langs: 17 июня [ru] / june 17 [en] / 17. juni [de] / 17 juin [fr] / 17 giugno [it] / 17 de junio [es]
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#1 Moira Dryer
Moira Dryer (1957–1992) was a Canadian artist known for her abstract paintings on wood panel. Canadian artist Moira Dryer Born 1957 Toronto , Canada Died May 20, 1993 New York City , U.S. Nationality Canadian Education School of Visual Arts Known for Painting
Georges Vandevoorde (30 April 1878 – 17 June 1964) was a Belgian sculptor . His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics . [1] Belgian sculptor Georges Vandevoorde Born ( 1878-04-30 ) 30 April 1878 Kortrijk , Belgium Died 17 June 1964 (1964-06-17) (aged
#3 Ingo Kühl
Ingo Kühl (born 29 June 1953) is a German painter , sculptor and architect . German artist, draughtsperson and painter A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. ( February 2022 ) This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding a
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
Stanisław Frenkiel RWA (14 September 1918 in Kraków - 21 June 2001 in London ) was a Polish-British expressionist painter, graphic artist, art historian, teacher, academic and writer. Polish painter This article includes a list of general references , but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline cit
David Howard Hitchcock (May 15, 1861 – January 1, 1943) was an American painter of the Volcano School , known for his depictions of Hawaii . American painter This article is about the painter David Howard Hitchcock. For the comics writer David Hitchock, see David Hitchcock (comics writer) . D. Howar
John Glover RBA (18 February 1767 – 9 December 1849) was an English-born artist. In later life he migrated to Van Diemen’s Land and became a pastoralist during the early colonial period. He has been dubbed "the father of Australian landscape painting." [6] English painter John Glover John Glover Bor
Sascha Pohflepp (January 30, 1978 – June 17, 2019) was a German artist, designer, and writer whose work was focused on the role of technology to influence the environment, often in collaboration with artists and scientists. [1] German artist (1978–2019) Sascha Pohflepp Born January 30, 1978 Cologne
#9 Lidia Poët
Lidia Poët (26 August 1855 in Perrero , Piedmont – 2 February 1949, Diano Marina ) [1] was the first modern female Italian advocate. Her disbarring led to a movement to allow women to practice law and hold public office in Italy. Lidia Poët Born Lidia Poët ( 1855-08-26 ) 26 August 1855 Died 2 Februa
#10 Mily Possoz
Mily Possoz , sometimes written as Milly (1888 – 1968), was a Portuguese artist of Belgian origin. She was one of the most prominent figures of the first generation of Portuguese modernist artists. Portuguese modernist painter and engraver Mily Possoz Born Émilia Possoz ( 1888-12-04 ) December 4,
Robert Le Vrac de Tournières (17 June 1667 – 18 May 1752) was a French painter. After the Second World War, a street in the new Saint-Paul district of his home city of Caen was named rue Robert Tournières . [1] French painter Robert Tournières Portrait of Tournières by Pierre Lesueur , 1747 Born Rob
#12 Ruth Arion
Ruth Arion (17 June 1912 – 15 November 1988) was a German-Israeli painter and enamel artist and one of the founders of Ein Hod Artists’ Village. Her works reflect her experiences as she moved from place to place in the Land of Israel from the 1930s through the 1990s. Ruth Arion Born ( 1912-06-17 ) 1
#13 Iphigénie Decaux-Milet-Moreau
Iphigénie Decaux or Vicomtesse Iphigenie Decaux, née Milet-Moreau (17 June 1778 – 8 July 1862) was a French flower painter. 19th-century French painter Iphigénie Decaux-Milet-Moreau Born 17 June 1778 Toulon , France Died 8 July 1862 ( 1862-07-09 ) (aged 84) Paris , France Flowers in a vase Dec
#14 Gotthold Gloger
Gotthold Gloger (17 June 1924 – 16 October 2001) was a German writer and painter. German painter Gotthold Gloger Gotthold Gloger (left) with Franz Carl Weiskopf and Alex Wedding Born Gotthold Gloger ( 1924-06-17 ) 17 June 1924 Königsberg , East Prussia , Weimar Republic Died 16 October 2001 (2001-10
#15 Diego Mazquiarán
