langs: 11 марта [ru] / march 11 [en] / 11. märz [de] / 11 mars [fr] / 11 marzo [it] / 11 de marzo [es]
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#1 Christiana Mary Demain Hammond
Christiana Mary Demain Hammond (6 August 1860 – 11 May 1900) was an English painter and illustrator. She was a member of the Cranford School of illustration, and illustrated reissues of classic English texts from the 19th century. Her illustrations were frequently found in Cassell's Magazine , the
Robert Franklin Gates (1906–1982) was an American muralist, painter, printmaker, and art professor. He was a professor at American University , between 1946 until 1975. [1] In the 1930s, Gates was one of hundreds of artists who benefitted from the Treasury Department Section of Fine Arts 's distribu
Thomas Le Clear (March 11, 1818 – November 26, 1882) was an American painter. American painter Thomas Le Clear Born ( 1818-03-11 ) March 11, 1818 Owego , New York Died November 26, 1882 (1882-11-26) (aged 64) Rutherford , New Jersey Occupation Painter Signature
#4 Ede Kallós
Ede Kallós (born Éliás Klein ; February 17, 1866 in Hódmezővásárhely – March 11, 1950 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian sculptor of Jewish heritage. His sculptural style integrated elements of realism and academism style mainly engaged in creating art for tombs. Hungarian sculptor Ede Kallós Portrait pa
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
Ahmad Hokmabadi Tabrizi ( Persian : سید احمد حکمآبادی تبریزی , romanized : Ahmad-e Hokmabadi-ye Tabrizi ; 29 September 1890 – 11 March 1946), later known as Ahmad Kasravi ( Persian : احمد کسروی , romanized : Ahmad-e Kasravi ), was a pre-eminent Iranian linguist , nationalist , religious refor
Robert Bernard Sherman (December 19, 1925 – March 6, 2012) was an American songwriter, best known for his work in musical films with his brother, Richard M. Sherman . The Sherman brothers produced more motion picture song scores than any other songwriting team in film history. [1] Some of their so
#8 Ben Essers
Bernard Essers (11 March 1893 – 13 May 1945) was a Dutch painter . His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics . [1] Essers' work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. [2] D
Charles Robert Searles (July 11, 1937 – November 27, 2004) was an African American artist born in Philadelphia in 1937. [1] He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and was active from the 1960s until he died in 2004 [2] from complications from a stroke. [3] American artist Charles Searle
#10 Abastenia St. Leger Eberle
Abastenia St. Leger Eberle (April 6, 1878 – February 26, 1942) [1] was an American sculptor known for her energetic, small bronze sculptures depicting poor immigrants on New York's City's Lower East Side. As an artist, Eberle had strong beliefs and felt a need for artists to create politically and s
#11 Robert Angeloch
Robert H. Angeloch (April 8, 1922 - March 18, 2011) was an American artist, and co-founder of the Woodstock School of Art. American painter The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for biographies . ( October 2017 ) Robert Angeloch Photo by Dion Ogust Born ( 1922-04-08
#12 Samara Golden
Samara Golden (born 1973) is an American artist based in Los Angeles . American artist based in Los Angeles (born 1973) Samara Golden Born 1973 (age 48 – 49) Ann Arbor, Michigan Style Installation art Website samaragolden .com
#13 Louise Wright (illustrator)
Louise Wright (born 5 September 1863) was a fashion illustrator. Four of her six siblings were also professional artists. They were all born in Leeds, and almost all of them later moved to London. Fashion artist and illustrator Louise Wright Louise Wright sitting at her easel in 1917 or 1918 Born (
#14 Lidy Prati
Lidia " Lidy " Elena Prati (1921–2008) was an Argentine painter who was known for her abstract, geometric paintings. Her artwork called into question representational art and was influential in defining the concrete art movement in Latin America. Prati contributed to the publication of Arturo magazi
Charlotte Park , also known as Charlotte Park Brooks (1918 – 2010) was an American abstract painter. She began work as a professional artist soon after the close of World War II, working in studios first in Manhattan and then in eastern Long Island. She was associated with and drew both support and
#16 Shuvinai Ashoona
Shuvinai Ashoona RCA (born August 1961 [1] ) is an Inuk artist who works primarily in drawing. [2] She is known for her detailed pen and pencil drawings depicting northern landscapes and contemporary Inuit life. Canadian Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona Born August 1961 (age 61) [1] Cape Dorset , No
#17 Armand Massonet
Armand Massonet ( Saint-Gilles , 22 February 1892 – Jette , 11 March 1979) was a Belgian painter . Belgian painter This article does not cite any sources . ( February 2010 ) A portrait of Armand Massonet He studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts of Brussels and the Ecole National des Beaux-Ar
