langs: 24 июня [ru] / june 24 [en] / 24. juni [de] / 24 juin [fr] / 24 giugno [it] / 24 de junio [es]
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Sir Anthony Baruh Lousada (4 November 1907 – 24 June 1994) was a British solicitor, artist and Arts administrator. [1] British solicitor, artist and administrator He was born in Paddington to Julian George Lousada, a solicitor and art collector, and a member of a prominent Anglo-Sephardi family. He
Giuseppe Sabatelli (June 24, 1813 – February 27, 1843) was an Italian painter. Italian painter (1813–1843) Giuseppe Sabatelli Born June 24, 1813 Milan Died February 27, 1843 (aged 29) Florence Occupation Painter
#3 Toby Mott
Toby Victor Mott (born 12 January 1964) [1] is a British artist, designer, and sometime Punk historian known for his work with the Grey Organisation , an artists' collective that was active in the 1980s, and for his fashion brand Toby Pimlico. More recently he has become known for his Mott Collectio
Jacobus Schoemaker Doyer , or Schoenmaker Doijer (24 June 1792, in Krefeld – 9 June 1867, in Zutphen ) was a Dutch painter, primarily of genre and historical scenes. Dutch painter Self-portrait (date unknown) Jan van Speyk Considers Lighting the Powder Keg (1834).
Harald Viggo Moltke (14 December 1871 – 24 June 1960) was a Danish painter, author and explorer. Among his activities Moltke, participated as draftsman in four Arctic expeditions. [1] [2] Danish painter, author and explorer Harald Moltke (far left), with Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen , Knud Rasmussen and A
Giulio Paolini (born 5 November 1940) is an Italian artist associated with both Arte Povera and Conceptual Art . [1] Italian artist This article is written like a personal reflection, personal essay, or argumentative essay that states a Wikipedia editor's personal feelings or presents an original ar
#7 Charles Lutz
Charles Lutz was born outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1982. He studied Painting and Art History at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, and Anatomy at Columbia University New York, NY. He received a BFA from the Pratt Institute College of Art in 2004. Lutz lives and works between Red Lion, PA
#8 Maria Rivka Chwoles-Lichtenfeld
Maria Rivka Chwoles-Lichtenfeld ( Hebrew : רבקה חוואלס ליכטנפלד ; 10 January 1932 – 17 December 2017) was an Israeli artist and chess player who survived the Holocaust in her youth. She was two times winner of Lithuanian Women's Chess Championship (1954, 1955) and winner Israeli Women's Chess Champi
#9 Roxy Paine
Roxy Paine (born 1966, [1] New York City ) is an American painter and sculptor widely known for his installations that often convey elements of conflict between the natural world and the artificial plains man creates. He was educated at both the College of Santa Fe (now Santa Fe University of Art an
Pierre-Gilles Dubois (1938–1995) was a sculptor and painter. He died in Sainte-Hyacinthe in 1995. 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 needs additional citations for v
#11 Helen Lundeberg
Helen Lundeberg (1908–1999) was a Southern Californian painter. Along with her husband Lorser Feitelson , she is credited with establishing the Post-Surrealist movement. [2] Her artistic style changed over the course of her career, and has been described variously as Post-Surrealism, Hard-edge paint
#12 Tai Shani
Tai Shani (born 1976) is a British artist. [1] Shani uses performance , film , photography , sculptural installations and experimental texts to explore forgotten histories and stories. She is currently a Tutor in Contemporary Art Practice at the Royal College of Art . [2] Shani was born in London. B
#13 Max Ernst
Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976) was a German (naturalised American in 1948 and French in 1958) painter, sculptor, printmaker, graphic artist , and poet. [1] A prolific artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealism in Europe . [1] He had no formal artistic training,
Richard Wright ( c. 1723 – c. 1775 ) was an English marine painter. An entirely self-taught artist, he first appeared as an exhibitor in London in 1760, and between that date and 1773 exhibited twenty-five works with the Incorporated Society of Artists and one with the Free Society. [1] [2] For
Jan Elias Kikkert (24 June 1843, Amsterdam – 11 April 1925, Leiden ) was a Dutch lithographer and watercolorist , best known for his street scenes of Leiden. Dutch painter The Galgewater [ nl ] with a Ferry (and an atypical factory chimney) The Rijnsburgerpoort [ nl ] (city gate)
Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe , OBE , RA (1 December 1901 – 7 February 1979) [1] was an internationally renowned naturalistic painter of British birds and other wildlife . He spent most of his working life on the Isle of Anglesey . He is popularly known for his illustrations for the novel Tarka the
Lily Delissa Joseph , née Solomon , (24 June 1863 – 27 July 1940) was a British artist and social campaigner active in the English suffrage movement . Lily Delissa Joseph Self-Portrait with Candles , c.1910 Born Lily Solomon 24 June 1863 Bermondsey , London Died 27 July 1940 (1940-07-27) (aged 77)
#18 Ferdinand Bol
Ferdinand Bol (24 June 1616 – 24 August 1680) was a Dutch painter, etcher and draftsman. Although his surviving work is rare, it displays Rembrandt 's influence; like his master, Bol favored historical subjects, portraits, numerous self-portraits, and single figures in exotic finery. [1] Dutch paint
#19 Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall [lower-alpha 1] (born Moishe Shagal ; 6 July [ O.S. 24 June ] 1887 – 28 March 1985) was a Russian-French artist. [2] [1] An early modernist , he was associated with several major artistic styles and created works in a wide range of artistic formats, including painting, drawings, b
#20 Aleko Lilius
Aleko Axel August Eugen Lilius (2 April 1890 – 24 June 1977) was an explorer, businessman, diplomat, writer, journalist, and photographer of Finnish, Swedish , and Russian extraction. He has been described as an English journalist, a Russian Finn, an American of Finnish origin, a Swedish journ
The Orlando Museum of Art (OMA) is a 501 (c) 3 not-for-profit organization directly serving greater Orlando, Orange County and Central Florida. The museum was founded in 1924 by a group of art enthusiasts. The museum's mission is to inspire creativity, passion and intellectual curiosity by connectin
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
#3 Dalí Paris
The Espace Dalí is a permanent exhibition in France devoted to Salvador Dalí consisting mainly of sculptures and engravings . The museum, near the Place du Tertre in the Montmartre district of Paris , has around 300 original artworks. The collection features mainly three-dimensional sculptures of Da
#4 National Gallery of Jamaica
The National Gallery of Jamaica , in Kingston, Jamaica , is Jamaica 's public art museum. It was established in 1974 and is located in the Kingston Mall, a commercial and cultural center on Kingston harbour. The National Gallery of Jamaica also has a branch in Montego Bay, National Gallery West. Thi
Toorak Art Gallery was an art gallery 277 Toorak Road, South Yarra , Melbourne, Victoria, which specialised in contemporary figurative and abstract Australian art. It was in operation from 1964 to 1975. [1] [2] Australian art gallery in Melbourne closed 1975
The Palanok Castle or Mukachevo Castle ( Ukrainian : Замок "Паланок" , romanized : Zamok "Palanok" ; Hungarian : Munkács vára or Munkácsi vár ; German : Plankenburg ) is a historic castle in the city of Mukacheve in the western Ukrainian oblast ( province ) of Zakarpattia . The Palanok Castle is d
#7 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
#8 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts , which houses significant examples of European , Asian , and American art . Its collection includes paintings, sculpture, tapestries, and decorative arts. It was founded by Isabella Stewart Gardner , whose will called for
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
#10 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
#11 Liang Yi Museum
Liang Yi Museum ( Chinese : 兩依藏博物館 ) is a private museum of design, craftsmanship and heritage, located in Sheung Wan , Hong Kong Island , Hong Kong . 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 mes
#12 The Photographers' Gallery and Workshop
The Photographers' Gallery and Workshop (1973–2010) was an Australian photography gallery established in South Yarra , a suburb of Melbourne , and which ran almost continuously for nearly forty years. Its representation, in the 1970s and 1980s, of contemporary and mid-century, mostly American and so
#13 Birmingham Curzon Street railway station (1838–1966)
Birmingham Curzon Street railway station (formerly Birmingham station ) was a railway station in central Birmingham , England, opening in 1838 and closed to passengers in 1893 but remaining open for goods until 1966. The station was used by scheduled passenger trains between 1838 and 1854 when it wa
#14 Nott Memorial