Diego Mazquiarán (February 19, 1895, Sestao , Vizcaya , Spain [1] – May 19, 1940, Lima , Peru [2] ), often called simply Fortuna , was a Spanish matador . [3] Spanish Matador Fortuna Mazquiarán Born Diego Mazquiarán ( 1895-02-19 ) February 19, 1895 [1] Sestao , Vizcaya , Spain [1] Died May 19, 1940
#16 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
#17 Hiroatsu Takata
Hiroatsu Takata ( 高田博厚 , Takata Hiroatsu , August 19, 1900 – June 17, 1987) was a Japanese sculptor and essayist, who lived for many years in Paris . He had a wide circle of friends in the literary world, and his daughter was once married to Ryūichi Tamura . Japanese artist This article is an orphan
#18 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-
#19 Michele Cassou
Michele Cassou (born 27 September 1942) is an American painter, teacher and author. American painter, teacher and author 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 is in lis
#20 Aldo Crommelynck
Aldo Crommelynck (26 December 1931 – 22 December 2008) was a Belgian master printmaker who made intaglio prints in collaboration with many important European and American artists of the 20th century. [1] [2] Aldo Crommelynck Born ( 1931-12-26 ) 26 December 1931 Monaco Died 22 December 2008 (2008-12-
#1 Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah College of Art and Design ( SCAD ) is a private nonprofit art school with locations in Savannah, Georgia ; Atlanta, Georgia ; and Lacoste , France. Private nonprofit art school in Savannah, Georgia, United States Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Savannah College of Art and Design M
Brummels Gallery in South Yarra, Melbourne , Australia, was a commercial gallery established by David Yencken in 1956 to exhibit contemporary Modernist Australian painting, sculpture and prints, but after a period of dormancy became best known in the 1970s, under the directorship of Rennie Ellis, as
#3 Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is a design museum housed within the Andrew Carnegie Mansion in Manhattan , New York City, along the Upper East Side 's Museum Mile . It is one of 19 museums that fall under the wing of the Smithsonian Institution and is one of three Smithsonian facilities lo
#4 National Gallery of Victoria
The National Gallery of Victoria , popularly known as the NGV , is an art museum in Melbourne , Victoria , Australia. Founded in 1861, it is Australia's oldest and most visited art museum. Art museum in Melbourne, Australia National Gallery of Victoria NGV International on St Kilda Road in Southbank
The Galerie Barbazanges was an art gallery in Paris that exhibited contemporary art between 1911 and 1928. The building was owned by a wealthy fashion designer, Paul Poiret , and the gallery was used for Poiret's "Salon d'Antin" exhibitions. The gallery showed the work of avant-garde artists such as
The National Glass Centre is a cultural venue and visitor attraction located in Sunderland , North East England . It is part of the University of Sunderland . Glass museum in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear National Glass Centre National Glass Centre National Glass Centre shown within Tyne and Wear grid
Kelmscott House is Grade II* listed [1] Georgian brick mansion at 26 Upper Mall in Hammersmith , overlooking the River Thames . Built in about 1785, it was the London home of English textile designer, artist, writer and socialist William Morris from 1878 to 1896. [2] Kelmscott House Listed Building
#8 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
#10 Revue virtuelle
Revue virtuelle (1992–1996) was an exhibition project for early new media , virtual art technologies, computer graphics , virtual reality , hypermedia and digital art projects that was housed in the Musée National d'Art Moderne , Centre Pompidou from1992 to 1996. [1] This article has multiple issues
#11 Reynolda House Museum of American Art
The Reynolda House Museum of American Art displays a premiere collection of American art ranging from the colonial period to the present. Built in 1917 by Katharine Smith Reynolds and her husband R. J. Reynolds , founder of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company , the house originally occupied the cente
#12 Tenby Museum and Art Gallery
