langs: 23 июня [ru] / june 23 [en] / 23. juni [de] / 23 juin [fr] / 23 giugno [it] / 23 de junio [es]
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#1 Scott Burton
Scott Burton (June 23, 1939 – December 29, 1989) was an American sculptor and performance artist best known for his large-scale furniture sculptures in granite and bronze . American sculptor Scott Burton Born ( 1939-06-23 ) June 23, 1939 Greensboro, Alabama Died December 29, 1989 (1989-12-29) (aged
Johann Michael Ferdinand Heinrich Hofmann (19 March 1824 – 23 June 1911) was a German painter of the late 19th to early 20th century. He was the uncle of the German painter Ludwig von Hofmann . He was born in Darmstadt and died in Dresden . He is best known for his many paintings depicting the life
Mária Balážová (born 31 August 1956 in Trnava , Slovakia, former Czechoslovakia) is a contemporary Slovak artist. Her practise as an artist is usually associated with new geometry, post-geometry and postmodern. Mária Balážová Born ( 1956-08-31 ) 31 August 1956 (age 66) Trnava , Slovakia Nationalit
Ipsita Roy Chakraverti (born Ipsita Chakraverti ; 3 November 1950) is a Wiccan priestess based in India. Born into an elite family in India with a diplomat for a father and royalty for mother, Chakraverti spent her early years in Canada and the US where her father was stationed. There, she was allow
#5 Zber
Fiszel Zylberberg , most commonly known as Zber (23 June 1909 – 26 October 1942) [1] was a Jewish artist, best known for his work in xylography (woodcut engraving). Zber was said to be a young artist who was a genius of the graphic arts, so much so that his style was known to have a "lyricism drawn
Giovanni Battista Tassara ( Genoa , June 23, 1841 - Genoa, October 5, 1916) was an Italian sculptor. Italian sculptor 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 tool for suggestions. ( March 2014 ) As a
#7 John Thomas Smith (engraver)
John Thomas Smith , also known as Antiquity Smith (1766–1833), was an English painter, engraver and antiquarian. He wrote a life of the sculptor Joseph Nollekens , that was noted for its "malicious candour", [1] and was a keeper of prints for the British Museum . [2] English artist and antiquarian J
Cecrope Barilli (April 2, 1839 – June 23, 1911) was an Italian painter. Not to be confused with the Italian actor known for Before the Revolution .* Italian painter (1839–1911) This article needs additional citations for verification . ( July 2015 ) Self-portrait (c.1880) Born in Parma , as a young
Jarrod Castaing (born 1983) is a photographer from Sydney, Australia . Castaing is known for his landscape photographs and limited edition photographic prints from over 50 countries. [1] Castaing was named USA Landscape Photographer of the Year Runner-up [2] in 2014 and exhibited at the Smithsonian
#10 Jānis Backāns
Jānis Backāns (23 June 1925 – 2004) was a Latvian and Latgalian ceramicist . [1] Latvian ceramicist Jānis Backāns Backāns in 1985 Born Jānis Backāns ( 1925-06-23 ) 23 June 1925 Feimaņi Parish , Latvia Died 2004 (2004-00-00) (aged 78–79) Latvia Nationality Latvian Known for Ceramics Movement Latg
Anton Dominik Ritter von Fernkorn (March 17, 1813 in Erfurt – November 16, 1878 in Vienna ) was a German- Austrian sculptor. Anton Dominik Fernkorn
#12 Tania Mouraud
Tania Mouraud , [1] (born January 2, 1942, in Paris), is a contemporary French video artist , and photographer. French artist 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 a
#13 James Cranke
James Cranke ( / k r æ ŋ k / ; June 23, 1707 – October 28, 1780) was an English painter. English painter James Cranke Self portrait (c. 1751) Born James Cranke 23 June 1707 Little Urswick , Cumbria , England Died 28 October 1780 Little Urswick, Cumbria, England Nationality British Known for Painti
#14 Frances Gabe
Frances Gabe (born Frances Grace Arnholtz , June 23, 1915 – December 26, 2016) was a feminist artist and inventor and most well known for designing and building the first "self-cleaning house" [1] in Newberg, Oregon . Disgusted with the nuisance of cleaning as a housewife in the 1970s Gabe invented
#15 Annie Haslam
Annie Haslam (born 8 June 1947) is an English vocalist, songwriter and painter. She is best known as the lead singer of progressive rock band Renaissance since 1971, and for her long and diverse solo singing career. She has a five-octave vocal range . [1] From 2002, Haslam has developed a parallel c
#16 Gladys Nilsson
Gladys M. Nilsson (born May 6, 1940) is an American artist, one of the original Hairy Who Chicago Imagists , a group of representational artists active during the 1960s and 1970s. She is married to fellow-artist and Hairy Who member Jim Nutt . [1] American painter This article has multiple issues. P
