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Virgilio Guidi (April 4, 1891 – January 7, 1984) was an Italian artist and writer. Italian artist (1891–1984) Virgilio Guidi photographed by Paolo Monti , 1952 He was born in Rome into an artistic family. His father was a sculptor. [1] Guidi received his early training at the Scuola Libera di Pitt
Robert Franklin Gates (1906–1982) was an American muralist, painter, printmaker, and art professor. He was a professor at American University , between 1946 until 1975. [1] In the 1930s, Gates was one of hundreds of artists who benefitted from the Treasury Department Section of Fine Arts 's distribu
Georgy Bogdanovich Yakulov , (Armenian Յակուլյան Գևորգ Բոգդանի Georges Yakulov (January 2 (14), 1884, Tiflis — December 28, 1928, Yerevan ) - Russian and soviet artist of Armenian origin, painter , graphic artist , decorator, set designer , art theorist . Close to the circle of avant-garde innovator
#4 Thomas Henry (patron of the arts)
Bon-Thomas Henry (1766 in Cherbourg , France – 1836 in Cherbourg) was a French painter and patron of the arts. This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . ( July 2021 ) Thomas Henry Bust of Thomas
#5 La Meri
La Meri (Russell Meriwether Hughes, 5/13 /1898 – 1/7/1988) was an American ethnic dancer , choreographer , teacher , poet , anthropologist and scholar . [1] La Meri Born Russell Meriwether Hughes, Jr. May 13, 1898 Louisville, Kentucky Died January 7, 1988 San Antonio, Texas Alma mater Kentucky Hom
Charles Sheeler (July 16, 1883 – May 7, 1965) was an American artist known for his Precisionist paintings, commercial photography , and the avant-garde film, Manhatta , which he made in collaboration with Paul Strand . Sheeler is recognized as one of the early adopters of modernism in American art .
Gladstone Eyre (11 June 1862 – 2 May 1933) was an Australian portrait artist and landscape painter around Sydney , New South Wales and Launceston, Tasmania in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [1] Australian artist Gladstone Eyre Born William James Gladstone Eyre ( 1862-06-11 ) 11 June 1862 Me
Ambroz Janez Testen ( Loka pri Mengšu , 31 August 1897 - Zadar , 7 January 1984) was franciscan and croatian expressionistic painter of slovenian descent. [3] Ambroz Janez Tasten Born 31 August 1897 Loka pri Mengšu , Kamnik , Slovenia Died 7 January 1984 Zadar , Croatia Nationality Slovene Notable w
#9 Josef Grassi
Josef Grassi (22 April 1757 – 7 January 1838) was an Austrian portrait and history painter. His middle name is usually given as " Maria ", although there is evidence that it was actually " Mathias ". [1] He is also called " Giuseppe Grassi ". Austrian painter Self-portrait (after 1800) Grand Duchess
#10 Ann Mary Newton
Ann Mary Newton (née Severn; 29 June 1832 – 2 January 1866) was an English painter. She specialized in portraits of children and worked in crayon, chalk, pastel and watercolour. Newton studied in England under George Richmond and in Paris under Ary Scheffer . Her works were exhibited at the Royal Ac
#11 Joni Mitchell
Roberta Joan " Joni " Mitchell CC ( née Anderson ; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter and painter. Drawing from folk , pop, rock, classical, and jazz , Mitchell's songs often reflect on social and philosophical ideals as well as her feelings about romance, womanhood, dis
#12 Maria Wodzińska
Maria Wodzińska , primo voto Skarbkowa , secundo voto Orpiszewska (7 January 1819 – 7 December 1896), was a Polish artist who was once engaged to composer Frédéric Chopin . Maria Wodzińska Wodzińska, by Stanisław Marszałkiewicz , 1840 Born January 7, 1819 Died December 7, 1896 (1896-12-07) (aged 7
Gustave Louis Jaulmes (14 April 1873 – 7 January 1959) was an eclectic French artist who followed the neoclassical trend in the Art Deco movement. He created monumental frescoes, paintings, posters, illustrations, cartoons for tapestries and carpets and decorations for objects such as enamels, sets
#14 Frank Collymore
Frank Appleton Collymore MBE (7 January 1893 – 17 July 1980) was a Barbadian literary editor , writer, poet, stage performer and painter. His nickname was "Barbadian Man of the Arts". He also taught for 50 years at Combermere School , where he sought out and encouraged prospective writers in his cla
#15 Theodore Odza
Theodore "Ted" Odza (1915–1998) was an American artist, curator, and educator, known for his sculptures and abstract paintings. He taught art classes at University of California, Berkeley , and later served as the chair of the art department of Laney College . [1] Additionally he curated multiple na
#16 Pascale Obolo
