langs: 12 июня [ru] / june 12 [en] / 12. juni [de] / 12 juin [fr] / 12 giugno [it] / 12 de junio [es]
days: june 9 / june 10 / june 11 / june 12 / june 13 / june 14 / june 15
Élisabeth Swagers (born Méri ) (c. 1775 – 1837) was a French painter and miniaturist . French artist (c. 1775–1837) Born in Paris, Swagers was a pupil of Augustin Pajou , Adélaïde Labille-Guiard , and Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin . Her husband was the Utrecht -born painter Frans Swagers , sometime
Atalie Unkalunt (June 12, 1895 – November 6, 1954) was a Cherokee singer, interior designer, activist, and writer. Her English name Iva J. Rider appears on the final rolls of the Cherokee Nation . [1] Born in Indian Territory , she attended government-run Indian schools and then graduated from high
The death of Vincent van Gogh , the Dutch post-Impressionist painter, occurred in the early morning of 29 July 1890, in his room at the Auberge Ravoux in the village of Auvers-sur-Oise in northern France. Two days earlier, Van Gogh was shot by either himself or by accidental murder. Occurred in the
#4 Ria Bancroft
Ria Bancroft (1907 – 8 March 1993) was a British-New Zealand artist born in England. [1] She created the Tabernacle Screen Doors for Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Christchurch and her works are held in several New Zealand art galleries. New Zealand sculptor Ria Bancroft Born 1907 England Die
#5 Béla Spányi
Béla Spányi (19 March 1852, Pest – 12 June 1914, Budapest ) was a Hungarian painter who specialized in landscapes. Hungarian painter Béla Spányi (date unknown) He studied in Vienna, Munich and Paris and spent much of his time in Szolnok , a popular gathering place for artists. He was one of the assi
Gaston Balande (born 1880 in Madrid , died 1971 in Paris ), was a French painter and illustrator . French painter and illustrator Gaston Balande Gaston Balande, Self-portrait . Private collection. Born ( 1880-05-31 ) 31 May 1880 Madrid , Spain Died 8 April 1971 (1971-04-08) (aged 90) Paris , Franc
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky ( Russian: Иван Константинович Айвазовский ; 29 July 1817 – 2 May 1900) was a Russian Romantic painter who is considered one of the greatest masters of marine art . Baptized as Hovhannes Aivazian , [lower-alpha 1] he was born into an Armenian family in the Black Sea
#8 Dorothy Mead
Dorothy Mead (1928–1975) was a British painter. [1] [2] British painter (1928–1975) This article uses bare URLs , which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot . ( August 2022 )
Alexander Petrovich Koroviakov ( Russian : Алекса́ндр Петро́вич Коровя́ков ; November 16, 1912 – June 12, 1993) was a Soviet, Russian painter and art teacher, lived and worked in Leningrad – Saint Petersburg , a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 the Leningrad branch of Uni
Kevin Yates (born in 1974) is a Canadian visual artist.
#11 William Frater
William Frater O.B.E. (1890–1974) was a Scottish-born Australian stained-glass designer and modernist painter who challenged conservative tastes in Australian art. [1] British-born Australian painter and stained-glass designer William Frater Born ( 1890-01-31 ) 31 January 1890 Linlithgow , Scotland
#12 Egon Schiele
Egon Leo Adolf Ludwig Schiele ( German: [ˈeːɡɔn ˈʃiːlə] ( listen ) ; 12 June 1890 – 31 October 1918) was an Austrian Expressionist painter of whom Gustav Klimt , figurative painter of the early 20th century, was a mentor . His work is noted for its intensity and its raw sexuality, and the many self-
Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal KCVO RA (12 June 1863 – 10 October 1931), usually known as Bertram Mackennal , was an Australian sculptor and medallist, most famous for designing the coinage and stamps bearing the likeness of George V . He signed his work "BM". Sir Bertram Mackennal Sir Bertram Macken
#14 Fritz W. Schulz
Friedrich Wilhelm Schulz , alias Fritz W. Schulz , (2 April 1884, in Berlin – 12 June 1962, in Hamburg ) was a German marine artist and illustrator of the 20th century. Fritz W. Schulz in seinem Atelier 1955 German painter
Xavier-Alphonse Monchablon (12 June 1835, in Avillers – 30 January 1907, in Paris ) was a French history and portrait painter in the Academic style. He was distantly related to the more popular painter, Jan Monchablon . French painter Monchablon by an unknown artist (c.1900)
#16 Bernard Safran
Bernard Safran (June 3, 1924 – October 14, 1995) was an American painter known for his realistic portraits and scenes of everyday life in New York and in rural Canada . He created many portraits for Time magazine covers, with subjects that included Elizabeth II , Pope John XXIII , Dwight D. Eisenhow
