langs: 11 июня [ru] / june 11 [en] / 11. juni [de] / 11 juin [fr] / 11 giugno [it] / 11 de junio [es]
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Cooper (stylized as COOPER ; born Brian Cooper , 1976) is an American artist known for sculptures and assemblages He lives and works in Alaska . American artist This article needs additional citations for verification . ( January 2021 ) Cooper Born Miami, Florida Nationality American Known for Ins
#2 Jan Matulka
Jan Matulka (7 November 1890 – 25 June 1972) was a Czech-American modern artist originally from Bohemia . Matulka's style ranged from Abstract expressionism to landscapes , sometimes in the same day. He has directly influenced artists like Dorothy Dehner , Francis Criss , Burgoyne Diller , I. Rice P
#3 Hedevig Lund
Hedevig Thorine Christine Erichsen Lund (June 11, 1824 – March 16, 1888) was a Norwegian painter. Norwegian painter Landskapsstudie Borrevannet (Lake Borre Landscape Study), oil on canvas pasted on cardboard, 32 × 44.5 cm, kept at the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Guillaume Dumont (born 1889, date of death unknown) was a Belgian sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics . [1] Belgian sculptor Guillaume Dumont Born 1889 Borgerhout , Belgium Nationality Belgian Occupation Sculptor
Giovanni Battista Trotti (1555 – 11 June 1612) was an Italian painter of the late- Renaissance period, active mainly in Piacenza , Parma , and his native city of Cremona . Italian painter Giovanni Battista Trotti Adoration by Shepherds Born 1555 Cremona , Lombardy Died 1612 Nationality Italian Educa
Virginia Myers (October 21, 1906 - January 4, 1975) was an American dancer who gained national recognition as a precocious talent during her childhood in New York in the 1910s and 1920s. Virginia Myers Myers in 1926 Born ( 1906-10-21 ) October 21, 1906 New York, New York Died January 4, 1975 (1975-0
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
Mahmud Taghiyev ( Azerbaijani : Mahmud Tağıyev , 11 June 1923 — 21 November 2001) was an Azerbaijani painter, Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR . Mahmud Taghiyev Mahmud Tağıyev Born Mahmud Əzizağa oğlu Tağıyev ( 1923-06-11 ) June 11, 1923 Baku , Azerbaijan SSR , Transcaucasian Socialist Feder
#9 Walt Kuhn
Walter Francis Kuhn (October 27, 1877 – July 13, 1949) was an American painter and an organizer of the famous Armory Show of 1913, which was America's first large-scale introduction to European Modernism. American painter This article is about the American painter. For the American professional base
#10 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
#11 Malcolm Osborne
Malcolm Osborne CBE RA PPRE (1 August 1880 – 22 September 1963) was a British original printmaker known for his intaglio prints of landscapes, urban views and portraits. This article needs additional citations for verification . ( February 2022 ) Malcolm Osborne CBE Born ( 1880-08-01 ) 1 August 1880
#12 Olle Langert
Nils Olof Langert (11 June 1924 – 21 December 2016, Gothenburg, Sweden) was a Swedish painter and sculptor. Swedish painter and sculptor Olof Langert in her workshop in 2014 Langert created monumental works for public spaces and buildings of the municipality of Gothenburg . [1] His work is represent
#13 William Ely Hill
W.E. Hill (1887-1962) was an American cartoonist and illustrator active in the first half of the 20th-century. He is best known for his weekly full-page illustration series "Among Us Mortals" published in the New York Tribune from 1916 to 1922, and for creating the most popular iteration of the opti
James Ingram McDonald (11 June 1865 – 13 April 1935) was a New Zealand painter, photographer, film-maker , museum director , cultural ambassador film censor, and promoter of Maori arts and crafts. New Zealand artist James McDonald Born James Ingram McDonald ( 1865-06-11 ) 11 June 1865 Tokomairiro ,
#15 Barbara Bodichon
Barbara Bodichon (born Barbara Leigh Smith ; 8 April 1827 – 11 June 1891) was an English educationalist and artist, and a leading mid-19th-century feminist and women's rights activist. [1] She published her influential Brief Summary of the Laws of England concerning Women in 1854. She co-founded the
#16 Merton Clivette