The Nott Memorial is an elaborate 16-sided stone-masonry building which serves as both architectural and physical centerpiece of Union College in Schenectady , New York . Dedicated to Eliphalet Nott , president of Union for a remarkable sixty-two years (1804–1866), the 110-foot (34 m) high by 89-f
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
#16 Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is a museum founded by filmmaker George Lucas and his wife, businesswoman Mellody Hobson . [2] Once completed, the museum will hold all forms of visual storytelling, including painting, photography, sculpture, illustration, comic art, performance, and video. It is u
#17 Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art ( LACMA ) is an art museum located on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. LACMA is on Museum Row, adjacent to the La Brea Tar Pits (George C. Page Museum). Encyclopedic, Art museum in Los Angeles, United States Los Angeles County Museu
Realities Gallery was a Melbourne gallery which showed work of Australian art of the western and indigenous traditions, and Pacific and international art. It operated from 1971 to 1992. Australian art gallery in Melbourne, closed 1992
#19 Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery
Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery ( 聖徳記念絵画館 , Seitoku Kinen Kaigakan ) is a gallery commemorating the "imperial virtues" of Japan's Meiji Emperor , installed on his funeral site in the Gaien or outer precinct of Meiji Shrine in Tōkyō . The gallery is one of the earliest museum buildings in Japan and it
#20 Florian Papp
Florian Papp is an antiques gallery based in New York City , USA, established in 1900 [ contradictory ] . One of the oldest in America, the company carries a collection of English and European antiques from the 18th through the 20th century. Antiques gallery Front window of the Florian Papp Gallery
Le Bassin Aux Nymphéas ( Water Lily Pond ; 1919) is one of the series of Water Lilies paintings by French impressionist artist Claude Monet . [1] [2] It is an oil on canvas painting measuring 300x100 cm. 1919 painting by Claude Monet Le Bassin Aux Nymphéas Artist Claude Monet Year 1919 Medium Oil on
#2 Self-Portrait (Inn of the Dawn Horse)
Self-Portrait (Inn of the Dawn Horse) is a painting executed by artist Leonora Carrington and is currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art . [1] [2] [3] She began the painting in London in 1937 and completed it in Paris in 1938. [4] It is one of her most recognized works and has
Portrait of a Man is a 1663 oil on canvas painting by Ferdinand Bol , now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam . [1] [2] Portrait of Jacob van Campen . Painting by Ferdinand Bol Portrait of a Man (1663) by Ferdinand Bol It shows a man with long blonde hair in a banyan against a background of architectura
#4 Naked Woman Climbing a Staircase
Naked Woman Climbing a Staircase (originally in French Femme nue montant l'escalier ) is a drawing done with pencil and charcoal on card made by Joan Miró in 1937. It is part of the permanent collection of the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona. [1] Naked Woman Climbing a Staircase French: Femme nue mo
#5 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
18. Oktober 1977 is the title of a series of paintings by Gerhard Richter . It is based on photographs that document the deaths of three leading terrorists of the Baader-Meinhof Group in the Stammheim Prison after the release of the hostages in the hijacking by four members of the Popular Front for
The Four Freedoms is a series of four oil paintings made in 1943 by the American artist Norman Rockwell . The paintings— Freedom of Speech , Freedom of Worship , Freedom from Want , and Freedom from Fear —are each approximately 45.75 by 35.5 inches (116.2 by 90.2 cm) , [1] and are now in the Norma
#8 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
#9 List of works by Jean Metzinger
This is an incomplete list of works by the French modern artist Jean Metzinger (June 24, 1883 – November 3, 1956). He is admired as a painter, theorist, writer, critic and poet. Jean Metzinger , photograph circa 1912 Between 1902 and 1907 Metzinger worked in a combination of Neo-Impressionist , Divi
#10 An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump is a 1768 oil-on-canvas painting by Joseph Wright of Derby , one of a number of candlelit scenes that Wright painted during the 1760s. The painting departed from convention of the time by depicting a scientific subject in the reverential manner formerly reserv
#11 Houses at Auvers