Georg Meistermann (June 16, 1911 – June 12, 1990) was a German painter and draftsman who was also famous for his stained glass windows in the whole of Europe. [1] German painter Georg Meistermann Born June 16, 1911 Solingen , German Empire Died June 12, 1990 Cologne , West Germany Nationality German
Barbara Helena Preißler , Preissler or Preisler , married Oeding (born on 12 June 1707 in Nuremberg and died in 1758 in Braunschweig ) was a German miniature painter and copper engraver, [1] as well as creator of objects in ivory, wax and alabaster, and a poet. German painter
#19 Han Sai Por
Han Sai Por ( simplified Chinese : 韩少芙 ; traditional Chinese : 韓少芙 ; pinyin : Hán Shào Fú ; born 19 July 1943 [1] ) is a Singaporean sculptor . A graduate of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), East Ham College of Art, Wolverhampton College of Art (now the School of Art and Design of the Univer
Alfred Scott Broad (1854 – 27 April 1929) was an Australian artist, regarded as the first black-and-white artist born in South Australia to be published. He was known as "Alf", and was often referred to as "A. Scott Broad" as though his surname was "Scott-Broad", and was often written that way. An a
Castlemaine Art Museum is an Australian art gallery and museum in Castlemaine, Victoria in the Shire of Mount Alexander . It was founded in 1913. It is housed in a 1931 Art Deco building constructed for the purpose, heritage-listed by the National Trust. [1] Its collection concentrates on Australian
The Humboldt Forum is a museum dedicated to human history , art and culture, located in the Berlin Palace on the Museum Island in the historic centre of Berlin . It is in honour of the Prussian scholars Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt . Considered the "German equivalent" of the British Museum , [
The Samstag Museum of Art , also known as the Samstag Museum , was opened in October 2007 as the Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art , in the Hawke Building of the CityWest campus of the University of South Australia (UniSA). The museum is named in honour of Anne & Gordon Samstag, "two distinguished
The Design Museum of Chicago or "DMoC" (formerly Chicago Design Museum) is a museum of design in the Chicago loop . It was founded by Tanner Woodford in 2012 as a pop-up museum , [1] and hosted exhibitions in different venues around Chicago in 2012 and 2013. [2] [3] [4] Following a successful Kickst
The Egon-Schiele-Museum is a museum in Tulln , Lower Austria dedicated to the Austrian painter Egon Schiele , who was born in Tulln. Egon Schiele: Zerfallende Mühle (Old Mill), 1916
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]
The Cleveland Museum of Art ( CMA ) is an art museum in Cleveland , Ohio , located in the Wade Park District , in the University Circle neighborhood on the city's east side. Internationally renowned for its substantial holdings of Asian and Egyptian art, the museum houses a diverse permanent collect
The Harris Museum is a Grade I-listed building in Preston, Lancashire , England. [1] Founded by Edmund Harris in 1877, it is a local history and fine art museum. "The Harris" redirects here. For other uses, see Harris . Art Gallery and Public Library in Preston, England Harris Museum The Harris buil
#9 Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is a museum devoted to the art of the picture book and especially the children's book . It is a member of Museums10 [1] and is adjacent to the campus of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts . The Carle was founded by Eric and Barbara Carle, and design
The Saint Louis Art Museum (SLAM) is one of the principal U.S. art museums , with paintings , sculptures , cultural objects, and ancient masterpieces from all corners of the world. Its three-story building stands in Forest Park in St. Louis , Missouri , where it is visited by up to a half million pe
The Museo ning Angeles ( Kapampangan for "Museum of Angeles") is a museum in Angeles City , Philippines . It is run by the Kuliat Foundation. [1] Art, history, and food museum in Angeles City, Philippines Museo ning Angeles Established 1999 ( 1999 ) Location Angeles City , Philippines Type Art , h
#12 National Gallery of Australia
The National Gallery of Australia ( NGA ), formerly the Australian National Gallery , is the national art museum of Australia as well as one of the largest art museums in Australia, holding more than 166,000 works of art. Located in Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory , it was established i
#13 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