Pascale Obolo (born 7 January 1967) is a Cameroonian film director and artist. Pascale Obolo Born ( 1967-01-07 ) January 7, 1967 (age 55) Nationality Cameroonian Occupation Film director artist A graduate of the Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma Français in Paris University of Paris VIII she is noted
#17 Mira Schendel
Mira Schendel (June 7, 1919 – July 24, 1988) was a Brazilian contemporary artist of the 20th century. She made numerous drawings on rice paper , but was also active as a painter, a poet, and a sculptor. Her work drew upon the art of language and poetry, and what appears to have driven her was the ab
#18 Tinkebell
Katinka Simonse (born 10 June 1979), professionally known as Tinkebell , is a Dutch artist who engages with issues around animals and how people treat them. Not to be confused with Tinker Bell . Tinkebell Tinkebell at TEDxAmsterdam in 2012 Born Katinka Simonse ( 1979-06-10 ) June 10, 1979 (age 43)
Victor Mikhailovich Oreshnikov ( Russian : Виктор Михайлович Орешников ) (January 7 ( O.S. January 20), 1904, Perm – March 15, 1987, Leningrad ) was a Soviet Russian painter, People's Artist of the USSR , active member of the Soviet Academy of Arts (1954–1987), Stalin Prize winner, rector of Repin I
#20 Nelly Bodenheim
Nelly Bodenheim or Johanna Cornelia Hermana Van Bodenheim (27 May 1874 – 7 January 1951) was a Dutch illustrator known for her silhouettes. [1] Dutch illustrator Nelly Bodenheim Portrait of Nelly Bodenheim, by Thérèse Schwartze , 1905 Born ( 1874-05-27 ) 27 May 1874 Amsterdam Died 7 January 1951 (19
The New Bedford Whaling Museum is a museum in New Bedford, Massachusetts , United States that focuses on the history, science, art, and culture of the international whaling industry, and the "Old Dartmouth" region (now the city of New Bedford and towns of Acushnet , Dartmouth , Fairhaven , and Westp
#2 Second Bank of the United States
The Second Bank of the United States was the second federally authorized Hamiltonian national bank in the United States. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , it was chartered from February 1816 to January 1836. [1] The Bank's formal name, according to section 9 of its charter as passed by Congres
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]
#4 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts , which houses significant examples of European , Asian , and American art . Its collection includes paintings, sculpture, tapestries, and decorative arts. It was founded by Isabella Stewart Gardner , whose will called for
The New Gallery (TNG) is a non-commercial artist-run centre that presents and promotes contemporary art in Calgary , Alberta, Canada. The New Gallery Entrance TNG is a not-for-profit arts organization and does not sell art. Instead, it provides a venue for artists producing new work that may be expe
#6 Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) is a center for advanced scholarly research and graduate education at New York University . ISAW's mission is to cultivate comparative, connective investigations of the ancient world from the western Mediterranean to China . [1] Areas of specia
#7 Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West
Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West is located in Old Town Scottsdale, Arizona on the former site of the Loloma Transit Station (N Marshall Way and E 1st St), and opened in January 2015. The two-story, 43,000-square-foot museum features the art, culture and history of 19 states in the Am
Taliesin ( / ˌ t æ l i ˈ ɛ s ɪ n / ), sometimes known as Taliesin East , Taliesin Spring Green , or Taliesin North after 1937, was the estate of Welsh American architect Frank Lloyd Wright . An extended exemplar of the Prairie School of architecture, it is located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of the v
#9 North Carolina Museum of Art
The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) is an art museum in Raleigh, North Carolina . It opened in 1956 as the first major museum collection in the country to be formed by state legislation and funding. [1] Since the initial 1947 appropriation that established its collection, the Museum has continue
#10 Aga Khan Museum
The Aga Khan Museum ( French : Musée Aga Khan ) is a museum of Islamic art , Iranian (Persian) art and Muslim culture located at 77 Wynford Drive in the North York district of Toronto , Ontario , Canada. [1] The museum is dedicated to Islamic art and objects, and it houses approximately 1,200 rare o
#11 Tate St Ives
Tate St Ives is an art gallery in St Ives , Cornwall , England, exhibiting work by modern British artists with links to the St Ives area. The Tate also took over management of another museum in the town, the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden , in 1980. Modern art gallery in St Ives, Cornw
