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Shinkichi Tajiri (Los Angeles, December 7, 1923 – Baarlo , Netherlands, March 15, 2009) was an American sculptor who resided in the Netherlands from 1956 onwards. He was also active in painting , photography and cinematography . American sculptor The Knot (1976), Rotterdam Twee Brugwachters , Venlo
Jean-Claude Mocik , was born on February 9, 1958 in Livry Gargan . He is a filmmaker, video director, a director and teacher. Jean-Claude Mocik Jean-Claude Mocik in 2012, photo Sara Holt Born Jean-Claude Mocik ( 1958-02-09 ) 9 February 1958 Livry Gargan , France Nationality France Known for Dire
Serge Rezvani (born Cyrus Rezvani in 1928) is a French painter, engraver, writer [1] (novels, plays), as well as a songwriter-composer-performer (he describes himself as "multidisciplinary" [2] ) He is also known by his pseudonym Cyrus Bassiak . French artist and writer Serge Rezvani Born Cyrus Rezv
Harry "Tony" Leith-Ross (27 January 1886 – 15 March 1973) was a British-American landscape painter and teacher. He taught at the art colonies in Woodstock, New York and Rockport, Maine , and later was part of the art colony in New Hope, Pennsylvania . A precise draftsman and a superb colorist, Leith
Svetislav Jovanović ( Serbian Cyrillic : Светислав Јовановић ; 15 March 1861 – 1933) was a Serbian Realist painter. Svetislav Jovanović Светислав Јовановић Svetislav Jovanović, 1899 Born ( 1861-03-15 ) 15 March 1861 Vršac , Austrian Empire Died 1933 (1933-00-00) (aged 71–72) Paris , France Nationa
Yenovk Der Hagopian ( Armenian : Ենովք Տեր-Հակոբյան ; May 24, 1900 – March 15, 1966) was a 20th-century American-Armenian artist, sculptor and musician. Armenian born American artist and musician (1900–1966) This article uses bare URLs , which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot . ( Septemb
#7 G. Aravindan
Govindan Aravindan (23 January 1935 – 15 March 1991) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, musician, cartoonist, and painter. [1] He was one of the pioneers of parallel cinema in Malayalam . [2] He was known for his unorthodox way of filmmaking; he changed his cinematic forms consistently [3]
Tobias Edward Rosenthal , known as Toby (15 March 1848 in Strasburg , Prussia – 23 December 1917 in Munich ) was a German-American genre and portrait painter. He generally claimed to have been born in New Haven, Connecticut . [1] 19th/20th-century American painter Toby Edward Rosenthal
André Fauteux is a Canadian artist born in Dunnville, Ontario , Canada on March 15, 1946, [1] who now lives in Toronto , Ontario. Fauteux is a sculptor known for his abstract welded steel sculpture, which is related to Geometric abstraction . [2] His modernist sculptures are also related to the Form
#10 Apirana Taylor
Apirana Taylor (born 15 March 1955) is a New Zealand poet, novelist, performer, story-teller, musician and painter. New Zealand writer, painter and musician Apirana Taylor Born ( 1955-03-15 ) 15 March 1955 (age 67) Wellington , New Zealand Occupation Poet, novelist Period 1979–2004
#11 Mamata Banerjee
Mamata Banerjee ( Bengali : Mamata Bandyopadhyay, Bengali pronunciation: [mɔmot̪a bɔnd̪ːopad̪d̪ʱae̯] ; born 5 January 1955) is an Indian politician who is serving as the eighth and current chief minister of the Indian state of West Bengal since 20 May 2011, the first woman to hold the office. Havi
Léonard Morel-Ladeuil (1820 - 15 March 1888), French goldsmith and sculptor , was born at Clermont-Ferrand . French sculptor Léonard Morel-Ladeuil. He was apprenticed first to Morel, a manufacturer of bronzes, under whom he became one of the most expert chasers, or ciseleurs , in France, and then to
Anastasia Parshkova is a Russian artist, law student and protestor against the Russian invasion of Ukraine . Russian painter This article was nominated for deletion . The discussion was closed on 30 May 2022 with a consensus to merge the content into the article 2022 anti-war protests in Russia . If
William Roxby Beverly or Beverley (c.1810–1889) [1] was an English theatrical scene painter , known also as an artist in oils and watercolour. William John Lawrence, writing in the Dictionary of National Biography , considered him second only to Clarkson Stanfield among British scene painters of the
#15 Franz von Zülow
Franz von Zülow (15 March, 1883 – 26 February, 1963) was an Austrian graphic artist and painter who’s experimentation resulted in several new printing and design methods. [1] [2] He was a member of the Vienna Secession , the Wiener Werkstatte , and the Zinkerbach Artist Colony . He is the brother of
#16 Diane Esmond
Diane Esmond (16 April 1910 - 27 May 1981) was a French painter whose main works were in the tradition of Post-Impressionism . She worked in or near Paris for the major part of her artistic career. Before World War II , she exhibited her figural paintings (circus and café scenes) in group shows in P
#17 Antonio Gattorno
Antonio Gattorno (born Havana , March 15, 1904 - died Acushnet, Massachusetts , 1980) was a Cuban painter. He was a distinguished member of the first generation of modern Cuban painters. [1] Cuban painter Antonio Gattorno Born March 15, 1904 ( 1904-03-15 ) Havana , Cuba Died 1980 ( 1981 ) (aged