#18 Mikhail Scotti
Mikhail Ivanovich Scotti or Michele Pietro Scotti (Russian: Михаил Иванович Скотти; 29 October 1814, Saint Petersburg - 11 March 1861, Paris ) was a Russian historian, portrait and religious painter of Italian ancestry. Russian artist (1814–1861) Mikhail Scotti Born ( 1814-10-17 ) October 17, 1814 S
#19 Grigory Gagarin
Prince Grigory Grigorievich Gagarin ( Russian: Григорий Григорьевич Гагарин , 11 May [ O.S. 29 April ] 1810 - 30 January [ O.S. 18 January ] 1893 ) was a Russian painter, Major General and administrator. [1] Russian painter Portrait of Grigory Gagarin by Alexandr Munster
Richard Diebenkorn (April 22, 1922 – March 30, 1993) was an American painter and printmaker. His early work is associated with abstract expressionism and the Bay Area Figurative Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. In the late 1960s he began his extensive series of geometric, lyrical abstract painting
The Newcastle Art Gallery (formerly the Newcastle City Art Gallery, Newcastle Region Art Gallery ) is a large, public art museum in Newcastle, New South Wales , Australia. This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and when to remo
The Museum of Glass (MOG) is a 75,000-square-foot (7,000 m²) art museum in Tacoma, Washington dedicated to the medium of glass . [2] Since its founding in 2002, the Museum of Glass has been committed to creating a space for the celebration of the studio glass movement through nurturing artists, impl
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
Charles Deering Estate (also known as Deering Estate at Cutler ) was the Florida home of Charles Deering until 1927 when he died at the estate. [2] United States historic place United States historic place Charles Deering Estate U.S. National Register of Historic Places The Richmond Cottage as it lo
#5 Smack Mellon
Smack Mellon is a non-profit arts organization located at 92 Plymouth Street, in Dumbo, Brooklyn . Smack Mellon supports emerging, under-recognized mid-career, and women artists through a highly regarded exhibition program, competitive studio residency, and technical support to realize new and ambit
#6 National Gallery of Modern Art
The National Gallery of Modern Art ( NGMA ) is the premier art gallery under Ministry of Culture , Government of India. [1] The main museum at Jaipur House in New Delhi was established on 29 March 1954 by the Government of India , with subsequent branches at Mumbai and Bangalore . Its collection of
#7 Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
The Block Museum of Art is a free public art museum located on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston , Illinois . The Block Museum was established in 1980 when Chicago art collectors Mary (daughter of Albert Lasker ) and Leigh B. Block (former vice president of Inland Steel Company ), do
The Willard Gallery was a contemporary art gallery operating in New York City from 1940 until 1987. It was founded by Marian Willard Johnson. [1]
#9 Woolaroc
Woolaroc is a museum and wildlife preserve located in the Osage Hills of Northeastern Oklahoma on Oklahoma State Highway 123 about 12 mi (19 km) southwest of Bartlesville, Oklahoma , and 45 mi (72 km) north of Tulsa, Oklahoma . Woolaroc was established in 1925 as the ranch retreat of oilman
City Museum is a museum located in Hyderabad , India situated in the palace Purani Haveli . [1] [2] City Museum Established 11 March 2012 Location Purani Haveli , Hyderabad , Telangana , India
#11 Zaans Museum
Zaans Museum ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈzaːns myˈzeːjʏm] ) is a museum in Zaandam , Netherlands , located at the Zaanse Schans . It opened in 1998 to preserve and protect the heritage of the Zaan area. In 2009, the museum was extended with the addition of the Verkade Experience. Industrial heritage mu
#12 Rosy Wilde
The Rosy Wilde gallery was an artist-run project space, established in 2003 by British artist Stella Vine in a former butcher's shop below her house in east London, to showcase work by emerging artists. The gallery was not making money and Vine was expecting bailiffs , when one of her paintings of D
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
#14 Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) is a center for advanced scholarly research and graduate education at New York University . ISAW's mission is to cultivate comparative, connective investigations of the ancient world from the western Mediterranean to China . [1] Areas of specia
#15 Bodley Gallery
The Bodley Gallery was an art gallery in New York City, from the late 1940s through the early 1980s. The Bodley specialized in contemporary and modern art . David Mann was director of the gallery during its heyday and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Braun (a.k.a. Georgie Duffee), were the owners.