The Kunsthaus Bregenz (KUB) presents temporary exhibitions of international contemporary art in Bregenz , Vorarlberg ( Austria ). Contemporary art museum in Austria This article needs additional citations for verification . ( May 2011 ) Kunsthaus Bregenz Kunsthaus Bregenz Established 1990–1997 Locat
#15 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
Howard House was a contemporary art gallery located in the historic Pioneer Square District in Downtown Seattle . From its inception in 1997 to its closing on June 12, 2010, the gallery fostered the careers of several local, national and international artists. Billy Howard, the gallery's owner, cite
#17 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
Magda Danysz Gallery is an art gallery in Paris , France , owned by Magda Danysz , an art dealer and art curator. 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 ) A major contributor to this a
Lift Trucks Project is a project space and artist studio located in Croton Falls, New York . It features up to four long-term exhibitions per year [1] with notable pieces by FA-Q, Christo , Ottmar Hoerl , Ed Roth ("Big Daddy"), A. R. Penck , Sailor Jerry , and others. [2] In addition, Lift Trucks fe
#20 Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo
The Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (Portuguese for " pinacotheca (picture gallery) of the state of São Paulo ") is one of the most important art museums in Brazil . Art museum in São Paulo, Brazil Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo Established 1905 Location São Paulo , Brazil Coordinates 23.5342°S
#1 Statue of Paul Kruger, Church Square
The Statue of Paul Kruger ( Afrikaans : Krugerstandbeeld ) is a bronze sculpture located in Church Square in Pretoria , South Africa . The statue depicts Paul Kruger , the Boer political and military leader and President of the South African Republic from 1883 to 1900, and four unnamed Boer soldiers
The Stockton Flyer is a kinetic sculpture in Stockton-on-Tees , County Durham . It is a stylised depiction of the Locomotion No. 1 , which first arrived in Stockton in 1825, and, as part of the Stockton and Darlington Railway had a large impact on the town. The sculpture rises from within a stone pl
Bigger Trees Near Warter or ou Peinture en Plein Air pour l'age Post-Photographique is a large landscape painting by British artist David Hockney . Measuring 460 by 1,220 centimetres or 180 by 480 inches , [2] it depicts a coppice near Warter , Pocklington in the East Riding of Yorkshire and is the
#4 Statue of John Fane Charles Hamilton
A bronze statue of Captain John Fane Charles Hamilton was installed for seven years, in Hamilton, New Zealand , from in 2013 [1] until removal in June 2020. [2] Statue formerly installed in Hamilton, New Zealand Statue of John Fane Charles Hamilton The statue in 2017 Artist Margriet Windhausen Year
Robert E. Lee on Traveller (also known as General Robert E. Lee and Confederate Soldier , [1] and Robert E. Lee and Young Soldier ) [2] [3] [4] is a bronze sculpture by Alexander Phimister Proctor depicting the Confederate general of the same name , his horse Traveller , and a young Confederate Stat
The Constellations are a series of 23 paintings on paper produced from January 1940 to September 1941 by the Spanish surrealist Joan Miró . Art historians and museum curators have said of the paintings: "Universally considered one of the greatest achievements of his career", [1] : 1 p. "The Cons
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
Valley of the Yosemite (or Valley of the Yo-Semite ) is a painting by Albert Bierstadt that was completed in 1864. Initially associated with the Hudson River School , Bierstadt rose to prominence for his paintings of the Rocky Mountains , which established him as one of the best painters of the west
#9 Expulsion from the Garden of Eden (Cole)
Expulsion from the Garden of Eden (or Expulsion from Paradise ) was painted in 1828 by English-born American painter Thomas Cole . It belongs to the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and is on display in their Waleska Evans James Gallery (Gallery 236). This landscape painting exemplifies
#10 Portrait of the Family Hinlopen
The Portrait of the Family Hinlopen or Family of burgomaster Gillis Valckenier is a painting in the Berlin Gemäldegalerie by the Dutch Golden Age painter Gabriël Metsu of about 1663. There have been various ideas among art historians as to which family is actually represented, with the two main cand
#11 Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zúñiga
Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zúñiga is a large full-length portrait in oil painted in 1787–88 by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya . [1] It depicts a boy three or four years of age, standing in red clothes, with birds and cats. It is also known as Goya's " Red Boy ". [2] It was described by art histori
Aurora and Cephalus is a 1733 painting by François Boucher , signed by the artist and now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy . [1] It shows Cephalus and Aurora (the Roman form of Eos ) from Book VII of Ovid 's Metamorphoses . 1733 painting by François Boucher Aurora and Cephalus (1733) by François
#13 Equestrian statue of Caesar Rodney
A statue of Caesar Rodney is installed in Wilmington, Delaware , United States. The statue was erected in Rodney Square in downtown Wilmington on July 4, 1923. It was designed by New York sculptor James Edward Kelly . The Gorham Company in Rhode Island cast the statue and its two bronze plaques. [1]
#14 Goethe–Schiller Monument (Milwaukee)
The Goethe–Schiller Monument is a public artwork by German artist Ernst Friedrich August Rietschel located in Washington Park , which is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin , United States. The bronze sculpture from 1908 depicts two men, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller , one holding a laur
The Mestre Altarpiece was a c.1500-1502 altarpiece by Cima da Conegliano . The side panels of Saint Roch and Saint Sebastian from the work are now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Strasbourg, [1] whilst the central section showing St Catherine of Alexandria and the lunette of Madonna and Child between
#16 George Washington (Trumbull)
George Washington , also entitled George Washington and William Lee , is a full-length portrait in oil painted in 1780 by the American artist John Trumbull during the American Revolutionary War . [1] General George Washington stands near his enslaved servant William Lee , overlooking the Hudson Rive
#17 Spirit Catcher
The Sculpture Bird (also called Dream Catcher, Spirit Catcher ) is a sculpture situated on the shore of Kempenfelt Bay in Barrie , Ontario , Canada. It was originally created by sculptor Ron Baird for Expo 86 in Vancouver , British Columbia . [1] Sculpture in Barrie, Ontario For the generic term, se
The original Goethe–Schiller Monument (German: Goethe-Schiller-Denkmal ) is in Weimar , Germany. It incorporates Ernst Rietschel 's 1857 bronze double statue of Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749–1832) and Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805), who are probably the two most revered figures in German literature.
#19 A Nude Woman Doing Her Hair Before a Mirror
A Nude Woman Doing her Hair before a Mirror [1] (often only Woman in Front of a Mirror or with the old title A nude seen from the back, woman doing her hair before a mirror [2] ) is an oil painting from 1841 by the Danish Golden Age painter CW Eckersberg . The painting is in the Hirschsprung Collect
#20 Ramon Casas and Pere Romeu on a Tandem
Ramon Casas and Pere Romeu on a Tandem is a painting by Ramon Casas in exhibition at the National Art Museum of Catalonia in Barcelona . Ramon Casas and Pere Romeu on a Tandem Artist Ramon Casas i Carbó Year 1897 ( 1897 ) Medium Oil on canvas Location Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya , Barcelona
David Whitney (1939 – June 12, 2005) was an American art curator, collector, gallerist and critic. He led a very private life and was not well known outside the art world, even though he participated naked in the 1965 Claes Oldenburg happening Washes . He was the life partner of architect Philip Joh
#2 Herbert Read
Sir Herbert Edward Read , DSO , MC ( / r iː d / ; 4 December 1893 – 12 June 1968) was an English art historian , poet, literary critic and philosopher, best known for numerous books on art, which included influential volumes on the role of art in education. Read was co-founder of the Institute of Co
Ernst J. Grube (9 May 1932 in Kufstein , Austria − 12 June 2011 in London ) was a German historian of Islamic art and the first curator of the Islamic collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art . German art historian (1932–2011)
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 . [
Arnold Sigurd Kirkeby (June 12, 1901 – March 1, 1962) was an American hotelier , art collector , and real estate investor. He is now best known for owning Chartwell Mansion in the West Los Angeles suburb of Bel Air which was the exterior set for the CBS television show The Beverly Hillbillies . [1]
Katharine " Kay " Dorothy Honor Fremantle (born Swanbourne , [1] 23 May 1919, died 2018), [2] [3] was an English art historian, architectural historian and academic based in the Netherlands. English art historian, architectural historian and academic