John Carl Doemling (1894–1955), artist, the son of Würzburg college professor Leonard Doemling and Johanna Herrmann, was born in Sulzfeld, Rhön-Grabfeld , Bavaria , Germany . Known throughout his life as "Carl", he spent his early years in a seminary preparing to become a priest; however, by age twe
John Reinhard Weguelin RWS ROI (23 June 1849 – 28 April 1927) was an English painter and illustrator, active from 1877 to after 1910. He specialized in figurative paintings with lush backgrounds, typically landscapes or garden scenes. Weguelin emulated the neo-classical style of Edward Poynter and L
Jean Paul Brusset (23 June 1909 – 1985) was an internationally acclaimed painter with what has been described as "a strong Mediterranean flair". He was born in Pont du Gard , near Nîmes , in Provence , France. French painter Lettre Cocteau à Brusset02 In 1929, after completing his higher education a
#20 Ben Wilson (American artist)
Ben Wilson (June 23, 1913 – November 9, 2001) [1] [2] was an American artist known for his early, expressionistic paintings from the mid-1930s to the mid-1950s and his subsequent non-objective paintings, a personal synthesis of abstract expressionism [3] and constructivism . [1] He is generally cons
Palazzo Abatellis (also known as Palazzo Patella ) is a palazzo in Palermo , Sicily , southern Italy , located in the Kalsa quarter. It is home to the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia , the Gallery of Art for the Sicilian region. The main façade of the palace
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
Château de Linardié is the name for a once active cultural center located in the South West area of France seven kilometres from Gaillac in the Tarn, France . It operated for 10 years, from 1996 to 2006. Château de Linardié
The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) is the region's primary resource for culture and visual arts. It is located in the Marcia and John Price Museum Building in Salt Lake City, Utah on the University of Utah campus near Rice-Eccles Stadium . Works of art are displayed on a rotating basis. It is a uni
#5 International Center of Photography
The International Center of Photography ( ICP ), at 79 Essex Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan , New York City , consists of a museum for photography and visual culture and a school offering an array of educational courses and programming. [1] ICP's photographic collection, reading room, an
#6 Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Vatican Museums
The Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art is a collection of paintings, graphic art and sculptures in the Vatican Museums . Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Vatican Museums Established 1973 Location Vatican City Curator Mario Ferrazza Website https://museivaticani.va/content/museivatic
#7 MUDAM
The Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art ( French : Musée d'art moderne Grand-Duc Jean ), abbreviated to Mudam , is a museum of modern art in Luxembourg City , in southern Luxembourg . The museum stands on the site of the old Fort Thüngen , on the southwestern edge of the Kirchberg-plateau , in clos
The Freer Gallery of Art is an art museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. focusing on Asian art. The Freer and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery together form the National Museum of Asian Art in the United States. [2] The Freer and Sackler galleries house the largest Asian art researc
The Metropolitan Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross , Our Lady of Regla , and St Francis of Assisi is the main ecclesiastical building of the Catholic Church in Chihuahua City , Chihuahua , Mexico . It is considered perhaps the finest example of colonial architecture in northern Mexico [1] and it wa
The National Museum of Qatar is a national museum in Doha , Qatar . The current building opened to the public on 28 March 2019, replacing the previous building which opened in 1975. The building was designed by architect Jean Nouvel who was inspired by the desert rose crystal , which can be found in
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
Pinacotheca was a gallery in Melbourne , Australia. Established in 1967 by Bruce Pollard, it was ideologically committed to the avant-garde and represented a new generation of artists interested in post-object, conceptual [1] and other non-traditional art forms. [2] Art gallery located in Melbourne,
#13 Museum of the African Diaspora
The Museum of the African Diaspora ( MoAD ) is a contemporary art museum in San Francisco , California . MoAD holds exhibitions and presents artists exclusively of the African diaspora , one of only a few museums of its kind in the United States. Located at 685 Mission St. adjacent to the St. Regis