#16 Musée Ingres
The Musée Ingres (In English: Ingres Museum ) is located in Montauban , France . It houses a collection of artworks and artifacts related to Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres , and works by another famous native of Montauban, Antoine Bourdelle . Art museum in Rue de l'Hôtel de Montauban Ingres Museum Mu
#17 St Paul's Young Men's Club, Ipswich
St Paul's Young Men's Club is a heritage-listed former clubhouse and now art gallery at 48 d'Arcy Doyle Place (formerly Nicholas Street), Ipswich , City of Ipswich , Queensland , Australia. It was designed by George Brockwell Gill and built in 1911. It is also known as Ipswich Regional Art Gallery a
#18 Chernihiv Museum of Ukrainian Antiquities
Chernihiv Museum of Ukrainian Antiquities ( Ukrainian : Чернігівський музей українських старожитностей ) – museum in Chernigov, which existed in 1902-1925. It is located just beside the Chernihiv Stadium in st. Shevchenko, 63, Chernihiv , 14027 Ukraine . [1] Chernihiv Museum of Ukrainian Antiquities
#19 Bogotá Museum of Modern Art
The Bogotá Museum of Modern Art ( MAMBO ) is a modern art museum located in Bogotá , Colombia . [1] It was designed by architect Rogelio Salmona . Museum in Colombia This article needs additional citations for verification . ( November 2012 )
Velasquez Gallery, also known as Velasquez Gallery at Tye's, and later Tye's Art Gallery, was a Melbourne art gallery that showed contemporary traditional, and later, modernist Australian art, including some sculpture and prints, as well as Australian indigenous art. It operated from 1940 to 1955. [
Vladimirka [lower-alpha 1] ( Russian : Владимирка ) is an 1892 oil painting by the Russian artist Isaac Levitan . The painting depicts the Vladimir Highway , a dirt road leading east from Moscow to Vladimir . Vladimirka is one of three large paintings by Levitan completed in the first half of the 18
#2 Luncheon of the Boating Party
Luncheon of the Boating Party French : Le Déjeuner des canotiers is an 1881 painting by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir . Included in the Seventh Impressionist Exhibition in 1882, it was identified as the best painting in the show by three critics. [3] It was purchased from the artist by
John Clerk, Lord Eldin FRSE FSA (1757– 30 May1832) was a Scottish judge based in Edinburgh . Lord Eldin John Clerk, Lord Eldin, portrait by Henry Raeburn , c.1815. Solicitor General for Scotland In office 1806–1807 Preceded by Robert Blair Succeeded by David Boyle Lord of Session In office 10 Novemb
The Constellations are a series of 23 paintings on paper produced from January 1940 to September 1941 by the Spanish surrealist Joan Miró . Art historians and museum curators have said of the paintings: "Universally considered one of the greatest achievements of his career", [1] : 1 p. "The Cons
L'Oiseau bleu (also known as The Blue Bird and Der Blaue Vogel ) is a large oil painting created in 1912–1913 by the French artist and theorist Jean Metzinger (1883–1956); considered by Guillaume Apollinaire and André Salmon as a founder of Cubism , along with Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso . L'Oi
Flexible is a painting created by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1984. The artwork, which portrays a griot , sold for $45.3 million at Phillips in May 2018. [1] Flexible Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat Year 1984 Medium Acrylic and oilstick on wood Movement Neo-expressionism Dimensions 259.1 c
#7 Meadows near Rijswijk and the Schenkweg
Meadows near Rijswijk and the Schenkweg is a watercolor by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh that he made in January 1882, shortly after taking up residence in The Hague . [Works 1] [Letters 1] Meadows near Rijswijk and the Schenkweg Artist Vincent van Gogh Year 1882 (January) Catalogue F910 , JH99
#8 Bonaparte Visiting the Plague Victims of Jaffa
Bonaparte Visits the Plague Stricken in Jaffa ( French : Bonaparte visitant les pestiférés de Jaffa ) is an 1804 painting commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte and painted by Antoine-Jean Gros portraying an event during the French invasion of Egypt . [1] The scene shows Napoleon during a striking scene
#9 Undiscovered Genius of the Mississippi Delta
Undiscovered Genius of the Mississippi Delta is a painting created by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1983. Spanning over 15 feet, the artwork is an assessment of select African American history . The painting sold for $23.7 million at Sotheby's contemporary art evening auction in May 2014.