Tenby Museum and Art Gallery , located in Tenby , Pembrokeshire , South West Wales , is the oldest independent museum in Wales. [2] Established in 1878, the Museum has a collection of local geology , biology , archaeological and maritime artifacts. Accompanying the regular exhibitions since 1976 is
Galerie Ror Volmar or Ror Volmar Gallery was an influential art gallery located at 58 Rue de Bourgogne in the 7th arrondissement of Paris . [1] [2] The gallery specialized in contemporary figurative painters. [1] In 1970, Art International reported that the gallery had been "holding an exhibition of
Ahmed Shawki Museum is a writer's house museum dedicated to the poet and dramatist Ahmed Shawki (1869–1932). Museum in Giza Ahmed Shawki Museum متحف احمد شوقي Established as a palace on 1930s?, as a museum in 1977 Location Giza Type Museum Collection size Personal belongings of the Egyptian Poet Ahm
#15 Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson
The Museum of Contemporary Art ( MOCA ) [1] in Tucson , Arizona , United States, was founded in 1997, by Julia Latane, James Graham, and David Wright. The museum was founded to create a permanent institution for contemporary art in Tucson 's arts district. Originally housed in the HazMat building on
#16 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
#17 Tate Modern
Tate Modern is an art gallery located in London. It houses the United Kingdom's national collection of international modern and contemporary art , and forms part of the Tate group together with Tate Britain , Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives . [2] It is located in the former Bankside Power Station ,
#18 Belgrave St Ives
Belgrave St Ives is a commercial art gallery, [1] specialising in modern British and contemporary art in St Ives , Cornwall, southwest England. [2] It gives emphasis to work produced in Cornwall from the 1930s onwards, when the town of St Ives became an internationally important modernist artistic c
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
#20 Artizon Museum
Artizon Museum Aatizon Bijutukan ( アーティゾン美術館 ) , until 2018 Bridgestone Museum of Art ( ブリヂストン美術館 , Burijisuton Bijutsukan ) , is an art museum in Tokyo , Japan . [1] The Bridgestone Museum The museum was founded in 1952 by the founder of Bridgestone Tire Co., Ishibashi Shojiro (his family name mean
Portrait of Wally is a 1912 oil painting by Austrian painter Egon Schiele of Walburga "Wally" Neuzil , a woman whom he met in 1911 when he was 21 and she was 17. She became his lover and model for several years, depicted in a number of Schiele's most striking paintings. The painting was obtained by
The Winged Lion Memorial (in Czech : Památník Okřídleného lva ) was unveiled on 17 June 2014 at Klárov in Prague by the British Member of Parliament, Rt Hon Sir Nicholas Soames MP, grandson of Sir Winston Churchill . [1] It is dedicated to the Czechoslovak airmen who served in the Royal Air Force (R
#3 Portrait of Margaret van Eyck
Portrait of Margaret van Eyck (or Margaret, the Artist's Wife ) is a 1439 oil on wood painting by the Early Netherlandish master Jan van Eyck . It is one of the two latest [1] of his surviving paintings, and one of the earliest European artworks to depict a painter's spouse. Completed when she was a
#4 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
Waiting for the Interurban , also known as People Waiting for the Interurban , [1] is a 1978 cast aluminum sculpture collection in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle . It is located on the southeast corner of N. 34th Street and Fremont Avenue N., just east of the northern end of the Fremont Bridge
#6 Digital DNA
Digital DNA is a public art project commissioned by the Palo Alto Public Arts Commission for Lytton Plaza in downtown Palo Alto, California . It was created by Adriana Varella and Nilton Maltz and installed in 2005. Digital DNA addresses complicated themes of technology and public space in Silicon V
#7 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
#8 William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings
The William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings consists of 477 watercolour botanical drawings of plants and animals of Malacca and Singapore by unknown Chinese (probably Cantonese) artists that were commissioned between 1819 and 1823 by William Farquhar (26 February 1774 – 13 May 1839).