Houses at Auvers is an oil painting by Vincent van Gogh . It was created towards the end of May or beginning of June 1890, shortly after he had moved to Auvers-sur-Oise , a small town northwest of Paris , France. Painting by Vincent van Gogh Houses at Auvers Artist Vincent van Gogh Year Auvers-sur-O
#12 The Seven Works of Mercy (Master of Alkmaar)
The Seven Works of Mercy is a 1504 oil on panel painting by the Master of Alkmaar , consisting of seven panels, each showing one of the works of mercy . The Seven Works of Mercy Artist Master of Alkmaar Year 1504 Medium oil paint , panel Dimensions 101 cm (40 in) × 55.5 cm (21.9 in) Locati
#13 List of most expensive paintings
This is a list of the highest known prices paid for paintings . The current record price is approximately US$ 450.3 million (which includes commission), paid for Leonardo da Vinci 's Salvator Mundi in November 2017. [1] [2] Salvator Mundi by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci ( c. 1500) is the most ex
A bronze statue of George Floyd (1973–2020), an African-American man who was murdered by a police officer during his arrest in Minneapolis , was completed by Stanley Watts and unveiled in 2021. [1] It is situated outside Newark, New Jersey 's City Hall . [2] For the sculpture in Brooklyn, New York,
#15 Tree Roots
Tree Roots is an oil painting by Vincent van Gogh that he painted in July 1890 when he lived in Auvers-sur-Oise , France. [1] [2] The painting is an example of the double-square canvases that he employed in his last landscapes. [3] 1890 painting by Vincent van Gogh Tree Roots Artist Vincent van Gogh
#16 Alexander Marcet
Alexander John Gaspard Marcet FRS (1 August 1770 – 19 October 1822), was a Genevan-born physician who became a British citizen in 1800. [1] [2] [3] His wife Jane Marcet was a prolific author, whose series of books entitled 'Conversations' treated topics such as chemistry , botany , religion and econ
#17 A Woman Preparing Bread and Butter for a Boy
A Woman Preparing Bread and Butter for a Boy (1660-1663) is an oil -on-canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch . It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is part of the collection of the Getty Center . A Woman Preparing Bread and Butter for a Boy Artist Pieter de Hooch Year 166
#18 Still Life: Vase with Pink Roses
Still Life: Vase with Pink Roses was painted in 1890 by Vincent van Gogh in Saint-Rémy . At the time the work was painted Van Gogh was readying himself to leave the Saint-Rémy asylum for the quiet town of Auvers-sur-Oise outside of Paris . This and the similarly-dated Pink Roses reflect the optimism
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
Kamran Afshar Naderi is an Iranian architect, architectural critic, painter and artist. This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . ( May 2022 )
Richard Graul (24 June 1862 – 25 December 1944) was a German art historian and museum curator . German art historian and museum curator
#4 Robert Hobbs
Robert Carleton Hobbs is an art historian and curator specializing in twentieth-century art. Since 1991 he has held the Rhoda Thalhimer Endowed Chair of American Art in the School of Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University , [1] a highly ranked art department. Since 2004 he has served as a visiting p
#5 Max Lehrs
Max Lehrs (24 June 1855, in Berlin – 12 November 1938, in Dresden ) was a German art historian and long-time director of the Dresden Kupferstichskabinett , 1896 – 1904, and 1908 – 24, with the intervening as director in Berlin . He is especially noted for his work on 15th-century German and Dutch en
#6 Iris Barry
Iris Barry (1895 – 22 December 1969) was a film critic and curator. In the 1920s she helped establish the original London Film Society, and was the first curator of the film department of the Museum of Modern Art , New York City in 1935. American art historian and film preservationist Iris Barry Bor
Jill Trevelyan (born 1963) is a New Zealand art curator, reviewer, and author who specialises in 20th century New Zealand art. Her publications include the collected letters of New Zealand painter Toss Woollaston and a biography of New Zealand art dealer Peter McLeavey , which won the Book of the Ye
Volodymyr Sichynskyi (June 24, 1894 – June 25, 1962) was a Ukrainian émigré architect , graphic artist , and art historian . Orthodox Cathedral in Montreal Volodymyr Sichynskyi Volodymyr Sichynskyi was born to the family of Ievtym Sitsinskyi in Kamianets-Podilskyi , Podilia guberniya , Russia , whic