Merton Clive Cook (11 June 1868 - 8 May 1931), also known as Merton Clivette , was an American painter, magician, writer, vaudevillian and entertainer who spent most of his early life traveling the world entertaining before settling in New York to paint permanently. As a very highly regarded America
#17 Bryan Ingham
Bryan Ingham (1936–1997) was an English artist born in Yorkshire who specialised in painting , etching and sculpture . Bryan Ingham at the Lizard , 1994 English artist
Charles Bell (June 11, 1935 – April 1, 1995) was an American photorealist who created large scale still lifes . American painter Charles Bell Charles Bell. Circus Act , Silkscreen on Paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum , 1995 Born ( 1935-06-11 ) June 11, 1935 [1] Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States Di
#19 Berenice Wyer
Annie Berenice Crumb Wyer (October 5, 1873-29 January 1960) was a St. Louis, Missouri , pianist, composer, and lecturer. [1] Wyer composed for both piano and organ, and wrote art song and works for violin. She collaborated with Ethan Allen Taussig in performances of spoken recitation accompanied by
#20 Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall [lower-alpha 1] (born Moishe Shagal ; 6 July [ O.S. 24 June ] 1887 – 28 March 1985) was a Russian-French artist. [2] [1] An early modernist , he was associated with several major artistic styles and created works in a wide range of artistic formats, including painting, drawings, b
Lyme Art Association (LAA) is a non-profit art organization established in 1914, with roots going back to 1902. The organization maintains a historic art gallery located at 90 Lyme Street in the Old Lyme Historic District , Old Lyme, Connecticut . The gallery was built in 1922 to a design prepared b
#2 Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
The MAK – Museum of Applied Arts ( German : Museum für angewandte Kunst ) is an arts and crafts museum located at Stubenring 5 in Vienna's 1st district Innere Stadt . Besides its traditional orientation towards arts and crafts and design , the museum especially focuses on architecture and contempora
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
#4 Children's Museum of Los Angeles
The Children's Museum of Los Angeles opened to the public on June 11, 1979, and operated for 21 years. It was located at the Los Angeles Mall in the Los Angeles Civic Center . It specifically catered to children, with the purpose of educating, entertaining, and enriching children's lives in the grea
#5 Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art
The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art (NEHMA) is an accredited academic art museum focused on modern and contemporary art at Utah State University in Logan , Utah . NEHMA was founded in 1982 with the ceramic collection of philanthropist and namesake Nora Eccles Harrison. The museum has since expand
The Stedelijk Museum Breda , formerly the Museum of the Image ( MOTI ), is a national museum for visual culture in Breda in the Netherlands . The museum focuses on film, design, photography, fashion, visual arts, architecture, science, and gaming. This article needs additional citations for verifica
#7 Museum of Avant-Garde Mastery
The Museum of Avant-Garde Mastery ( MAGMA ) is a continually renewed collection of hundreds of artworks , including paintings by famous Russian artists of Jewish origin, photographs, masterpieces of sculpture and graphic design. MAGMA’s collection includes works by Valentin Serov , Léon Bakst , Marc
#8 Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Art Gallery of New South Wales ( AGNSW ), founded as the New South Wales Academy of Art in 1872 and known as the National Art Gallery of New South Wales between 1883 and 1958, is located in The Domain, Sydney , Australia. It is the most important public gallery in Sydney and one of the largest i
The Messner Mountain Museum ( MMM ) is a museum project created in 2006 by Italian mountaineer and extreme climber Reinhold Messner in South Tyrol in northern Italy. Messner's museum project is designed to educate visitors on "man's encounter with mountains" and deals with the science of mountains a
#10 Hogarth's House