#7 Maurice Horn
Maurice Horn (born 1931) is a French-American [1] comics historian , author, and editor, considered to be one of the first serious academics to study comics . He is the editor of The World Encyclopedia of Comics , The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons , and 100 Years of American Newspaper Comics . Born
#8 Howard Sutermeister Merritt
Howard Sutermeister Merritt (June 12, 1915 [1] - 25 June 2007) [2] was an American art historian and collector. American art historian and collector (1915–2007) This article is an orphan , as no other articles link to it . Please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the Find link
Giovanni Poggi (11 February 1880 - 27 March 1961) was an Italian historian and museum curator. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Italian historian Poggi around 1910
#10 Roger Stalley
Roger Andrew Stalley (born 12 June 1945) is a scholar and teacher in medieval architecture and sculpture. His speciality is Early Gothic and Romanesque architecture and sculpture in England and Western Europe with a particular focus on Irish architecture and art. [1] He has published numerous papers
#11 Maurice Fenaille
Maurice Fenaille (12 June 1855 – 11 December 1937) was a French businessman and pioneer in the petroleum industry . He was also a major amateur art historian , collector and patron. This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in French . (March 2009) Click [show]
#12 Horace Walpole
Horatio Walpole ( / ˈ w ɔː l p oʊ l / ) , 4th Earl of Orford (24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), better known as Horace Walpole , was an English writer, art historian , man of letters , antiquarian and Whig politician. [1] 18th-century English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and W
#13 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
#14 John Fleming (art historian)
John Fleming (12 June 1919 – 29 May 2001) was a British art historian , known for his writing partnership with Hugh Honour . Their A World History of Art (aka, The Visual Arts: A History ), first published in 1982, is now in its seventh edition. Fleming's Robert Adam and His Circle in Edinburgh and
#15 Jean Hubert (archaeologist)
Jean Hubert (12 June 1902 – 1 July 1994) was a 20th-century French art historian , specializing in religious architecture . French art historian Jean Hubert Born 12 June 1902 Ardentes ( Indre ), France Died 1 July 1994 (1994-07-01) (aged 92) Paris, France Occupation Art historian The son and grand
#16 Cathérine Hug
Cathérine Hug (born 1976) is an art historian and curator.
#17 Vladimir Plugin
Vladimir Alexandrovich Plugin ( Russian : Владимир Александрович Плугин ; 30 July 1937 – 6 December 2003) was a Russian historian [1] and art historian , a university professor . He worked in the fields of the history of Russia , source criticism , art history, social and political history , war his
Patrick Lennox Tierney (January 28, 1914 – June 12, 2015) was an American Japanologist academic in the field of art history , an emeritus professor of the University of Utah , a former Curator of Japanese Art at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts , [1] a former Director of the Pacific Asia Museum , and a
Henri Gabriel Marceau (12 June 1896, in Richmond, Virginia – 15 September 1969, in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) was an American architect , teacher , art historian and museum curator. He served as Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art , 1955–1964. American architect
#20 Gary Schwartz (art historian)
Gary Schwartz (born June 12, 1940 in Brooklyn ) is an American -born Dutch art historian , who is a scholar of Rembrandt and art of the Dutch Golden Age . [1] American art historian For other people named Gary Schwartz, see Gary Schwartz (disambiguation) . Gary Schwartz Born ( 1940-06-12 ) June 12,
#1 Statue of Christopher Columbus (Wilmington, Delaware)
A statue of Christopher Columbus was installed in Wilmington, Delaware , United States. It was produced by the sculptor Egidio Giaroli in Rome , and was cast and molded in the Italian city of Pistoia . The statue was unveiled on October 12, 1957, and was removed in June 2020, its status and future c
#2 List of statues of Leopold II of Belgium
This is a list of statues and monuments of Leopold II of Belgium [1] (9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909), the second King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909 and, through his own initiative, the owner and absolute ruler of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908.