Carl Wille Schnitler (24 June 1879 – 28 October 1926) was a Norwegian art historian . He became noted for his national orientated writings on art history, which spanned from the antiquity to his contemporary society . He became best known for his work Slegten fra 1814 , which became a primer in Norw
Simone Facchinetti (born 1972) is an Italian art historian. Italian art historian Born in Bergamo , he graduated from Milan University in modern art history in 2000. He then studied for a doctorate on Carlo Braccesco under Roberto Longhi , editing the critical edition of Braccesco's work, published
Stanley Joseph Seeger Jr. (28 May 1930 – 24 June 2011) was an American-born art collector. Seeger lived in Great Britain for the last three decades of his life. Stanley Joseph Seeger Jr. Born May 28, 1930 Milwaukee , Wisconsin, US Died June 24, 2011 Nationality American Occupation Art collector
#12 John Coplans
John Rivers Coplans (24 June 1920 – 21 August 2003) [1] was a British artist , art writer, curator, and museum director. A veteran of World War II and a photographer , he emigrated to the United States in 1960 and had many exhibitions in Europe and North America . [2] He was on the founding editoria
#13 John Shearman
John Kinder Gowran Shearman (pronounced "Sherman"; 24 June 1931 – 11 August 2003 [1] ) was an English art historian who also taught in America. He was a specialist in Italian Renaissance painting, described by his colleague James S. Ackerman as "the leading scholar of Italian Renaissance painting",
#14 Pierre Restany
Pierre Restany (24 June 1930 – 29 May 2003), was an internationally known French art critic and cultural philosopher . Pierre Restany (by Erling Mandelmann , 1998) Restany was born in Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda , Pyrénées-Orientales , and spent his childhood in Casablanca . On returning to France in 1
#15 Michel Ragon
Michel Ragon (24 June 1924 – 14 February 2020) was a French art and literature critic and writer. [1] His primary focus was on anarchic and libertarian literature. French art historian (1924–2020) Michel Ragon Michel Rogan at the Salon du livre de Paris, 2011 Born 24 June 1924 Marseille , France Die
#16 Pamela Askew
Pamela Askew (February 2, 1925 – June 24, 1997) was an American art historian who wrote influential works on Domenico Fetti and Caravaggio . American art historian Pamela Askew Born February 2, 1925 Poughkeepsie , New York, US Died June 24, 1997 (1997-06-24) (aged 72) Poughkeepsie , New York, US A
Alexander Pechtold (born 16 December 1965) is a retired Dutch politician and art historian. He is a member of Democrats 66 . Dutch politician Alexander Pechtold Pechtold in 2013 Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives In office 30 November 2006 – 10 October 2018 Preceded by Lousewies
#18 Karl Döhring
Karl Siegfried Döhring (often misspelled Döring; 14 August 1879, in Cologne – 1 June 1941, in Darmstadt; also writing under the pseudonym Ravi Ravendro ) was a German architect, art historian and archaeologist. He lived mostly in Siam, now called Thailand .
#19 Laura-Jane Foley
Laura-Jane Foley (born 31 July 1982 [1] ) is a British playwright and art historian . [2] Her play An Evening with Lucian Freud played at the Leicester Square Theatre in 2015. [3] She is a former lecturer at the University of Cambridge in History of Art and Creative Writing. [4] British playwright a
#20 Charles Othon Frédéric Jean-Baptiste de Clarac
Charles Othon Frédéric Jean-Baptiste, Comte de Clarac (24 June 1777, Paris – 20 January 1847, Paris ) was a French artist, scholar and archaeologist. [1] He published a catalogue of the Musée du Louvre, and a Manuel de l'Histoire de l'art and also that which is considered his best work: the Musée de
#1 General Beauregard Equestrian Statue
The General Beauregard Equestrian Statue , honoring P. G. T. Beauregard , was located in New Orleans , Louisiana , United States. The statue, by Alexander Doyle , one of the premier American sculptors, was officially unveiled in 1915. United States historic place Beauregard, Gen., Equestrian Statue
The Plaza Bolívar is a square in Valencia , Venezuela . It occupies a central site, [1] and is used for public meetings. [2] Its origin was in the colonial period , when the city was laid out on a grid plan .(see note 1 ) Some buildings in the vicinity, such as the Cathedral date from the colonial p
#3 Confederate War Memorial (Dallas)
The Confederate War Memorial was a 65 foot (20 m) -high [1] monument that pays tribute to soldiers and sailors from Texas who served with the Confederate States of America (CSA) during the American Civil War . The monument was dedicated in 1897, following the laying of its cornerstone the previous
