Harper PC MP who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada from 6 February 2006, to 4 November 2015. 2011 painting by Margaret Sutherland Emperor Haute Couture Artist Margaret Sutherland Year 2011
Man on a Balcony (also known as Portrait of Dr. Théo Morinaud and ' L'Homme au balcon ), is a large oil painting created in 1912 by the French artist, theorist and writer Albert Gleizes (1881–1953). The painting was exhibited in Paris at the Salon d'Automne of 1912 (no. 689). The Cubist contribution
#10 Parade de cirque
Parade de cirque (English: Circus Sideshow ) is an 1887-88 Neo-Impressionist painting by Georges Seurat . It was first exhibited at the 1888 Salon de la Société des Artistes Indépendants (titled Parade de cirque , cat. no. 614) in Paris, where it became one of Seurat's least admired works. Parade de
Guernica ( Spanish: [ɡeɾˈnika] ; Basque: [ɡernika] ) is a large 1937 oil painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso . [1] [2] It is one of his best-known works, regarded by many art critics as the most moving and powerful anti-war painting in history. [3] Guernica is exhibited in the Museo Reina S
The exhibition Battle of the Sexes – Franz von Stuck to Frida Kahlo ( Geschlechterkampf – Franz von Stuck bis Frida Kahlo ) was held from 24 November 2016 to 19 March 2017 at the Städel-Museum in Frankfurt am Main. 140 paintings, films and sculptures reflected the change in gender roles and the perc
Edward F. Sorin is an outdoor sculpture by Italian sculptor Ernesto Biondi (January 30, 1855 – 1917). It is located on the campus of the University of Notre Dame near South Bend, Indiana . The eight foot tall statue depicting the founder of Notre Dame is placed on the main quadrangle of the Universi
War and Peace ( Portuguese : Guerra e Paz ) are two paintings made by Brazilian painter Candido Portinari between 1952 and 1956. [1] They are 14.32 metres (47.0 ft) tall and 10.66 metres (35.0 ft) large each. They were painted for permanent exhibition in the United Nations General Assembly Build
#15 Men of Destiny
Men of Destiny is a painting by Irish artist Jack Butler Yeats , painted in 1946. An oil artwork on canvas, the modernist piece is noted for the strength and vibrancy of its colour palette and is considered to rank amongst Yeats' best work. [1] [2] [3] [4] The painting is on permanent display at the
#16 Babe's Dream
Babe's Dream is a 1995 bronze statue of Babe Ruth , by Susan Luery. [1] It is located at West Camden Street and South Eutaw Street, at Oriole Park at Camden Yards , Baltimore . [2] Statue of Babe Ruth in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. Babe's Dream Artist Susan Luery Year 1995 Medium Bronze Dimensions 490
Edmond Du Sommerard (27 April 1817, Paris - 6 February 1885, Paris) was a French museum conservator . Edmond Du Sommerard; photograph by Étienne Carjat
#2 Élie Faure
Jacques Élie Faure (April 4, 1873 in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande , France – October 29, 1937 in Paris) was a French doctor, art historian and essayist . This article is a rough translation from French . It may have been generated by a computer or by a translator without dual proficiency. French art histori
Beatriz Ramírez de la Fuente (6 February 1929, in Mexico City – 20 June 2005, in Mexico City) was a Mexican art historian, notable for her work on pre-Hispanic art in America. In 1998, she was elected a member of the Academia Mexicana de la Historia . [1] Memorial bust of Beatriz Ramírez De la Fuent
Sharada Dwivedi (शारदा द्विवेदी),( c. 1942 – 6 February 2012) was an Indian author, historian and researcher. She wrote several books on the history and culture of both India and Mumbai (formerly Bombay). [1] She was on the panel on the Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee . [2] Among her most fam
#5 Werner Bornheim gen. Schilling
Werner Franz Josef Wilhelm Detlev Bornheim gen. Schilling (6 February 1915 – 29 October 1992) was a German art historian and historic preservationist . From its establishment in 1946 until 1980, he headed the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate and the administration of th
#6 Kim Levin
Kim Levin is an American art critic and writer. Levin was a regular contributor to The Village Voice from 1982 to 2006. Since 2007 she has been contributing regularly to ARTnews . American art critic and writer Kim Levin Education Vassar College, Columbia University, New York University Occupation A
Heinz-Klaus Metzger (6 February 1932 – 25 October 2009) was a German music critic and theorist . German music critic and theorist This article needs additional citations for verification . ( May 2022 ) Born in Konstanz , Metzger studied piano under Carl Seemann in Freiburg im Breisgau and compositio
#8 John Richardson (art historian)