#18 Alan Bean
Alan LaVern Bean (March 15, 1932 – May 26, 2018) was an American naval officer and aviator , aeronautical engineer , test pilot , NASA astronaut and painter ; he was the fourth person to walk on the Moon . He was selected to become an astronaut by NASA in 1963 as part of Astronaut Group 3 . Americ
#19 Sergei Bongart
Sergei Bongart (1918–1985) was an American painter. Bongart is admired for his richly colored and emotionally expressive landscapes , still lifes and portraits . He was best known as a colorist, working in exaggerated color, using dynamic but carefully controlled color relationships and extolling th
#20 Joseph Sanchez
Joseph M. Sanchez (born ca. 1948) is an artist and museum curator . American painter For the New Mexico politician, see Joseph L. Sanchez . Joseph Sanchez (right) in a panel discussion with Gerald McMaster (left) and Paul Chaat Smith (center)
The Rezan Has Museum is a private museum in Istanbul , Turkey dedicated to culture and arts. It is a museum space that connects the past to the future with the 17th century Ottoman building remains and the 11th century Byzantine water cistern, enriching its collection by incorporating documents and
ARKEN Museum of Modern Art ( Danish : ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst ) is a private non-for-profit charity, state authorised, contemporary art museum in Ishøj near Copenhagen , the capital of Denmark . [1] The museum is amongst Denmark's major contemporary and modern art ventures, encompassing signi
Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre is a regional art gallery in Murwillumbah , New South Wales , Australia. [1] [2] Lonely Planet Australia describes it as "an exceptional gallery... home to some of Australia's finest in a variety of media." [3] Building Tweed Regional Gallery & Marg
#4 Artechouse
Artechouse (stylized in all caps ) is an American innovative art space and destination for immersive and interactive art exhibitions. Dedicated to showcasing works by new media artists, Artechouse main goal is to present exhibitions that support its mission to inspire, educate, and empower others. [
#5 Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) is a museum located in Hobart , Tasmania . The museum was established in 1846, by the Royal Society of Tasmania , the oldest Royal Society outside England. The TMAG receives 400,000 visitors annually. [2] The Henry Hunter gallery Tasmanian Museum and Art G
#6 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
#7 Cooper Union
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art ( Cooper Union [10] ) is a private college at Cooper Square in New York City . Peter Cooper founded the institution in 1859 after learning about the government-supported École Polytechnique in France. [11] [12] The school was built on a radical
#8 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
Klovićevi Dvori Gallery ( Croatian : Galerija Klovićevi dvori , abbr. GKD , or simply Klovićevi dvori ) [ pronunciation? ] is an art gallery in Zagreb , Croatia . Opened in 1982, the gallery is named after the 16th century Croatian-born artist Juraj Julije Klović , considered to be one of the greate
#10 Palanok Castle
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
#11 National Gallery
The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster , in Central London , England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. [note 1] Art museum in London, England For other uses, see List of national ga
#12 Museum der Johann Strauss Dynastie
The Museum of the Strauss Dynasty ( Strauss Museum ) in Vienna is a museum dedicated to the Strauss family: Johann I , Johann II , Josef , Eduard and Johann III . Museum of the Johann Strauss Dynasty Established 2015 Location Vienna , Austria Website www .strauss-museum .at
#13 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
#14 Willard Gallery
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]
#15 The New Gallery
The New Gallery (TNG) is a non-commercial artist-run centre that presents and promotes contemporary art in Calgary , Alberta, Canada. The New Gallery Entrance TNG is a not-for-profit arts organization and does not sell art. Instead, it provides a venue for artists producing new work that may be expe
Magda Danysz Gallery is an art gallery in Paris , France , owned by Magda Danysz , an art dealer and art curator. This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) A major contributor to this a
#17 American Textile History Museum
The American Textile History Museum ( ATHM ), located in Lowell, Massachusetts , was founded as the Merrimack Valley Textile Museum (MVTM) in North Andover, Massachusetts in 1960 by Caroline Stevens Rogers . ATHM told America’s story through the art, science, and history of textiles. In June 2016, t
#18 Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art
The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art is located on the fourth floor of the Brooklyn Museum , New York City , United States.