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi ( Fountain of the Four Rivers ) is a fountain in the Piazza Navona in Rome , Italy. It was designed in 1651 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini for Pope Innocent X whose family palace, the Palazzo Pamphili , faced onto the piazza as did the church of Sant'Agnese in Agone of which Innoc
John Harvard is a sculpture in bronze by Daniel Chester French in Harvard Yard , Cambridge, Massachu setts honoring clergyman John Harvard (1607–1638), whose deathbed [2] bequest to the "schoale or Colledge" recently undertaken by the Massachu setts Bay Colony was so gratefully received that it
A statue of Thomas Guy stands in the forecourt of Guy's Hospital in the borough of Southwark in Central London . The statue is Grade II listed. Statue of Thomas Guy The statue in 2020 Artist Peter Scheemakers Completion date c. 1732 Subject Thomas Guy Location London , England Owner Guy's & St Tho
Appomattox is a bronze statue commemorating soldiers from Alexandria, Virginia , who had died while fighting for the Confederacy during the American Civil War . The memorial was located in the center of the intersection of South Washington Street ( Virginia Route 400 ) and Prince Street in the Old T
The Mask of Sorrow ( Russian : Маска скорби , Maska skorbi ) is a monument located on a hill above Magadan , Russia, commemorating the many prisoners who suffered and died in the Gulag prison camps in the Kolyma region of the Soviet Union during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Front side of the monumen
The MKO Abiola Statue was designed and erected by Olurotimi Ajayi in memory of Chief Moshood Abiola , a politician who was widely regarded as the winner of the inconclusive 1993 Nigerian elections. Standing at about 46 feet tall, the statue was unveiled on 12 June 2018 during the administration of G
#9 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
The United States Marine Corps War Memorial ( Iwo Jima Memorial ) is a national memorial located in Arlington County , Virginia . The memorial was dedicated in 1954 to all Marines who have given their lives in defense of the United States since 1775. [1] It is located in Arlington Ridge Park within
#11 DeKalb County Confederate Monument
The DeKalb County Confederate Monument is a Confederate memorial that formerly stood in Decatur, Georgia , United States. The 30-foot stone obelisk was erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy near the old county courthouse in 1908. [1] [2] DeKalb County Confederate Monument DeKalb County
#12 Cristo del Otero
The Cristo del Otero (Christ of the Knoll) is a large sculpture and symbol of the city of Palencia in Spain, located on a knoll ( otero ) on the outskirts of the city. [1] Another name, much less popular, is the Monument to the Sacred Heart of Jesus . The sculpture was designed by Victorio Macho , [
#13 Victims of Communism Memorial
The Victims of Communism Memorial is a memorial in Washington, D.C. located at the intersection of Massachusetts and New Jersey Avenues and G Street, NW , two blocks from Union Station and within view of the U.S. Capitol . [1] The memorial is dedicated "to the more than one hundred million victims o
#14 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
#15 Delaware Law Enforcement Memorial
The Delaware Law Enforcement Memorial is a law enforcement memorial in Dover, Delaware , United States. The memorial was unveiled in April 2010. It was vandalized in June 2020. Delaware Law Enforcement Memorial Delaware Law Enforcement Memorial (January 2022) Location in Delaware Coordinates 39°9′23
#16 Statue of Edgar Fahs Smith
Edgar Fahs Smith is a monumental statue located on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States. The statue was designed by sculptor R. Tait McKenzie and honors its namesake , a former provost of the university . Statue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
#17 Fame (Confederate monument)
Fame , also called Gloria Victis ("Glory to the Defeated" or "Glory to the Conquered"), [1] is a Confederate monument in Salisbury, North Carolina . Cast in Brussels in 1891, Fame is one of two nearly-identical sculptures by Frederick Ruckstull (the other being the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors M
#18 The Ideal Scout
The Ideal Scout , also known as The Boy Scout , is the most famous work by Canadian [1] sculptor R. Tait McKenzie (1867–1938). The original statue stood in front of the Cradle of Liberty Council at 22nd and Winter Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , from 1937 to 2013. [2] Replicas can be found a
#19 Monument to Ramos de Azevedo
The Monument to Ramos de Azevedo is a sculptural set in bronze and granite located in the city of São Paulo . It was designed by Italian-born Brazilian sculptor Galileo Emendabili as a posthumous tribute to Francisco de Paula Ramos de Azevedo , one of the most prominent names in architecture and urb
#20 7:11AM 11.20.1979 79°55'W 40°27'N
7:11AM 11.20.1979 79°55'W 40°27'N is a 2010 public sculpture in light by Janet Zweig sited in Mellon Park in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , United States. It memorializes Ann Katharine Seamans, who died in a car crash when she was 20. Its title refers to the time and location of her birth. Sculpture by