Sir John Patrick Richardson , KBE , FBA (6 February 1924 – 12 March 2019) was a British art historian and biographer of Pablo Picasso . Richardson also worked as an industrial designer and as a reviewer for The New Observer . American art historian (1924–2019) For other people with the same name, se
Sarah Cook is a Scotland-based Canadian scholar. She is well known as a historian and curator in the field of New Media art . Cook was a Research Fellow at the University of Sunderland , where she worked with the research institute CRUMB – Curatorial Resource for Upstart Media Bliss, that she co-fou
#10 Émile Bellier de la Chavignerie
Émile Bellier de la Chavignerie (6 December 1821, Chartres – 6 February 1871, Saint-Malo ) was a French art historian. French art historian and journalist (1821–1871) This article on a notable topic needs additional citations for verification . An editor has performed a search and found that suffici
#11 Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Baronet
Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Baronet MP KT , of Pollok FRSE DCL LLD (8 March 1818 – 15 January 1878), was a Scottish historical writer, art historian and politician . 19th-century Scottish writer and politician Sir William Stirling-Maxwell Bt MP KT FRSE DCL Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, c. 18
#12 Stephen Bann
Stephen Bann CBE , FBA (born 1 August 1942 in Manchester , England) is the Emeritus Professor of History of Art at the University of Bristol . [1] He attended Winchester College and King's College, Cambridge , attaining his PhD in 1967. This article relies largely or entirely on a single source . (
Dorothy Canning Miller (February 6, 1904 – July 11, 2003) was an American art curator and one of the most influential people in American modern art for more than half of the 20th century. [1] The first professionally trained curator at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), [2] she was one of the very few
#14 Maurice Bardèche
Maurice Bardèche (1 October 1907 – 30 July 1998) was a French art critic and journalist , better known as one of the leading exponents of neo-fascism in post– World War II Europe. Bardèche was also the brother-in-law of the collaborationist novelist, poet and journalist Robert Brasillach , executed
#15 Alfred Woltmann
Alfred Woltmann (18 May 1841 – 6 February 1880) was a German art historian. He was born at Charlottenburg , studied at Berlin and Munich , and was appointed professor of art history successively at the Karlsruhe Polytechnicum (1868) and at the universities of Prague (1874) and Strasbourg (1878). Con
#16 Timothy Potts
Dr. Timothy Potts is an Australian art historian , archaeologist , and museum director . He became the director of the J. Paul Getty Museum on 1 September 2012. [1] Dr. Timothy Potts Director of the J. Paul Getty Museum Incumbent Assumed office 1 September 2012 Preceded by James Cuno (acting) Direct
#17 Philippe Burty
Philippe Burty (6 February 1830 – 3 June 1890) was a French art critic. He contributed to the popularization of Japonism and the etching revival , supported the Impressionists , and published the letters of Eugène Delacroix . Philippe Burty , Étienne Carjat , 1873 Portrait de Philippe Burty , Carolu
Arpad Weixlgärtner (6 April 1872 – 2 February 1961) was an Austrian art historian . Austrian art historian Arpad Weixlgärtner Born ( 1872-02-06 ) 6 February 1872 Vienna , Austro-Hungarian Empire Died 2 February 1961 (1961-02-02) (aged 88) Gothenburg , Sweden Nationality Austrian Education Universi
#19 Adrian Maniu
Adrian Maniu (February 6, 1891 – April 20, 1968) was a Romanian poet, prose writer, playwright, essayist, and translator. Photo of Adrian Maniu, published in 1970 Born in Bucharest , his father Grigore, a native of Lugoj , was a jurist and professor of commercial law at the University of Bucharest ;
#20 Johannes Wilde
Johannes Wilde CBE (2 July 1891 – 13 September 1970) was a Hungarian art historian and teacher of art history. He later became an Austrian, and then a British, citizen. He was a noted expert on the drawings of Michelangelo . Wilde was a pioneer of the use of X-rays as a tool for the study of both th
#1 Confederate Memorial (Arlington National Cemetery)
The Confederate Memorial is a memorial in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia , in the United States, that commemorates members of the armed forces of the Confederate States of America who died during the American Civil War . Authorized in March 1906, former Confederate soldier
The Arthur Ashe Monument is a bronze sculpture by Paul DiPasquale installed along Richmond, Virginia 's Monument Avenue . The statue depicts tennis player Arthur Ashe , who was born and raised in Richmond. Monument in Richmond, Virginia, U.S. Arthur Ashe Monument The monument in 2015 Artist Paul DiP