#19 ACE Open
ACE Open is a contemporary visual art organisation based in Adelaide , South Australia , established in 2017 after the Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia and the Australian Experimental Art Foundation ( AEAF ) were merged, creating a new organisation. Contemporary art gallery in Lion Arts Ce
#20 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
#1 Head (Csaky)
Head , also known as Tête d'homme , or Portrait d'homme , is an early Cubist sculpture created in 1913 by the Hungarian avant-garde sculptor Joseph Csaky . This black and white photograph from the Csaky family archives (AC.111) shows a frontal view of the original 1913 plaster. Head was exhibited at
#2 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
The Art of Painting (Dutch: Allegorie op de schilderkunst ), also known as The Allegory of Painting , or Painter in his Studio , is a 17th-century oil on canvas painting by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer . It is owned by the Austrian Republic and is on display in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vien
The Geographer (Dutch: De geograaf ) is a painting created by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer in 1668–1669, and is now in the collection of the Städel museum in Frankfurt , Germany. It is closely related to Vermeer's The Astronomer , for instance using the same model in the same dress, and has sometim
#5 Two Nudes in an Exotic Landscape
Baigneuses: Deux nus dans un paysage exotique (also called Bañistas: dos desnudos en un paisaje exótico and Bathers: Two Nudes in an Exotic Landscape ) is an oil painting created circa 1905 by the French artist and theorist Jean Metzinger (1883–1956). Two Nudes in an Exotic Landscape is a Proto-Cubi
#6 Credulity, Superstition, and Fanaticism
Credulity, Superstition and Fanaticism is a satirical print by the English artist William Hogarth . It ridicules secular and religious credulity , and lampoons the exaggerated religious " enthusiasm " (excessive emotion, not keenness) of the Methodist movement. The print was originally engraved in 1
#7 Statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a 7 ft (2.1 m) bronze statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg , the second woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court . It was installed permanently outside 445 Albee Square in Downtown Brooklyn 's City Point in New York City on March 12, 2021. 2021 statue of Ru
The Hands Resist Him is a painting that was created by artist Bill Stoneham in 1972. It depicts a young boy and a female doll standing in front of a glass paneled door, against which many hands are pressed. According to Stoneham, the boy is based on a photograph of himself at age five. The doorway i
#9 A Boy with a Flying Squirrel
A Boy with a Flying Squirrel (Henry Pelham) , or Henry Pelham (Boy with a Squirrel) , is a 1765 painting by the American-born painter John Singleton Copley . It depicts Copley's half-brother Henry Pelham with a pet flying squirrel , a creature commonly found in colonial American portraits as a symbo
#10 Sir Nicholas Serota Makes an Acquisitions Decision
Sir Nicholas Serota Makes an Acquisitions Decision is one of the paintings that was made as a part of the Stuckism art movement, [1] [2] and is recognized as a "signature piece" for the movement, [3] It was painted by the Stuckism co-founder Charles Thomson in 2000, and has been exhibited in a numbe
#11 Lucretia (Rembrandt, 1664)
Lucretia is a 1664 history painting historically attributed to the Dutch Golden Age painter Rembrandt in the collection of the National Gallery of Art . In 2015, Ernst van de Wetering of the Rembrandt Research Project said that "the formal properties and execution of [this] painting, I am convinced,
#12 Man on a Balcony
Man on a Balcony (also known as Portrait of Dr. Théo Morinaud and ' L'Homme au balcon ), is a large oil painting created in 1912 by the French artist, theorist and writer Albert Gleizes (1881–1953). The painting was exhibited in Paris at the Salon d'Automne of 1912 (no. 689). The Cubist contribution
La Femme aux Phlox , also known as Woman with Phlox or Woman with Flowers , is an oil painting created in 1910 by the French artist and theorist Albert Gleizes (1881–1953). The painting was exhibited in Room 41 at the Salon des Indépendants in the Spring of 1911 (no. 2612); the exhibition that intro