The Fine Arts Museum of Nantes , along with 14 other provincial museums, was created, by consular decree on 14 Fructidor in year IX (31 August 1801). Today the museum is one of the largest museums in the region. Fine Arts Museum of Nantes Musée d'Arts de Nantes Musée d'Arts de Nantes Location within
#15 Indianapolis Museum of Art
The Indianapolis Museum of Art ( IMA ) is an encyclopedic art museum located at Newfields , a 152-acre (62 ha) campus that also houses Lilly House , The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park: 100 Acres , the Gardens at Newfields, the Beer Garden, and more. It is located at the corner of North Mi
Peter Bray Gallery (a commercial gallery) was established as Stanley Coe Gallery in 1949 before being renamed in 1951, after a change of management. Situated at 435 Bourke Street, Melbourne , Victoria , Australia, it closed in 1957. [1] Many of the major names in mid-century Australian contemporary
Clitheroe Castle Museum is located in Clitheroe , Lancashire , England, in the former Steward's House, a Grade II listed building that was built in the 18th century to house the steward of Clitheroe Castle . [1] It is a museum showing the history of the local area. [2] Clitheroe Castle Museum Clithe
David Zwirner Gallery is an American contemporary art gallery owned by David Zwirner . It has four gallery spaces in New York City and one each in London, Hong Kong, and Paris. [1] David Zwirner Gallery Formation 1993 Type Art gallery Location 525 & 533 West 19th Street, New York 537 West 20th Stree
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 Met Breuer
The Met Breuer ( / ˈ b r ɔɪ . ər / BROY -ər ) [1] was a museum of modern and contemporary art at Madison Avenue and East 75th Street in the Upper East Side of Manhattan , New York City . It served as a branch museum of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (known as the Met) from 2016 to 2020. Defunct art
Our Lady of Perpetual Help (also known as Our Lady of Perpetual Succour ) [note 1] is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a 15th-century Byzantine icon with an alleged Marian apparition . The icon is believed to have originated from the Keras Kardiotissas Monastery and
Bouquet près de la fenêtre ( Bouquet by the Window ) is an oil on canvas painting by Marc Chagall dated 1959–1960. Franz Meyer [ de ] , Chagall's biographer (and son-in-law), called it one of Chagall's finest flower paintings. [1] Painting by Marc Chagall Bouquet près de la fenêtre Bouquet by the
#3 The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson
The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson is an oil on canvas painting by English artist John Collier , created in 1881. It is part of the Tate Britain collections since 1881. [1] [2] Painting by John Collier The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson Artist John Collier Year 1881 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 214 c
#4 Bust of Ashbel Parsons Willard
Ashbel Parsons Willard is a piece of public art by American sculptor Henry Dexter , located on the second floor or third level (including the basement) of the Indiana Statehouse , located between Washington Street and Ohio Street in Indianapolis , the capital of Indiana , a U.S. state. The bust is l
The Virgin of the Rocks ( Italian : Vergine delle rocce ), sometimes the Madonna of the Rocks , is the name of two paintings by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci , of the same subject, with a composition which is identical except for several significant details. The version generally
ART , also known as Big Red Art , [1] is a 1999 steel sculpture by Doris Shlayn, installed outside the Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio , United States. [2] It was installed on June 23, 2001. [3] Sculpture in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. ART The sculpture in 2018 Artist Doris Shlayn Year
#7 Christ of Saint John of the Cross
Christ of Saint John of the Cross is a painting by Salvador Dalí made in 1951 which is in the collection of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum , Glasgow. It depicts Jesus Christ on the cross in a darkened sky floating over a body of water complete with a boat and fishermen. Although it is a depi
#8 Portrait of Angel Fernández de Soto
Portrait of Angel Fernández de Soto (also known as The Absinthe Drinker ) ( French : Portrait bleu de Angel Fernández de Soto ) is a portrait by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso completed in 1903 during his Blue Period . The oil painting depicts Picasso's friend and fellow painter, Angel Fernandez de So
#9 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
#10 Water Lilies (Monet series)
Water Lilies (or Nymphéas , French: [nɛ̃.fe.a] ) is a series of approximately 250 oil paintings by French Impressionist Claude Monet (1840–1926). The paintings depict his flower garden at his home in Giverny , and were the main focus of his artistic production during the last thirty years of his l