#9 Regatta at Sainte-Adresse (Monet)
The Regatta at Sainte-Adresse is an oil-on-canvas painting by the impressionist painter Claude Monet . It was painted in 1867 and is owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art . 1867 painting by Claude Monet Regatta at Sainte-Adresse Artist Claude Monet Year 1867 Medium oil paint , canvas Dimensions
Francis Noel Clarke Mundy (15 August 1739 – 23 October 1815) was an English poet, landowner, magistrate and, in 1772, Sheriff of Derbyshire . His most noted poem was written to defend Needwood Forest which was enclosed at the beginning of the 19th century. Francis Noel Clarke Mundy c. 1762, by Josep
#11 Surrender of Lord Cornwallis
The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis is an oil painting by John Trumbull . The painting was completed in 1820, and hangs in the rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Painting by John Trumbull This article is about John Trumbull 's painting. For details on Lord Cornwallis's surrender,
#12 Robert Dundas of Arniston, the younger
Robert Dundas of Arniston , the younger, FRSE (18 July 1713 – 13 December 1787) was a Scottish judge. He served as Solicitor General for Scotland from 1742 to 1746, as Lord Advocate from 1754 to 1760, and as Member of Parliament for Midlothian from 1754 to 1761. He was Lord President of the Court of
#13 Statue of Joseph Warren (Charlestown, Boston)
A statue of Joseph Warren is installed in a lodge adjacent to the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown, Boston , in the U.S. state of Massachusetts . Statue in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Statue of Joseph Warren Artist Henry Dexter Year 1857 ( 1857 ) Subject Joseph Warren Location Boston , Massachu
#14 Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Arlington, Massachusetts)
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument (1887) is a monument in Arlington, MA , dedicated to the men of who served in the Civil War . The victory column in Arlington is located at the junction of Massachusetts Avenue and Broadway. 42 feet tall, it is made from three different types of granite from Barre, Ve
#15 Equestrian Portrait of Cornelis and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort with Their Tutor and Coachman
Equestrian Portrait of Cornelis and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort with Their Tutor and Coachman , also known as Starting for the Hunt , is an oil-on-canvas painting by Aelbert Cuyp , now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. [1] [2] [3] 17th-century painting by Dutch painter Aelbert Cuyp E
Western Cattle in Storm is a $1 stamp issued by the United States Post Office Department as part of the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Issue . Western Cattle in Storm is one of nine commemorative postage stamps in the series, which marked the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition held in Omaha, Nebraska. While
#17 View of Montmartre from Cité des Fleurs to Les Batignolles
View of Montmartre from Cité des Fleurs to Les Batignolles is a painting by Alfred Sisley , produced in spring 1869 now in the Musée de Grenoble . It bears national museums reference France Inv. MG 1317. [1] It was given to that museum in 1901 by the artist's friend and fellow painter Joseph-Auguste
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
#19 Surrender of General Burgoyne
The Surrender of General Burgoyne is an oil painting by John Trumbull . The painting was completed in 1821, and hangs in the rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, D. C. Painting by John Trumbull This article is about John Trumbull 's painting. For details on General Burgoyne's surrende
#20 Max Schmitt in a Single Scull
Max Schmitt in a Single Scull (also known as The Champion Single Sculls or The Champion, Single Sculls ) is an 1871 painting by Thomas Eakins , Goodrich catalogue #44 . It is in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art . Set on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ,
#1 Champfleury
Jules François Felix Fleury-Husson (17 September 1821, in Laon , Aisne – 6 December 1889, in Sèvres ), who wrote under the name Champfleury ( French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃fløʁi] ), was a French art critic and novelist, a prominent supporter of the Realist movement in painting and fiction. French au
Kathleen Fenwick , OC (17 June 1901 – 28 September 1973) [1] was the first curator of the collection of prints and drawings of the National Gallery of Canada from 1928 until her death in 1973. She was the first female curator in Canada. Canadian curator Kathleen Fenwick Born ( 1901-06-17 ) 17 June 1
Michel Pastoureau (born 17 June 1947) is a French professor of medieval history and an expert in Western symbology . French art historian Michel Pastoureau in 2019
Małgorzata Omilanowska (born 10 April 1960 in Warsaw ) is a Polish art historian and politician. She served as Poland's Minister of Culture and National Heritage from July 2014 to November 2015. Polish art historian and politician Małgorzata Omilanowska Minister of Culture and National Heritage In o