Hogarth's House is the former country home of the 18th-century English artist William Hogarth in Chiswick , adjacent to the A4 . The House now belongs to the London Borough of Hounslow and is open to visitors as a historic house museum free of charge. Chiswick is now one of London 's western suburbs
#11 The Photographers' Gallery and Workshop
The Photographers' Gallery and Workshop (1973–2010) was an Australian photography gallery established in South Yarra , a suburb of Melbourne , and which ran almost continuously for nearly forty years. Its representation, in the 1970s and 1980s, of contemporary and mid-century, mostly American and so
The McMaster Museum of Art (MMA) is a non-profit public art gallery at McMaster University in Hamilton , Ontario . The museum is located in the centre of the campus, attached to Mills Memorial Library and close to the McMaster University Student Centre. Art museum in Hamilton, Ontario McMaster Museu
#13 The Valentine
The Valentine is a museum in Richmond, Virginia dedicated to collecting, preserving and interpreting Richmond's history. Founded by Mann S. Valentine II 1898, [1] it was the first museum in Richmond. [2] History Museum & National Historic Landmark in Richmond, Virginia The Valentine The Valentine En
Kariya City Art Museum ( 刈谷市美術館 , Kariya-shi Bijutsukan ) opened in Kariya , Aichi Prefecture , Japan in 1983. The collection focuses on local, modern, post-war, and contemporary art, and includes some 3,441 works by 168 artists, as of April 2020. [1] [2] [3] Building in Aichi Prefecture, Japan Kari
Third Floor Gallery was an independent charitable [1] photography gallery in Cardiff Bay , Wales . It opened in 2010 and predominantly featured documentary photography, [2] often premiering new work with the direct involvement of the photographers. [3] It closed in 2016. [ citation needed ] Opening
The National Gallery [1] ( Norwegian : Nasjonalgalleriet ) is a gallery in Oslo , Norway . Since 2003 it is administratively a part of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design . Art gallery in Oslo, Norway For the history after 2003, see National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design . T
#17 Boeing Galleries
Boeing Galleries ( North Boeing Gallery and South Boeing Gallery ) are a pair of outdoor exhibition spaces within Millennium Park in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County , Illinois , USA. The spaces are located along the south and north mid-level terraces, above and east of Wrigley Squa
The Museum of the Empordà is an art museum in Figueres , Catalonia (Spain). Its history dates back to 1885, when the first collections arrived from the Prado Museum , bringing together a collection of artworks from the Catalan art scene ( Sorolla , Casas , Nonell , Sacharoff and Tàpies ) and the Emp
The Derfner Judaica Museum is a cultural and educational center that provides exhibitions relating to Jewish history and contemporary Jewish culture. [1] The museum is located in the Jacob Reingold Pavilion on the grounds of The Hebrew Home at Riverdale in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx in
#20 Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery
Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery ( 聖徳記念絵画館 , Seitoku Kinen Kaigakan ) is a gallery commemorating the "imperial virtues" of Japan's Meiji Emperor , installed on his funeral site in the Gaien or outer precinct of Meiji Shrine in Tōkyō . The gallery is one of the earliest museum buildings in Japan and it
#1 List of works by Vincent van Gogh
List of works by Vincent van Gogh is an incomplete list of paintings and other works by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890). Little appreciated during his lifetime, his fame grew in the years after his death. According to the legend, Van Gogh sold only one painting, The Red Vineyard , boug
The Derby Day is a large oil painting showing a panoramic view of The Derby , painted by William Powell Frith over 15 months from 1856 to 1858. It has been described by Christie's as Frith's "undisputed masterpiece" and also "arguably the definitive example of Victorian modern-life genre." [2] Paint
#3 A Young Lady Playing a Clavichord
Young Lady Playing a Clavichord is a 1660s genre painting by Gerrit Dou . It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is today in a private collection. [1] Painting by Gerard Dou Young Lady Playing a Clavichord Artist Gerrit Dou Year 1660s Medium oil paint , panel Dimensions 39 cm (15 in