The Virgin of Vladimir , also known as Vladimir Mother of God , Our Lady of Vladimir [1] ( Russian : Влади́мирская ико́на Бо́жией Ма́тери , Ukrainian : Вишгородська ікона Божої Матері ), and the Theotokos of Vladimir ( Greek : Θεοτόκος του Βλαντίμιρ ), is a 12th-century Byzantine icon depicting the
#12 A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie
A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie is an 1866 landscape oil painting by German-American painter Albert Bierstadt that was inspired by sketches created on an 1863 expedition. 1866 oil painting by Albert Bierstadt A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie Artist Albert Bierstadt Year 1866
#13 The Last Judgement (Martin paintings)
The Last Judgement is a triptych of oil paintings by the British artist John Martin , created in 1851–1853. The work comprises three separate paintings on a theme of the end of the world , inspired by the Book of Revelation . The paintings, The Plains of Heaven , The Last Judgement , and The Great D
The Colors of StoBoSa , officially designated as the StoBoSa Hillside Homes Artwork , is a community artwork designed by the Tam-awan Village group, and is a locally recognized tourist attraction in the town of La Trinidad , Benguet . The paintwork of multiple houses composes the single artwork. Pub
#15 Portrait of Jacques Nayral
Portrait of Jacques Nayral (also known as Portrait de Jacques Nayral ) is a large oil painting created in 1911 by the French artist, theorist and writer Albert Gleizes (1881–1953). It was exhibited in Paris at the Salon d'Automne of 1911 (no. 609), the Salon de la Section d'Or , 1912 (no. 38), and r
#16 Le Chemin, Paysage à Meudon
Le Chemin, Paysage à Meudon also known as Paysage avec personage , is an oil on canvas painted in 1911 by the artist, theorist and writer Albert Gleizes . The work was exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants during the spring of 1911, Paris; Les Indépendants, Musée moderne de Bruxelles, 1911; Galeri
#17 Brick Train
The Brick Train is a brick sculpture located on the outskirts of the town of Darlington , in the English county of Durham . The sculpture was created by David Mach in 1997 to celebrate the town's railway heritage, and is modelled on the steam locomotive Mallard , which set a UK rail speed record of
#18 Mirth & Girth
Mirth & Girth is a portrait painting by School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) student David K. Nelson, Jr., depicting the deceased popular African-American mayor of Chicago , Harold Washington wearing only a bra, G-string , garter belt and stockings. [2] After a brief showing at a May 11, 19
Le Repos (French, 'Rest') is an oil-on-canvas painting created by Pablo Picasso in 1932. It depicts a portrait of Marie-Thérèse Walter , the artist's lover and muse, in a sleeping pose. The painting was produced in the midst of their relationship and is a demonstration of Picasso's love for his mist
#20 The 'Laakmolen' near The Hague
The 'Laakmolen' near the Hague is a watercolor by Vincent van Gogh that he made in the summer of 1882. Formerly it was thought to have dated from his Etten period 1881. Following identification of the mill, historians now place it the year following. [1] The 'Laakmolen' near The Hague
Isabella or Isabelle Alice Errera , née Goldschmidt (5 April 1869 - 23 June 1929) was a Belgian art historian specializing in textiles. Belgian art historian The Hotel Errera in Brussels, home to Isabelle Errera from 1890 until her death, now the headquarters of the Minister-President of Flanders
Tricia Collins is an American art critic , art gallerist and curator of contemporary art. She was half of the curatorial team Collins & Milazzo , with Richard Milazzo , who together co-published and co-edited Effects : Magazine for New Art Theory from 1982 to 1984. [1] She later ran the art galler
Angelo Marino (April 30, 1956 – October 10, 2018) was an Italian art dealer and curator. He was the first Italian gallery owner to turn his gallery, dirartecontemporanea, into a virtual exhibition space (dirartecontemporanea 2.0). Italian art dealer and curator Angelo Marino, 2013
#4 Carola Hicks
Carola Hicks (7 November 1941 – 23 June 2010) was a British art historian . British art historian She was born Carola Brown in Bognor Regis , West Sussex , and educated at the Lady Eleanor Holles School and the University of Edinburgh , where she took a first in archaeology in 1964. Carola returned
Zenon Frantsyskovych Kuzelia (23 June 1882 – 24 May 1952) was a prominent Ukrainian linguist, bibliographer, historian, journalist, and civil activist. He was born in a family of forestry in the village of Poruchyn (today's in Ternopil Raion ). Kuzelia studied at Berezhany gymnasium where he organiz