The John J. Glessner House , operated as the Glessner House , is an architecturally important 19th-century residence located at 1800 S. Prairie Avenue , Chicago, Illinois . Built during the Gilded Age , it was designed in 1885–1886 by architect Henry Hobson Richardson and completed in late 1887. The
David Zwirner Gallery is an American contemporary art gallery owned by David Zwirner . It has four gallery spaces in New York City and one each in London, Hong Kong, and Paris. [1] David Zwirner Gallery Formation 1993 Type Art gallery Location 525 & 533 West 19th Street, New York 537 West 20th Stree
#14 Decima Gallery
Decima Gallery (also Decima Projects , Decima International Arts or Decima ) is a London-based arts projects organisation with a reputation for irreverent projects. [1] It is owned and managed by David West, [1] [2] [3] [4] Alex Chappel, [1] [2] [4] [5] Larry McGinity [5] and Mark Reeves. [4] [5] A
The Owl House is a museum in Nieu-Bethesda , Eastern Cape , South Africa . The owner, Helen Martins, turned her house and the area around it into a visionary environment , elaborately decorated with ground glass and containing more than 300 statues including owls , camels , peacocks , pyramids , and
The Detroit Institute of Arts ( DIA ), located in Midtown Detroit , Michigan , has one of the largest and most significant art collections in the United States. With over 100 galleries, it covers 658,000 square feet (61,100 m 2 ) [2] [3] with a major renovation and expansion project completed in 2
The Muscarelle Museum of Art is a university museum affiliated with the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia . While the Museum only dates to 1983, the university art collection has been in existence since its first gift – a portrait of the physicist Robert Boyle – in 1732. Most early
Opened in 2003, the Nasher Sculpture Center is a museum in Dallas , Texas , that houses the Patsy and Raymond Nasher collection of modern and contemporary sculpture. It is located on a 2.4-acre (9,700 m 2 ) site adjacent to the Dallas Museum of Art in the Dallas Arts District . Museum in Dallas, U
#19 New Museum
The New Museum of Contemporary Art , founded in 1977 by Marcia Tucker , is a museum in New York City at 235 Bowery , on Manhattan 's Lower East Side . Museum in New York City "The New Museum" redirects here. For the museum in Sweden, see The New Museum (Sweden) . For the museum in Berlin, see Neues
The Hyde Park Art Center (HPAC) is a visual arts organization and the oldest alternative exhibition space in the city of Chicago. Since 2006, HPAC has been located just north of Hyde Park Boulevard, at 5020 S.Cornell Avenue, in the Kenwood neighborhood of Chicago , Illinois . Hyde Park Art Center Es
Anne and Jehanne is an 1894 signed oil on canvas painting by Laura Leroux-Revault, a French painter from the Lorraine region. It is now in the musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy , whose collections it entered on 7 January 1896 as a state deposit. First exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1894, it is signed b
Napoleon at Austerlitz is a painting by Robert Braun and Michael Russell on a theatre drop curtain at the Brown Grand Theatre in Concordia, Kansas . It is a reproduction of a Horace Vernet painting and actually depicts the Battle of Wagram . [1] [2] Painting by Robert Braun and Michael Russell Napol
Jacob and his twelve sons ( Spanish : Los doce hijos de Jacob ) is a series of thirteen paintings by Spanish artist Francisco de Zurbarán . Jacob by Zurbarán The series of life-size portraits was painted between 1641 and 1658. [1] Twelve of the thirteen paintings are in Auckland Castle , Bishop Auck
The Lansdowne portrait is an iconic life-size portrait of George Washington painted by Gilbert Stuart in 1796. It depicts the 64-year-old President of the United States during his final year in office. The portrait was a gift to former British Prime Minister William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne
#5 Ecce homo
Ecce homo ( / ˈ ɛ k s i ˈ h oʊ m oʊ / , Ecclesiastical Latin : [ˈettʃe ˈomo] , Classical Latin : [ˈɛkkɛ ˈhɔmoː] ; "behold the man") are the Latin words used by Pontius Pilate in the Vulgate translation of the Gospel of John , when he presents a scourged Jesus , bound and crowned with thorns , to
#6 The Flag (O'Keeffe painting)
The Flag is a painting by Georgia O'Keeffe (1918), that represents her anxiety about her brother being sent to fight in Europe during World War I , a war that was particularly controversial and dangerous due to its use of new modern weapons and tactics, like the machine gun , mustard gas , naval min
#7 Statue of Benito Juárez (Washington, D.C.)