Jim Crow is a painting created by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1986. In October 2017, the anti-segregation painting sold for $17.7 million at Christie's Post-War & Contemporary art auction in Paris, becoming the most expensive artwork by Basquiat sold in France. [1] 1986 painting by Jean-
#11 St. James Led to His Execution
St. James Led to His Execution was a painting by Andrea Mantegna . It was destroyed on March 11, 1944, when the Ovetari Chapel in Padua was bombed by the Allies during World War II . This article does not cite any sources . ( May 2022 ) St. James Led to His Execution Artist Andrea Mantegna Year c. 1
#12 The Conversion of Saint Paul (Rubens, Berlin)
The Conversion of Saint Paul is a 1620s painting by Peter Paul Rubens , now missing or lost. It showed the conversion of Paul the Apostle . This article needs additional citations for verification . ( March 2015 ) The Conversion of Saint Paul by Rubens
#13 The Peacemakers
The Peacemakers is an 1868 painting by George P.A. Healy . It depicts the historic March 27, 1865, strategy session by the Union high command on the steamer River Queen during the final days of the American Civil War . [1] Although he painted it in at least two versions, the largest was destroyed by
#14 List of works by Thomas Eakins
This is a list of professionally authenticated paintings, drawings, and sculptures by Thomas Eakins (1844–1916). As there is no catalogue raisonné of Eakins' works, [1] this is an aggregation of existing published catalogs. Photograph of Thomas Eakins c. 1882
Irony of Negro Policeman is a painting created by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1981. It depicts a black figure as police officer , however, Basquiat found the idea of the "Negro Policeman" specifically ironic. Irony of Negro Policeman Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat Year 1981 Medium Acrylic a
The Potato Eaters ( Dutch : De Aardappeleters ) is an oil painting by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh painted in April 1885 in Nuenen , Netherlands. [1] It is in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. The original oil sketch of the painting is at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, and he also made litho
The Transylvanian Panorama (Polish: Panorama Siedmiogrodzka) other names Bem and Petőfi , Bem in Transylvania , Battle of Segesvár / Schässburg - village of Fehéregyháza, meaning White Church was a monumental (15 × 100 metre) panoramic painting depicting the Battle of Nagyszeben , during the Hungari
#18 Ovetari Chapel
The Ovetari Chapel (Italian: Cappella Ovetari ) is a chapel in the right arm of the Church of the Eremitani in Padua . It is renowned for a Renaissance fresco cycle by Andrea Mantegna and others, painted from 1448 to 1457. The cycle was destroyed by an Allied bombing in 1944: today, only two scenes
#19 Last Judgement (Fra Bartolomeo)
Last Judgement is a fresco, begun by Fra Bartolomeo in 1499 and completed by his colleague Mariotto Albertinelli in 1501 . Originally commissioned for a cemetery chapel of Ospedale di Santa Maria Nuova , it is now in the Museo Nazionale di San Marco in Florence . An incomplete work, it still was a k
#20 Dona Lluna
Dona Lluna : A Tribute to Womankind is a sculpture by Saülo Mercader , standing in the middle of a rotunda, in the heart of the City of Sant Vicent del Raspeig , the home of Alicante University , in Southeastern Spain . It was unveiled on March 11, 2007 by local dignitaries and a symphony orchestra
Peter Heinz Feist (most often Peter H. Feist ) (29 July 1928 – 26 July 2015) was a German art historian . German art historian Peter H. Feist (2013) Peter H. Feist in October 2009 Peter H. Feist (2006)
Regenia A. Perry is one of the first African American women to earn a Ph.D. in art history. [1] In 1975, Perry served as the first African American guest curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. [2] She has written extensively about African American artists and folk artists. American a
#3 Charles Drury Edward Fortnum
Charles Drury Edward Fortnum (1820–1899), often known as C. Drury E. Fortnum , was an English art collector and historian, known as a benefactor of the University of Oxford . Charles Drury Edward Fortnum Born ( 1820-03-02 ) 2 March 1820 Died 6 March 1899 (1899-03-06) (aged 79) Burial place Highgat
#4 Lea Vergine