L'Oiseau bleu (also known as The Blue Bird and Der Blaue Vogel ) is a large oil painting created in 1912–1913 by the French artist and theorist Jean Metzinger (1883–1956); considered by Guillaume Apollinaire and André Salmon as a founder of Cubism , along with Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso . L'Oi
Shorter than the Day is a 2020 art installation by Sarah Sze which overhangs LaGuardia Airport Terminal B's baggage claim . The spherical structure is built from a network of suspended rods and 900 photographs of the New York sky shot from dawn to dusk. She was partly inspired by the Grand Central T
#6 A Landscape with a Ruined Castle and a Church
A Landscape with a Ruined Castle and a Church (c. 1665) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch landscape painter Jacob van Ruisdael . It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in the collection of the National Gallery . A Landscape with a Ruined Castle and a Church Artist Jacob van
A statue of António Vieira stands in Trindade Coelho Square in the civil parish of Misericórdia in Lisbon , in front of the Church of Saint Roch and the headquarters of the Lisbon Holy House of Mercy . António Vieira (1608–1697) was a noted Jesuit preacher and missionary in Colonial Brazil . It was
#8 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
#9 Statue of Christopher Columbus (Houston)
An outdoor 1992 bronze sculpture of Christopher Columbus by Joe Incrapera was installed in Houston 's Bell Park , in the U.S. state of Texas . [1] It was later removed in 2020 after a history of vandalism. [2] Bronze sculpture in Bell Park, Houston, Texas, U.S. Statue of Christopher Columbus Artist
#10 Adoration of the Shepherds (Giorgione)
The Adoration of the Shepherds , sometimes still known as the Allendale Nativity , after a former owner, is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Giorgione , completed in about 1505 to 1510. The attribution is now usual, although not universal; the usual other view is that it is an early Tit
#11 Collegio del Cambio frescos
The Collegio del Cambio frescos are a series of allegorical fresco paintings in the Audience Chamber (Sala delle Udienze) of the Collegio del Cambio in Perugia , painted by Perugino . This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in French . (November 2020) Click [
#12 Alma Mater (Illinois sculpture)
The Alma Mater , a bronze statue by sculptor Lorado Taft , is a beloved symbol of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign . The 10,000-pound statue depicts a mother-figure wearing academic robes and flanked by two attendant figures representing "Learning" and "Labor", after the University's mott
#13 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II – An 80th Birthday Portrait
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II – An 80th Birthday Portrait is a 2005 oil painting of Queen Elizabeth II by Rolf Harris , commissioned by the BBC for the Queen's 80th birthday. It was unveiled at the Queen's Gallery in Buckingham Palace and publicly displayed there from 2005 to 2006. A BBC television
#14 The Sun Voyager
The Sun Voyager ( Icelandic : Sólfar [ˈsouːlˌfaːr̥] ) is a sculpture by Jón Gunnar Árnason , located next to the Sæbraut road in Reykjavík , Iceland . Sun Voyager is described as a dreamboat, or an ode to the Sun. The artist intended it to convey the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hop
#15 Equestrian statue of Robert the Bruce, Bannockburn
The equestrian statue of Robert the Bruce at the Bannockburn Visitor Centre , Bannockburn , Stirling , is a 1964 work by Pilkington Jackson . Statue in Scotland Equestrian statue of Robert the Bruce The statue in 2014 Artist Pilkington Jackson Year 1964 ( 1964 ) Medium Bronze sculpture Location Ba
Ida Reading a Letter is an 1899 painting by Vilhelm Hammershøi . It is an example of a work inspired by Dutch Golden Age painting and is currently in a private collection. Ida Reading a Letter Artist Vilhelm Hammershøi Year 1899 Medium oil paint , canvas Dimensions 66 cm (26 in) × 59 cm (23
#17 United Daughters of the Confederacy Monument (Cleveland, Tennessee)