Benito Juárez is the title of a work of art by Enrique Alciati , located at the intersection of Virginia Avenue and New Hampshire Avenue in Washington, District of Columbia , United States. The statue is a part of the city's Statues of the Liberators collection and is a tribute to former president o
#8 United Nations Security Council mural
The United Nations Security Council mural is an oil painting by Norwegian artist Per Krohg exhibited at the United Nations in New York City since August 22, 1952. [1] The mural, a 16' x 26' foot long canvas located on the United Nations Security Council 's east wall, features a central image of a ri
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ( The Young Ladies of Avignon , originally titled The Brothel of Avignon ) [2] is a large oil painting created in 1907 by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso . The work, part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art , portrays five nude female prostitutes in a b
The Transfiguration is the last painting by the Italian High Renaissance master Raphael . Cardinal Giulio de Medici – who later became Pope Clement VII (in office: 1523–1534) – commissioned the work, conceived as an altarpiece for Narbonne Cathedral in France; Raphael worked on it in the years prece
#11 The Peacemakers
The Peacemakers is an 1868 painting by George P.A. Healy . It depicts the historic March 27, 1865, strategy session by the Union high command on the steamer River Queen during the final days of the American Civil War . [1] Although he painted it in at least two versions, the largest was destroyed by
#12 Barack Obama "Hope" poster
The Barack Obama "Hope" poster is an image of US president Barack Obama designed by American artist Shepard Fairey . The image was widely described as iconic and came to represent Obama's 2008 presidential campaign . [1] [2] It is a stylized stencil portrait of Obama in solid red, beige and (light a
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
#14 Kidai shōran
Kidai shōran ( 熈代勝覧 ) is a picture scroll depicting the Nihonbashi area of Edo . It was painted in 1805 by an unknown artist. Its dimensions are 43.7 × 1,232.2 cm. In exacting detail, it depicts the shopping street of Nihonbashi Avenue and the throngs of people crowding the street. Picture scroll It
#1 Baulu Kuan
Baulu Kuan (born 1930) is a Chinese-American artist and curator. Chinese-American artist and curator (born 1930)
Paul Küppers (19 October 1889 – 7 January 1922) was a German art historian [1] and first husband of Sophie Lissitzky-Küppers . [2] He was a co-founder of the Kestner Society and brought contemporary art to Hanover. German art historian
Charlotte Klonk is a German art historian . [1] Klonk is most notable for her work on English landscape art in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, as well as for her work on museum interiors, particularly the white cube. She is currently a professor of art history at the Humboldt Unive
#4 Lea Vergine
Lea Vergine , born Lea Buoncristiano (5 March 1936 – 20 October 2020), was an Italian art critic , essayist and curator. Italian art historian (1936–2020) Lea Vergine Born Lea Buoncristiano 5 March 1936 Naples , Kingdom of Italy Died 20 October 2020 (2020-10-20) (aged 84) Milan , Italy Nationality
#5 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
#6 Marta Permuy
Marta Cazañas Permuy (September 22, 1938 – October 4, 2017) was a Cuban-American fine art patron, art collector, curator, art dealer, and promoter based in Coral Gables, Florida . She was an influential figure in the establishment of the Latin American art market of South Florida . She managed and c
Gylbert Coker ( Gylbert Gavin Coke r; b. 1944) is an African-American art historian , artist, and curator who has worked to establish Black artists and art in the canon of American art. Coker was an early member of Where We At , a group of Black women artists established in 1971 who created the firs
Elena Ochoa, Baroness Foster of Thames Bank (born Elena Fernández-Ferreiro López de Ochoa ; 1958) is a Spanish publisher and art curator, and formerly a professor of psychopathology. She is the founder and chief executive officer of Ivorypress . Spanish publisher and art curator, and former professo
Sydney M. Irmas (July 27, 1925 – August 29, 1996) [1] was an American attorney, investor, philanthropist and art collector. American lawyer Sydney M. Irmas Born July 27, 1925 Los Angeles, California, US Died August 29, 1996 (aged 71) Los Angeles, California, US Education University of California, Lo
#10 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
#11 Gustave Geffroy
Gustave Geffroy (1 June 1855 – 4 April 1926) was a French journalist, art critic, historian and novelist. He was one of the ten founding members of the literary organisation Académie Goncourt in 1900. Gustave Geffroy c. 1900 Paul Cézanne , Portrait of Gustave Geffroy , 1895. Oil on canvas, 110 × 89
#12 Max Loreau
Max Loreau (7 June 1928, in Brussels – 7 January 1990) was a 20th-century Belgian philosopher, poet and art critic Belgian philosopher, poet and art critic (1928–1990)
#13 Arthur Morrison