Lea Vergine , born Lea Buoncristiano (5 March 1936 – 20 October 2020), was an Italian art critic , essayist and curator. Italian art historian (1936–2020) Lea Vergine Born Lea Buoncristiano 5 March 1936 Naples , Kingdom of Italy Died 20 October 2020 (2020-10-20) (aged 84) Milan , Italy Nationality
Anuradha Vikram is an art critic , curator , author, and lecturer based in Los Angeles , California. She is the artistic director of 18th Street Arts Center , Santa Monica , and a senior lecturer at Otis College of Art and Design , Los Angeles. [1] She has contributed to numerous publications, and h
Edward Waldo Forbes (1873-1969) was an American art historian. He was the Director of the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University from 1909 to 1944. American art historian Edward W. Forbes Born Edward Waldo Forbes July 16, 1873 Naushon Island , Dukes County , Massachusetts , U.S. Died March 11, 1969 (
#7 Rhea Anastas
Rhea Anastas (born March 11, 1969, in Gloucester, Massachusetts ) is an art historian , critic , curator and an associate professor at the Department of Art, University of California, Irvine . [1] She was also one of the founding members of Orchard , [2] an experimental artist-run gallery in the Low
Øivind Storm Bjerke (born 11 March 1953) is a Norwegian art historian. He was born in Tønsberg . [1] Norwegian art historian Øivind Storm Bjerke Born ( 1953-03-11 ) 11 March 1953 (age 69) Tønsberg , Norway Nationality Norwegian Occupation art historian From 1984 to 1989 he worked as intendant of t
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
#10 Jeri Ah-be-hill
Jeri Ah-be-hill (September 23, 1933 – March 11, 2015) was a Kiowa fashion expert and art dealer. She owned and operated a trading post on the Wind River Indian Reservation for more than twenty years before moving to Santa Fe, New Mexico where she became the curator of the annual Native American Clot
#11 Rupert Gunnis
Rupert Forbes Gunnis (11 March 1899 – 31 July 1965) was an English collector and historian of British sculpture. He is best known for his Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660–1851 , which "revolutionized the study of British sculpture, providing the foundation for all later studies on the subject".
#12 Kate Bryan
Kate Bryan (born 11 March 1982) is a British art historian, curator and arts broadcaster. In 2016, she became head of collections for Soho House globally. She presents the Sky Arts Series Inside Arts which began in 2019. [1] She wrote and presented the art television series Galleries on Demand, whic
#13 Kellie Jones
Kellie Jones (born 1959) is an American art historian and curator. She is a Professor in Art History and Archaeology in African American Studies at Columbia University . [1] She won a MacArthur Fellowship in 2016. [2] American art historian and curator (born 1959) For those of a similar name, see Ke
#14 Lorenz Dittmann
Lorenz Dittmann (27 March 1928, in Munich – 11 March 2018) was a German art historian . [1] [2] German art historian Dittmann studied history of art at the University of Munich . In 1955 he completed a Ph.D. dissertation on Grünewald ’s color, supervised by Ernst Strauss . In 1958, he moved to the K
#15 Éric Troncy
Éric Troncy (born 1965) is a French curator and art critic who works and lives in Dijon , France, he co-directs the Contemporary Art Museum, Le Consortium , in Dijon, Burgundy . [1] He is co-founder and director of the contemporary art magazine Documents sur l'art (1992–2000) with Nicolas Bourriaud
#16 Mark Hallett (art historian)
Mark Louis Hallett (born 11 March 1965) [1] is an English art historian specialising in the history of British art. He is currently Director of Studies at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art . [2] British art historian Mark Hallett Born Mark Louis Hallett ( 1965-03-11 ) 11 March 1965 (
Prince Vladimir Fyodorovich Odoyevsky ( Russian : Влади́мир Фёдорович Одо́евский ; 11 August [ O.S. 30 July ] 1803 [1] – 11 March [ O.S. 27 February ] 1869 ) was a prominent Russian Imperial philosopher , writer, music critic , philanthropist and pedagogue . He became known as the "Russian H
#18 Thomas Hoving
Thomas Pearsall Field Hoving (January 15, 1931 – December 10, 2009) was an American museum executive and consultant and the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art . [1] Thomas Hoving Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art In office 1967–1977 Preceded by James J. Rorimer Succeeded by Philippe
#19 Bernard Gavoty
Bernard Georges-Marie Gavoty (2 April 1908 – 24 October 1981) was a 20th-century French organist , musicologist , music critic , and talk show host.