The United Daughters of the Confederacy Monument is a Confederate monument in Cleveland, Tennessee owned by the United Daughters of the Confederacy . It was sculpted in 1910 and installed in 1911. Monument in Cleveland, Tennessee, United States United Daughters of the Confederacy Monument Year 1910
Our Lady of Sorrows of Turumba ( Spanish : Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de Turumba ; Tagalog : Mahál na Iná ng Pitóng Hapis ng Turumba ) is the image of the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Sorrows , enshrined in Pakil, Laguna , in the Philippines . This article needs additional citations for verificatio
#19 List of paintings by John Constable
This is an incomplete list of the paintings of John Constable ( 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837), an artist of the Romanticism , famous for his rural scenes. [1] This article needs additional citations for verification . ( January 2021 )
#20 Bust of York
A 4 foot (1.2 m) bust of York , the only African American on the Lewis and Clark Expedition , was installed in Portland, Oregon 's Mount Tabor Park , in the United States, from February to July 2021. The artist stayed anonymous at first, [2] but after the bust was removed he revealed himself as Todd
#1 Eugène Müntz
Eugène Müntz (11 June 1845 in Soultz-sous-Forêts , Bas-Rhin – 30 October 1902 in Paris) was an Alsatian - French art historian . Eugène Müntz From 1873 to 1876 he was a member of the École française de Rome. [1] He was a professor of art history at the École des Beaux-arts , where he lectured from 1
#2 Sylvie Patin
Sylvie Patin (born Sylvie Gache-Patin on 11 June 1951) is a French conservator-restorer of cultural heritage at Musée d'Orsay and art historian specialised in Impressionism . [1] Sylvie Patin Born Sylvie Gache-Patin ( 1951-06-11 ) June 11, 1951 (age 71) Nationality French Alma mater Paris Nanter
William George Moore (11 June 1868 – 6 November 1937) was an Australian art and drama critic. [1] For other people named William Moore, see William Moore (disambiguation) . William George Moore (1868-1937), Australian art and drama critic Moore was born at Sandhurst (now Bendigo, Victoria ), the son
#4 Janine Burke
Janine Burke is an Australian author, art historian , biographer, photographer and novelist. She also curates exhibitions of historical and contemporary art. She is Honorary Senior Fellow, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne . She was born in Melbourne in 1952. This biography of
#5 Silvano Levy
Silvano Levy is an academic and art critic specialising in surrealism . He has published on Belgian surrealism with studies on René Magritte , E.L.T. Mesens and Paul Nougé. His research on The Surrealist Group in England began with a film on Conroy Maddox and the book Conroy Maddox: Surreal Enigmas
#6 Rob Scheller
Robert Wouter Hans Pieter "Rob" Scheller (born 11 June 1927) [1] is a Dutch art historian. He was professor of art history, specializing in the Middle Ages , at the University of Amsterdam between 1969 and 1992. [2] Dutch art historian Scheller was born in Amsterdam to a Swiss mother. [1] [3] He obt
Virginia Margaret Spate AC FAHA ( née Obione ; 1937 – 12 August 2022) was a British-born Australian art historian and academic. Australian art historian (1937–2022) Spate was born in the United Kingdom in 1937. She lived in Burma as a child until her family was evacuated during the Pacific War . [
#8 Albert Boime
Albert Boime (March 17, 1933 – October 18, 2008), was an American art historian and author of more than 20 art history books and numerous academic articles. He was a professor of art history at the University of California, Los Angeles for three decades, until his death. American art historian Alber
#9 Siri Engberg
Siri Engberg is curator of visual arts at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis , Minnesota . [1] She wrote or edited a number of catalogues raisonnés , often with the artist's participation. Engberg organized about a half dozen shows before becoming assistant and then curator, which allowed her to c
Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (1 February 1919 – 11 June 2016) was an Indian archaeologist, museologist, art historian and professor of Sanskrit. He was the Director of the Indian Museum, Kolkata for a decade till his retirement. [3] [4] The Indian government awarded him Padma Shri in April 2017 posthum