Arthur George Morrison (1 November 1863 – 4 December 1945) was an English writer and journalist known for realistic novels, for stories about working-class life in the East End of London , and for detective stories featuring a specific detective, Martin Hewitt. He also collected Japanese art and pub
#14 Tomaso Montanari
Tomaso Montanari (born 15 October 1971) is an Italian art historian, academic and essayist. Montanari
#15 Lydia Durnovo
Lydia Aleksandrovna Durnovo ( Russian : Лидия Александровна Дурново ; 1885 – 1963) was a Soviet Russian art historian and art restorer . [2] She specialized in medieval art, especially in early Russian painting and Armenian illuminated manuscripts ( miniatures ) and frescoes. [3] Lydia Durnovo Born
#16 Gertrud Schiller
Gertrud Schiller (7 January 1905 – 4 December 1994) was a German art historian , nurse, social pedagogue and Lutheran teacher of religion. Despite not having a doctorate in art history, she wrote what remains a standard work on Christian iconography . Schiller received an honorary doctorate from the
#17 Jorge de Brito
Jorge Artur Rego de Brito ComIH ComM [4] (7 November 1927 – 2 August 2006) was a Portuguese businessman, founder of Banco Intercontinental Português (BIP) and Brisa , [2] who served as the 29th president of sports club S.L. Benfica , succeeding João Santos . Portuguese businessman In this Portuguese
#18 Antonio Magrini
Antonio Magrini (3 October 1805- 7 January 1872) was an Italian priest and architectural historian, specially of the works of Andrea Palladio . He was born to parents of little resources, and studied in Vicenza . Among his works of art were: [1] Memorie storiche sulla vita di Andrea Palladio (1845,
Kavita Singh (born 5 November 1964) is Professor of art history and served as the Dean at the School of Arts and Aesthetics of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). Indian art historian Kavita Singh Born 5 November 1964 Awards Infosys Prize Academic background Alma mater Maharaja Sayajirao University o
#20 David M. Heyman
David Melville Heyman (August 29, 1891 – January 7, 1984) was an American financier, health services leader, philanthropist, and art collector . Heyman founded the Public Health Research Institute of the City of New York in 1942 and the Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York in 1944, and served a
#1 Gateway Arch
The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot-tall (192 m) monument in St. Louis, Missouri , United States. Clad in stainless steel and built in the form of a weighted catenary arch , [5] it is the world's tallest arch [4] and Missouri's tallest accessible building . Some sources consider it the tallest human-ma
The USS Bennington Monument is a 60-foot (18 m) granite obelisk in the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery , Point Loma , San Diego , California , United States. It serves as a memorial to the crew of the USS Bennington (PG-4) , a gunboat of the United States Navy , whose boiler exploded on the m
The Deluge Fountain is a monumental sculpture fountain which has stood with all its elements between 1904 and 1943 and since 2014 in Bydgoszcz . Throughout the first time of its existence (39 years) and since its rebuilding, this masterpiece has always been one of the tourist attractions of the city
The Estela de Luz (Stele of Light) is a monument in Mexico City built in 2011 to commemorate the bicentenary of Mexico 's independence from Spanish rule . Its design was the winning entry in an invited competition to seek the best combination of Mexico's past and future; [ citation needed ] the desi
#5 Equestrian statue of Charles Devens
The equestrian statue of Charles Devens (also known as the Worcester County Devens Memorial Statue ) [2] is a public monument in Worcester , Massachusetts , United States . Located in front of the old Worcester County Courthouse in the Institutional District , the equestrian statue honors Charles De
#6 Statue of Christopher Columbus (Providence, Rhode Island)
Columbus is a historic statue in Providence, Rhode Island , United States which formerly stood on Elmwood Avenue in Columbus Square . The statue is a bronze cast of a sterling silver statue which was created by Rhode Island's Gorham Manufacturing Company for the 1892 World's Columbian Exposition in
The Golden Virgin , a/k/a 'The Leaning Virgin' [upper-alpha 2] is a gilded sculpture depicting the Virgin Mary offering up the Baby Jesus skyward. Standing atop of the Basilique Notre-Dame de Brebières ( French ) Basilica of Our Lady of Brebières , a Catholic Church in Albert, France , it was sc
#8 List of works similar to the 2020 Utah monolith
In late 2020, the appearance of a series of metal columns was reported internationally. Referred to as "monoliths", these sheet metal structures began to be constructed in the wake of the discovery of the Utah monolith , a 3 m (9.8 ft) -tall pillar made of metal sheets riveted into a triangular
#9 Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument
The Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument is a war memorial at Fort Greene Park , in the New York City borough of Brooklyn . It commemorates more than 11,500 American prisoners of war who died in captivity aboard sixteen British prison ships during the American Revolutionary War . [1] The remains of a small