Stolpersteine is the German name for small, cobblestone-sized memorials placed around Europe by the German artist Gunter Demnig . They commemorate the victims of Nazi Germany who were murdered, deported, exiled or driven to suicide. The first Stolpersteine in Milan , the capital of the Italian regio
#4 Confederate Monument (Liberty, Mississippi)
The Confederate Monument in Liberty , Mississippi , United States is a monument dedicated to Confederate soldiers from Amite County, Mississippi who died in the American Civil War . Dedicated in 1871, it is the first Confederate monument to be erected in Mississippi and one of the earliest such monu
#5 Statue of Thomas Jefferson (David d'Angers)
A statue of American Founding Father and U.S. President Thomas Jefferson by the French sculptor David d'Angers stands in the Capitol rotunda of the U.S. Congress . The painted plaster model also stood in the chambers of the New York City Council . Statue in the U.S. Capitol, with a plaster version f
John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was a statesman and politician from Abbeville , South Carolina . Calhoun served within several positions inside state and federal governments. He is most notably remembered for his tenure as vice president from 1825 to 1832, serving under both
#7 Statue of Henry Irving, London
The statue of Henry Irving is located on the grounds of the National Portrait Gallery along Charing Cross Road in London , United Kingdom. [1] It was erected on 12 May 1910 by English actors and actresses and others related to British theatre in a campaign organized by the Irving Memorial Committee.
30th Street Station , officially William H. Gray III 30th Street Station , is a major intermodal transit station in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . It is metropolitan Philadelphia 's main railroad station and a major stop on Amtrak 's Northeast and Keystone corridors. Railway station in Philadelphia,
Leonardo's Horse (also known as the Sforza Horse or the Gran Cavallo ("Great Horse") ) is a project for a bronze sculpture that was commissioned from Leonardo da Vinci in 1482 by the Duke of Milan Ludovico il Moro , but never completed. It was intended to be the largest equestrian statue in the worl
The Sapporo Snow Festival ( さっぽろ雪まつり , Sapporo Yuki-matsuri ) is a festival held annually in Sapporo , Japan, over seven days in February. Odori Park , Susukino , and Tsudome are the main sites of the festival. Annual festival in Sapporo, Japan This article relies too much on references to primary s
For the Love of God is a sculpture by artist Damien Hirst produced in 2007. It consists of a platinum cast of an 18th-century human skull encrusted with 8,601 flawless diamonds, including a pear-shaped pink diamond located in the forehead that is known as the Skull Star Diamond. [1] The skull's teet
#12 Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials
Since the 1960s, many municipalities in the United States have removed monuments and memorials on public property dedicated to the Confederate States of America (CSA; the Confederacy), and some, such as Silent Sam in North Carolina, have been torn down by protestors. Efforts to remove Confederate me
Stolpersteine is the German name for small, cobble stone-sized memorials installed all over Europe by German artist Gunter Demnig . They remember the fate of the victims of Nazi Germany being murdered, deported, exiled or driven to suicide. The first Stolperstein in Genoa , the capital of the Italia
#14 Statue of Paul Bunyan (Portland, Oregon)
Paul Bunyan Statue is a 31-foot-tall (9.4 m) concrete and metal sculpture of mythical logger Paul Bunyan in the Kenton neighborhood of Portland, Oregon , United States. It was built in 1959 to commemorate the centennial of Oregon's statehood during the Centennial Exposition and International Trade
#15 Robert E. Lee Monument (Charlottesville, Virginia)
The Robert E. Lee Monument was an outdoor bronze equestrian statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee and his horse Traveller located in Charlottesville, Virginia 's Market Street Park (formerly Emancipation Park, and before that Lee Park) in the Charlottesville and Albemarle County Courthouse His
#16 Lorenz von Bibra
Lorenz von Bibra , Duke in Franconia (1459, Mellrichstadt – 6 February 1519, Würzburg ) was Prince-Bishop of the Bishopric of Würzburg from 1495 to 1519. His life paralleled that of Maximilian I (1459–1519), who ruled the Holy Roman Empire from 1493 to 1519, whom Lorenz served as an advisor. Lorenz
#17 Statue of Emmeline Pankhurst
The statue of Emmeline Pankhurst (officially called Rise Up Women [1] ) is a bronze sculpture in St Peter's Square, Manchester , depicting Emmeline Pankhurst , a British political activist and leader of the suffragette movement in the United Kingdom. Hazel Reeves sculpted the figure [2] and designed