#6 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
#7 Friedrich Heinrich von Boetticher
Friedrich Heinrich von Boetticher (1826–1902) [1] was a German publisher, bookseller, scholar and art historian. Friedrich von Boetticher art historian Friedrich Heinrich von Boetticher Friedrich Heinrich von Boetticher Born ( 1826-06-23 ) 23 June 1826 Riga Died 12 February 1902 (1902-02-12) (aged
Jeffrey Meyers (born April 1, 1939 in New York City ) is an American biographer, literary, art and film critic. He currently lives in Berkeley, California . Jeffrey Meyers Born ( 1939-04-01 ) April 1, 1939 (age 83) New York City, New York , U.S. Alma mater University of Michigan Occupation Biogr
#9 Ezra Pound
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an expatriate American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a fascist collaborator in Italy during World War II . His works include Ripostes (1912), Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920), and his 800-pag
#10 Alda Levi
Alda Levi Spinazzola ( Bologna , 16 June 1890 – Rome , 23 June 1950) was an Italian archaeologist and art historian. [1] [2] Italian archaeologist Alda Levi 1930 photograph Born ( 1890-06-16 ) June 16, 1890 Bologna Died June 23, 1950 (1950-06-23) (aged 60) Rome Nationality Italian Other names Al
#11 Vladimir Kemenov
Vladimir Semenovich Kemenov (Russian: Владимир Семёнович Кеменов; 20 May 1908 – 14 June 1988) was a Soviet art historian and statesmen who headed the VOKS for the USSR in the 1940s. [1] [2] [3] [4] Soviet art historian and statesmen
#12 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)
#13 Allan Holtz
Allan Holtz ( / h ɔː l t s / ) is a comic strip historian who researches and writes about newspaper comics for his Stripper's Guide blog, launched in 2005. His research encompasses some 7,000 American comic strips and newspaper panels. In addition to his contributions to Hogan's Alley and other publ
#14 Dmitry Rovinsky
Dmitry Aleksandrovich Rovinsky ( Russian : Дми́трий Алекса́ндрович Рови́нский ; 28 August [ O.S. 16 August ] 1824 - 23 June 1895) was an art historian and compiler of reference albums on Russian portraits and engravings of the 18th to 19th centuries. He was an honorary member of the Academy of S
#15 Cyril Aldred
Cyril Aldred FRSE FSA Scot [1] (19 February 1914 – 23 June 1991) was an English Egyptologist , art historian , and author. English Egyptologist, art historian, and author This article needs additional citations for verification . ( January 2016 ) Cyril Aldred FRSE FSA Scot Cyril Aldred in 1969 Born
#16 Adrian Daintrey
Adrian Maurice Daintrey , RWA (1902–1988) was a British portrait and landscape painter.
#17 Elías Tormo
Elías Tormo y Monzó (1869–1957) was a Spanish art historian. In this Spanish name , the first or paternal surname is Tormo and the second or maternal family name is Monzó . Elías Tormo Tormo in December 1910 Born Elías Tormo y Monzó ( 1869-06-23 ) June 23, 1869 Albaida ( Valencia ), Spain Died Decem
#18 Margot Eates
Margot Eates (23 June 1913 – 24 September 1994) was a British art historian and curator who led the London Museum (predecessor institution to the Museum of London ) through the second world war . British art historian and curator Margot Eates M.B.E. Born 23 June 1913 London Died 24 September 1994 Pa
#19 Oliver Grau
Oliver Grau (born 24 October 1965) is a German art historian and media theoretician with a focus on image science, modernity and media art as well as culture of the 19th century and Italian art of the Renaissance . Main Areas of Research are: Digital Art, Media Art History, immersion, digital humani
#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 LOOK II (sculpture in Plymouth)
LOOK II (alternatively, Look II , and colloquially, Rusty Reg [ citation needed ] ) is a permanent sculpture by British sculptor Antony Gormley on the south-western leg of West Hoe Pier, Plymouth , Devon , England . Sculpture by Antony Gormley on West Hoe, Plymouth, Devon LOOK II Rusty Reg LOOK II o
#2 Gateway Arch
The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot-tall (192 m) monument in St. Louis, Missouri , United States. Clad in stainless steel and built in the form of a weighted catenary arch , [5] it is the world's tallest arch [4] and Missouri's tallest accessible building . Some sources consider it the tallest human-ma
#3 Memorial to the murdered Jews of Hanover
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Hanover is located in Hanover , Germany , on Opernplatz, one of the city's central squares. It was designed by the Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto and erected in 1994 on the initiative of the Memoriam Association and financed through individual donations .