Aline Bernstein Saarinen (March 25, 1914 – July 13, 1972) was an American art and architecture critic, author and television journalist. American architect Aline B. Saarinen Saarinen, c. 1964 Born Aline Milton Bernstein ( 1914-03-25 ) March 25, 1914 New York City, U.S. Died July 13, 1972 (1972-07-13
Joseph Leo Koerner (born June 17, 1958) is an American art historian and filmmaker. He is currently the Victor S. Thomas Professor of the History of Art and Architecture and, since 2008, Senior Fellow at the Society of Fellows at Harvard University . Specializing in Northern Renaissance and 19th-cen
Wilhelm Hausenstein (17 June 1882 – 3 June 1957) was a German politician, writer, journalist, art critic, historian and diplomat. [1] He was the first German ambassador to France following World War II . [1]
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
#9 Carol Wax
Carol Wax (born June 17, 1953) is an American artist, author and teacher whom the New York Times called "a virtuoso printmaker and art historian " for her work in mezzotint and her writings on the history and technique of that medium. [1] American art historian This biography of a living person need
#10 Brian Kish
Brian Kish is an art historian and curator, with experience in Italian twentieth century design. He organized the first exhibition on Gio Ponti in the United States, researches and advises on academic essays, and has worked with Sotheby's [1] and Phillips de Pury . He is specifically a historian on
#11 Jan Hoet
Knight Jan Hoet (pronounced YAN HOOT) [1] (23 June 1936 – 27 February 2014) was the Belgian founder of SMAK ( Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst or Municipal Museum for Contemporary Art) in Ghent , Belgium . [2] Jan Hoet (1989)
#12 Alois Riegl
Alois Riegl (14 January 1858, Linz – 17 June 1905, Vienna ) was an Austrian art historian , and is considered a member of the Vienna School of Art History . He was one of the major figures in the establishment of art history as a self-sufficient academic discipline , and one of the most influential
#13 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
Alexis-François Rio (20 May 1797 – 17 June 1874) was a French writer on art. Without any strict method or criticism, he expressed preference for the art of the 15th century. He contributed greatly towards recovery of the neglected art of the Middle Ages. French art historian
#15 Harry Bober
Harry Bober (1915 – 1988) was an American art historian , a university professor, and a writer. He was the first Avalon Professor of the Humanities a New York University (NYU). [1] He wrote and edited several books and published numerous articles on the art, architecture and historiography of the Mi
#16 J. Carter Brown
John Carter Brown III (October 8, 1934 – June 17, 2002) was the director of the U.S. National Gallery of Art from 1969 to 1992 and a leading figure in American intellectual life. Under Brown's direction, the National Gallery became one of the leading art museums in the United States , if not the wor
#17 Natalie Kampen
Natalie Kampen (February 1, 1944 – August 12, 2012) was an American art historian and women's studies professor. [1] American art historian Natalie Kampen Born Natalie Boymel ( 1944-02-01 ) February 1, 1944 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Died August 12, 2012 (2012-08-12) (aged 68) Wakefield, Rhode Isl
#18 Michele Bacci
Michele Bacci , (born 17 June 1970) is an Italian art historian . He is professor of medieval history of art at the University of Fribourg since 2011 and member of the Academia Europaea since 2015. Italian art historian (born 1970) This article is an orphan , as no other articles link to it . Please
#19 Fabien Danesi
Fabien Danesi , a Doctor of Philosophy in Art History , is a lecturer at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Picardie Jules Verne in Amiens . [1] [2] Former resident of the Villa Medici , [3] French Academy in Rome in 2007–2008, [4] he previously taught at the François Rabelais University of To
#20 Daisaku Ikeda
Daisaku Ikeda ( 池田 大作 , Ikeda Daisaku , born 2 January 1928) is a Japanese Buddhist philosopher, educator, author, and nuclear disarmament advocate. [2] [3] [4] He served as the third president and then honorary president of the Soka Gakkai , the largest of Japan's new religious movements . [5] :
#1 List of public art in Glasgow
Public statues in Glasgow , the largest city in Scotland , have been used to display the wealth and history of the city over centuries. The most prominent are those erected by the municipality or by public subscription, but others adorn the façades of the great commercial buildings. The city's Georg
#2 Statue of Joseph Stalin, Berlin
The Berlin Stalin statue ( German : Stalindenkmal ) was a bronze portrayal of the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin . A Komsomol delegation had presented the sculpture to the East Berlin government on the occasion of the Third World Festival of Youth and Students in 1951. The monument was formally dedicat