#20 Griselda Pollock
Griselda Frances Sinclair Pollock [1] (born 11 March 1949) [2] is an art historian and cultural analyst of international, postcolonial feminist studies in visual arts and visual culture. Since 1977, Pollock has been an influential scholar of modern art, avant-garde art, postmodern art , and contempo
The Victoria Memorial is a monument to Queen Victoria , located at the end of The Mall in London , and designed and executed by the sculptor (Sir) Thomas Brock . Designed in 1901, it was unveiled on 16 May 1911, though it was not completed until 1924. It was the centrepiece of an ambitious urban pla
#2 Pittsburgh Law Enforcement Memorial
The Law Enforcement Officers Memorial of Allegheny County is a monument to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania 's law enforcement community in honor of fallen officers of both the Pittsburgh Police and suburban departments. The original was dedicated in September 1996 near the Carnegie Science Center but
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C. , honoring service members of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam War . The two-acre (8,100 m 2 ) site is dominated by two black granite walls engraved with the names of those service members who died or rema
The Brown Dog affair was a political controversy about vivisection that raged in Britain from 1903 until 1910. It involved the infiltration by Swedish feminists of University of London medical lectures; pitched battles between medical students and the police; police protection for the statue of a do
The Canberra Centenary Column is a sculpture in City Hill, Canberra , Australia. It was built to commemorate the city's centenary, and unveiled on 11 March 2014. [1] [2] Canberra Centenary Column Coordinates 35.28143°S 149.12921°E / -35.28143; 149.12921 [1] Location City Hill , Canberra Designer G
Lafayette Square (formerly Court House Park or Courthouse Square ) [1] is a park in the center of downtown Buffalo , Erie County, New York , United States that hosts a Civil War monument. The block, which was once square, is lined by many of the city's tallest buildings. The square was named for Gen
#7 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
#8 The Sphere
The Sphere (officially Große Kugelkaryatide N.Y. , also known as Sphere at Plaza Fountain , WTC Sphere or Koenig Sphere ) is a monumental cast bronze sculpture by German artist Fritz Koenig (1924–2017). [2] Fritz Koenig sculpture damaged in September 11 attacks This article is about the sculpture in
The Vance Monument was a late 19th–century granite obelisk in Asheville, North Carolina that memorialized Zebulon Baird Vance , a former governor of North Carolina. [1] It was designed by architect Richard Sharp Smith . [2] The monument was removed by the City of Asheville in May 2021. [3] Monument
The Keeper of the Plains is a 13.4 metres (44 ft) Cor-Ten steel sculpture by Kiowa - Comanche artist Blackbear Bosin . It stands at the confluence of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas rivers in Wichita, Kansas , adjacent to the Mid-America All-Indian Center . Surrounding the base of the statue are
The Aldobrandini Tazze are a set of 12 silver-gilt standing cups in the shallow tazza shape (plural tazze ), sometimes described as bowls or dishes. They are outstanding examples of Renaissance metalwork , described by John Hayward as "the most impressive single monument of Italian and perhaps Europ
The Admission Day Monument is an 1897 sculpture by Douglas Tilden , located at the intersection of Market Street and Montgomery Street in San Francisco , California, United States. [1] It commemorates California Admission Day (September 9, 1850), the date on which the state became part of the Union,
The monument at the William Penn Landing Site in Chester, Pennsylvania marks the spot of the first landing of William Penn on the territory of Pennsylvania, on October 28 or 29, 1682 ( O.S. ). Penn, the founder of the Province of Pennsylvania , landed in the only town in the province, then known as