Levitated Mass is a 2012 large-scale public art sculpture by Michael Heizer at Resnick North Lawn at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art . The installation consists of a 340-ton boulder sculpture placed above a 456-foot viewing pathway to accommodate 360-degree viewing. [1] The nature, expense and
#5 Ostlandkreuz
Ostlandkreuz (German for "Eastern Lands Cross") or Kreuz des deutschen Ostens ("Cross of the German East") is the name of memorial crosses in Germany remembering the large-scale Ethnic cleansing of Central and Eastern Europe of its German-speaking population. After border shifts and population trans
#6 Monument to the Unknown Hero
The Monument to the Unknown Hero ( Serbian : Споменик Незнаном јунаку , romanized : Spomenik Neznanom junaku ) is a World War I memorial located atop Mount Avala , south-east of Belgrade , Serbia , and designed by the sculptor Ivan Meštrović . [1] The memorial was built in 1934-1938 [1] on the pla
#7 Robert E. Lee Monument (New Orleans)
The Robert E. Lee Monument , formerly in New Orleans , Louisiana , is a historic statue dedicated to Confederate General Robert E. Lee by noted American sculptor Alexander Doyle . It was removed (intact) by official order and moved to an unknown location on May 19, 2017. Any future display is uncert
Our Lady of Peace Shrine , also known as the Immaculate Heart of Mary Shrine , is a Roman Catholic shrine and landmark of the Diocese of San José , located in Santa Clara, California . The most notable features of the parish are the 32-foot statue of Mary, mother of Jesus . This article is about the
#9 Monument to Soviet Tank Crews
The Monument to Soviet Tank Crews (Czech: Památník sovětských tankistů ) was a World War II memorial located in Prague . [1] It is also known as the Pink Tank because it was controversially painted pink in 1991, first by installation artist David Černý and a second time by members of parliament in p
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
#11 Statue of Emilia Pardo Bazán (Madrid)
The Statue of Emilia Pardo Bazán is an instance of public art in Madrid , Spain. Located next to the calle de la Princesa , it is dedicated to Emilia Pardo Bazán . Urban monument in Madrid Emilia Pardo Bazán Coordinates 40.42631°N 3.712841°W / 40.42631; -3.712841 Location Calle de la Princesa , Ma
The Kinderhook plates are a set of six small, bell-shaped pieces of brass with unusual engravings, created as a hoax in 1843, surreptitiously buried and then dug up at an Indian mound near Kinderhook, Illinois . Fake American Morman artifacts Front and back of four of the six Kinderhook plates are s
The Jacob Leisler Monument is a bronze sculpture created by American artist Solon Borglum and located in the city of New Rochelle , in Westchester County , New York . The monument was erected by the Huguenot Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution , and the Huguenot Association of New Ro
#14 Civil War Memorial (Sycamore, Illinois)
The Civil War Memorial , in the DeKalb County county seat of Sycamore , Illinois , United States, is located in front of the DeKalb County Courthouse on a public square. The memorial was erected in 1896 and dedicated in 1897. The structure is a memorial to the thousands of DeKalb County residents wh
#15 Washington Irving Memorial
The Washington Irving Memorial is located at Broadway ( US 9 ) and West Sunnyside Lane in Irvington, New York . It features a bust of Irving and sculptures of two of his better-known characters by Daniel Chester French , set in a small stone plaza at the street corner designed by Charles A. Platt .
#16 Henry Ward Beecher Monument
The Henry Ward Beecher Monument, a statue of Henry Ward Beecher created by the sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward , was unveiled on June 24, 1891, in Borough Hall Park , Brooklyn and was later relocated to Cadman Plaza , Brooklyn in 1959. Sculpture by John Quincy Adams Ward in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
#17 List of equestrian statues in the United States
This is a list of equestrian statues in the United States. See also: List of equestrian statues by country
#18 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 Ignace Bourget Monument is a monument of Louis-Philippe Hébert located in front of Montreal 's Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral , in Quebec , Canada. Monument in Quebec, Canada Ignace Bourget Monument The monument in 2011 Coordinates 45°29′57.10″N 73°34′6.10″W Location Mary, Queen of the World
#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