#11 Edmund Capon
Edmund George Capon AM OBE (11 June 1940 – 13 March 2019) was an art scholar specialising in Chinese art . He was director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales from 1978 to 2011. He was also the chair of soccer club Sydney FC from 2006 to 2007. [1] Edmund Capon AM , OBE Born ( 1940-06-11 ) 11 June
#12 Harald Szeemann
Harald Szeemann (11 June 1933 – 18 February 2005) was a Swiss curator , artist , and art historian . Having curated more than 200 exhibitions, [1] many of which have been characterized as groundbreaking, Szeemann is said to have helped redefine the role of an art curator. [2] It is believed that Sze
#13 Marguerite Gautier-van Berchem
Marguerite Augusta Gautier-van Berchem (born Marguerite Augusta Berthout van Berchem ; 11 April 1892 – 23 January 1984) was a Swiss archaeologist and art historian from a patrician family , who specialised both in early Christian art and early Islamic art . She was also an active member of the Inter
#14 Sha Menghai
Sha Menghai ( Chinese : 沙孟海 ; pinyin : Shā Mènghǎi , June 11, 1900 – October 10, 1992), born Shi Wenruo (沙文若), was a great master of calligraphy in China . He also was a master of Chinese seal carving (中国篆刻艺术), a theoretician of traditional Chinese art, and a master of Shanghai School art. Sha Wenha
#15 Didier Ottinger
Didier Ottinger , born in Nancy in 1957, is a French museum curator, art critic and author. He is known for organizing exhibitions and publishing books on modern and contemporary painting. He is now assistant director of the Centre Pompidou [1] [2] at the Musée national d'art moderne in Paris. [3] F
Jean Sutherland Boggs CC FRSC (June 11, 1922 – August 22, 2014) was a Canadian academic, art historian and civil servant . She was the first female Director of both the National Gallery of Canada and the Philadelphia Museum of Art . [1] She was also a specialist in the work of Edgar Degas and Picass
#17 Hubert Burda
Hubert Burda (born 9 February 1940) is a German billionaire publisher. He is the owner, publisher and general partner of Hubert Burda Media , a global media company of more than 600 media products, including websites, print magazines and other brands. It operates in 20 countries, predominantly in Ge
Sarah Tyson Hallowell or Sara Tyson Hallowell (December 7, 1846 – July 19, 1924) was an American art curator in the years between the Civil War and World War I . She curated a number of major exhibitions in Chicago, arranged the loan exhibition of French Art at the World's Columbian Exposition in
George Walter Thornbury (13 November 1828 – 11 June 1876) was an English author. He was the first biographer of J. M. W. Turner . British writer (1828-1876) George Walter Thornbury
#20 Keshav Malik
Keshav Malik (5 November 1924 – 11 June 2014) was an Indian poet , art and literary critic, arts scholar, and curator. He remained art critic for the Hindustan Times (1960–1972) and The Times of India (1975–2000). He published eighteen volumes of poetry and edited six anthologies of English translat
The McKinley Monument is a 96-foot (29 m) tall obelisk in Niagara Square , Buffalo, New York . Its location in front of Buffalo City Hall defines the center of Buffalo that all of the main roads converge on. [1] Landmark in Buffalo, New York For the monument in Canton, Ohio, see McKinley National
#2 Confederate War Memorial (Dallas)
The Confederate War Memorial was a 65 foot (20 m) -high [1] monument that pays tribute to soldiers and sailors from Texas who served with the Confederate States of America (CSA) during the American Civil War . The monument was dedicated in 1897, following the laying of its cornerstone the previous
The statue of Robert Clayton stands at the entrance to the North Wing of St Thomas' Hospital , Lambeth , London . The sculptor was Grinling Gibbons , and the statue was executed around 1700–1714. Sir Robert was a banker, politician and Lord Mayor of London . As President of St Thomas', he was respon
The Hiker is a statue created by Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson . It commemorates the American soldiers who fought in the Spanish–American War , the Boxer Rebellion and the Philippine–American War . The first version of it was made for the University of Minnesota in 1906, [1] but at least 50 copies were