#4 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.
The Gay Liberation Monument is part of the Stonewall National Monument , which commemorates the Stonewall uprising of 1969. Created in 1980, the Gay Liberation sculpture by American artist George Segal was the first piece of public art dedicated to gay rights and solidarity for LGBT individuals, whi
Spectra is the name of a series of art installations by Ryoji Ikeda which use intense white light as a sculptural material. [1] The most recent presentation of spectra was in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia for four days ending 24 June, 2018 to mark the winter solstice, and as an installation piece at t
#7 Confederate War Memorial (Cape Girardeau, Missouri)
The Confederate War Memorial is a memorial to Confederate soldiers located behind the Common Pleas Courthouse in Cape Girardeau , Missouri . It was erected by the Cape Girardeau United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1931. [1] It was moved to its current location in 1995. [2] Beside it is a fountain
#8 Statue of Queen Victoria (Winnipeg)
The Queen Victoria Statue was a sculpture of Queen Victoria that stood on the grounds of the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada. [1] Public sculpture by George Frampton Statue of Queen Victoria The former Queen Victoria Statue in front of the Manitoba Legislative Building
#9 Emancipation Memorial (Boston)
The Emancipation Memorial , also known as the Freedman's Memorial or the Emancipation Group was a monument in Park Square in Boston . Designed and sculpted by Thomas Ball and erected in 1879, its sister statue is located in Lincoln Park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington D.C. The Boston
The Emancipation Memorial , also known as the Freedman's Memorial or the Emancipation Group is a monument in Lincoln Park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was sometimes referred to as the "Lincoln Memorial" before the more prominent so-named memorial was dedicated in 1922. [3]
The Alan Turing Memorial , situated in Sackville Gardens in Manchester , England , [1] is a sculpture in memory of Alan Turing , [2] a pioneer of modern computing. The Alan Turing Memorial Turing is believed to have taken his own life in 1954, two years after being convicted of gross indecency (i.e.
#12 LaFenice
LaFenice ( The Phoenix ) is a public sculpture by the Architecture and Vision design team, Arturo Vittori and Andreas Vogler , sited in the Piazza della Memoria of the waterfront in Messina , Sicily in Italy . The sculpture for this memorial square was selected in a city-sponsored competition as par
John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was a statesman and politician from Abbeville , South Carolina . Calhoun served within several positions inside state and federal governments. He is most notably remembered for his tenure as vice president from 1825 to 1832, serving under both
#14 George Washington (Canova)
George Washington was a life-size marble statue of George Washington , done in the style of a Roman general , by the Italian Neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova . Commissioned by the State of North Carolina in 1815, it was completed in 1820 and installed in the rotunda of the North Carolina State H
#15 Bohdan Khmelnytsky Monument, Kyiv
The Bohdan Khmelnytsky Monument ( Ukrainian : Пам'ятник Богданові Хмельницькому ) is a monument in Kyiv dedicated to Bohdan Khmelnytsky , the first Hetman of Zaporizhian Host . It was built in 1888 - it is one of the oldest sculptural monuments, a dominating feature of Sophia Square and one of the c
Erected in 1927, the Diamond War Memorial is located on The Diamond in the centre of Derry , County Londonderry , Northern Ireland . It is dedicated to the citizens of the city who lost their lives while in military service during World War I . Diamond War Memorial Northern Ireland For soldiers who
#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
#18 Statue of Junípero Serra (Carmel-by-the-Sea, California)
A statue of Junípero Serra , also known as the Serra Shrine , was installed in the community of Carmel Woods in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California , United States. [1] Artist Joseph "Jo" Mora (1876-1947), designed and carved the wood stature of Father Serra for real estate developer Samuel F.B. Morse's n
The Leshan Giant Buddha ( Chinese : 樂山大佛 ) is a 71-metre (233 ft) tall stone statue, built between 713 and 803 (during the Tang dynasty ). It is carved out of a cliff face of Cretaceous red bed sandstones that lies at the confluence of the Min River and Dadu River in the southern part of Sichuan p
#20 Statue of Hans Christian Heg
Hans Christian Heg is a statue by Paul Fjelde that was cast in 1925 and installed at the Wisconsin State Capitol building in Madison , Wisconsin , United States in 1926. The bronze statue depicting the Union soldier and abolitionist Hans Christian Heg was torn down by rioters, decapitated and thrown