#3 Soviet War Memorial (Tiergarten)
The Soviet War Memorial is one of several war memorials in Berlin , the capital city of Germany , erected by the Soviet Union to commemorate its war dead, particularly the 80,000 soldiers of the Soviet Armed Forces who died during the Battle of Berlin in April and May 1945. [1] War memorial in Berli
#4 Aqua Horological Tintinnabulator
The Aqua Horological Tintinnabulator (also known as the Victoria Centre Clock or the Emett Clock [1] or The Time Fountain is a 'water-powered' clock . From 1973 to 2010 it was installed on the ground floor at the Victoria Centre in Nottingham , England. In 2015 it was reinstalled in the shopping cen
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
#6 Anthony J. Drexel (Ezekiel)
Anthony J. Drexel is a bronze statue by Moses Jacob Ezekiel of Drexel University founder Anthony Joseph Drexel . It is located at 32nd Street and Market Street, Philadelphia . [1] Anthony J. Drexel Artist Moses Jacob Ezekiel Year 1904 Type Bronze Dimensions 170 cm × 140 cm × 150 cm (66 i
#7 African American Civil War Memorial Museum
The African American Civil War Memorial Museum , in the U Street district of Washington, D.C. , recognizes the contributions of the 209,145 members of the United States Colored Troops (USCT). The eponymous memorial, dedicated in July 1998 by the African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation
The Bunker Hill Monument is a monument erected at the site of the Battle of Bunker Hill in Boston , Massachusetts , which was among the first major battles between the Red Coats and Patriots in the American Revolutionary War . The 221-foot (67 m) granite obelisk was erected between 1825 and 1843 in
#9 Equestrian statue of David McMurtrie Gregg
Major General David McMurtrie Gregg is a monumental statue located in Reading, Pennsylvania , United States. The monument was designed by Henry Augustus Lukeman and consists of an equestrian statue depicting David McMurtrie Gregg , a military officer who had served in the Union Army during the Ameri
#10 Rhodes Must Fall
Rhodes Must Fall was a protest movement that began on 9 March 2015, originally directed against a statue at the University of Cape Town (UCT) that commemorates Cecil Rhodes . The campaign for the statue's removal received global attention [2] [3] and led to a wider movement to " decolonise " educati
#11 List of tallest statues in the Philippines
This list of tallest statues in the Philippines includes free-standing, completed statues in the Philippines that are at least 5 meters (16 feet) tall. The height of these statues are measured from the top of its base/pedestal up to its maximum height (including monuments with spires or obelisks). T
#12 William Washington Gordon Monument
The William Washington Gordon Monument is a public monument in Savannah , Georgia , United States . Located in Wright Square , the monument honors politician and businessman William Washington Gordon and was designed by Henry Van Brunt and Frank M. Howe . It was completed in 1883. Public monument in
#13 Statue of Guan Yu (Jingzhou)
The Guan Yu Statue is a large monument to Chinese deified military general Guan Yu located in Jingzhou , China . The statue was designed by Han Meilin , and finished construction in 2016. [1] It stands at 58 metres tall, weighs 1,197 tonnes, and is made of around 4,000 bronze strips. [2] The project
General Israel Putnam is a monumental statue in Hartford, Connecticut , United States. Located in the city's Bushnell Park , the statue was designed by sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward and honors Israel Putnam , a military officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War . The st
#15 Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (New Haven)
The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument is a war memorial located on the 366-foot (112 m) summit of East Rock in New Haven, Connecticut . It is visible for miles from the surrounding area and Long Island Sound . The monument was completed in 1887 and honors the residents of New Haven who gave their li
Maman (1999) is a bronze, stainless steel, and marble sculpture by the artist Louise Bourgeois . The sculpture, which depicts a spider , is among the world's largest, measuring over 30 ft high and over 33 ft wide (927 x 891 x 1024 cm). [1] It includes a sac containing 32 marble eggs an
#17 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
The Israel Putnam Monument is an equestrian statue located in Brooklyn, Connecticut , United States. The monument, designed by sculptor Karl Gerhardt , was dedicated in 1888 in honor of Israel Putnam , a Connecticut native who served as a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutio
The Statue of Liberty ( Liberty Enlightening the World ; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde ) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. The copper statue, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States ,
#20 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