#5 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
#6 Jane Austen
Jane Austen ( / ˈ ɒ s t ɪ n , ˈ ɔː s -/ ; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on
Joseph Thomas Jones (June 11, 1842 – December 6, 1916) was an American entrepreneur who built his fortune as an oil producer. He funded construction of the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad in Mississippi , co-founded the City of Gulfport and developed its seaport . American businessman Joseph T. Jones
#8 Entropa
Entropa is a sculpture by Czech artist David Černý . The project was commissioned by the Czech Republic to mark the occasion of its presidency of the Council of the European Union , and was originally designed as a collaboration for 27 artists and artist groups from all member countries of the Europ
Thayer Monument is a white granite monument and statue of Sylvanus Thayer at the United States Military Academy , designed by sculptor Carl Conrads and unveiled on June 11, 1883. [1] [3] [4] Thayer is known as the "Father of the Military Academy" for the profound and lasting impact of his superinten
#10 Statue of Robert Baden-Powell, Poole
A statue of Robert Baden-Powell , founder of Scouting , is installed on the Quay in Poole harbour, Dorset on the south coast of England. The statue, erected in 2008, is a life-size bronze [1] of Robert Baden-Powell by sculptor David Annand . It portrays Baden-Powell in his scout uniform, seated on a
Several Kamehameha statues honor the monarch who founded the Kingdom of Hawaii . [1] This article needs additional citations for verification . ( May 2018 ) Kamehameha statue that stands today in front of Ali ʻ iolani Hale
#12 Equestrian statue of John Brown Gordon
The equestrian statue of John Brown Gordon is a monument on the grounds of the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta , Georgia , United States . The monument, an equestrian statue , honors John Brown Gordon , a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War who later become a politi
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
The GLAAD Media Award is an accolade bestowed by GLAAD to recognize and honor various branches of the media for their outstanding representations of the lesbian , gay , bisexual and transgender ( LGBT ) community and the issues that affect their lives. [1] In addition to film and television, the Awa
#15 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
#16 Statue of Christopher Columbus (North End, Boston)
A statue of Christopher Columbus was installed in Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park , in Boston 's North End , in the U.S. state of Massachusetts . On June 11, 2020, [2] the statue was removed for an undisclosed period after it was decapitated by protestors on the evening of June 9, 2020. [3] Sta
#17 Statue of Kamehameha I (Kapaau, Hawaii)
The Kamehameha I statue (original cast) is an outdoor sculpture by American artist Thomas Ridgeway Gould , cast in 1880 and installed in 1883. It stands in front of the old country courthouse in the town of Kapaʻau , located in North Kohala on the Island of Hawaiʻi . Made of cast brass and painted w
#18 Broad Street Station (Philadelphia)
Broad Street Station at Broad & Market streets was the primary passenger terminal for the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) in Philadelphia from early December 1881 [1] to the 1950s. Located directly west of Philadelphia City Hall —15th Street went underneath the station—the site is now occupied by the no
#19 List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests
During the civil unrest [1] that followed the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, a number of monuments and memorials associated with racial injustice were vandalized, destroyed or removed, or commitments to remove them were announced. This occurred mainly in the United States , but also in several
Spirit of the Confederacy , also known as the Confederacy Monument , is an outdoor bronze sculpture depicting an angel holding a sword and palm branch by Louis Amateis , installed in Houston 's Sam Houston Park , in the U.S. state of Texas . It was erected in 1908 by a local chapter of the United Da