#14 Bill Papas's mural of Portland, Oregon
Bill Papas's mural of Portland, Oregon depicts more than 50 prominent residents of the city during the 1990s. The watercolor painting was displayed at a restaurant in the Hilton Portland Hotel from 1995 to 2014. It was donated to the Oregon Historical Society when the hotel and restaurant were redes
What is Called Vagrancy ( French : Ce que l'on appelle le vagabondage ) is an early oil on canvas painting by Belgian painter Alfred Stevens . This painting is representative of the early part of Stevens' career, when he was keen on representing the squalor of the time through realist painting. Pain
#16 The Death of Caesar (Gérôme)
The Death of Caesar ( French : La Mort de César ) is an 1867 painting by the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme . It depicts the moment after the assassination of Julius Caesar , when the jubilant conspirators are walking away from Caesar 's dead body at the Theatre of Pompey , on the Ides of March (Mar
The Madonna and Child is a painting by Lucas Kranach the Elder (1472–1553). The oil painting was probably brought to Poland by Jan Sulimirski and placed in the parish church of Sulimierzyce, the ancestral seat of the Sulimirski/Sulimierski family around 1550. Alternately, it might have been brought
Our Lady Derzhavnaya ("The Sovereign", "The Reigning Icon") is a Russian icon believed to date from the 18th century. According to Irina Yazykova, the Reigning Icon, "remains one of the most revered both inside Russia and in Russian emigre circles. Copies of the Reigning Icon of the Mother of God ca
#19 The Martyrdom of Saint George
The Martyrdom of Saint George is a 1566 oil-on-canvas painting by Paolo Veronese , produced for the high altar of the church of San Giorgio in Braida in Verona , dedicated to Saint George , where it still hangs. [1] It was produced in Verona, the artist's birthplace, whilst he was back there to marr
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
Charlotte Klonk is a German art historian . [1] Klonk is most notable for her work on English landscape art in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, as well as for her work on museum interiors, particularly the white cube. She is currently a professor of art history at the Humboldt Unive
Alexander Joseph Finberg (April 23, 1866 – March 15, 1939) was an art historian focused on the History of British Art who was a founder of the Walpole Society and an expert on J. M. W. Turner . Finberg was educated at City of London College, King's College London and the Lambeth School of Art. [1] I
Ranjit Hoskote (born 29 March 1969) is an Indian poet, art critic , cultural theorist and independent curator . He has been honoured by the Sahitya Akademi , India's National Academy of Letters, with the Sahitya Akademi Golden Jubilee Award and the Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation . Ranjit Hosk
Thomas Norris FRAS (14 January 1765 – 15 March 1852) was an English businessman, art collector , natural historian and astronomer , born at Croston in Lancashire. Joining the Bury firm of Peel, Yates and Co. as a book-keeper at the age of twenty, he eventually became a partner and amassed a consider
Okwui Enwezor (23 October 1963 – 15 March 2019) [1] was a Nigerian curator , art critic , writer , poet , and educator , specializing in art history . He lived in New York City [2] and Munich. In 2014, he was ranked 24 in the ArtReview list of the 100 most powerful people of the art world. [3] Niger
Louis Edmond Joseph Hourticq (31 December 1875, Brossac - 15 March 1944, Neuilly-sur-Seine ) was a French art historian , and popularizer of art appreciation. This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citat
Merle Armitage (1893 - March 15, 1975) was an American set designer, tour manager, theater producer, opera producer, art collector, [1] author, and book designer. American author and book designer Merle Armitage Born 1893 Iowa , U.S. Died March 15, 1975 Yucca Valley, California , U.S. Nationality Un
#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
Charles Henry Caffin (June 4, 1854 – January 14, 1918) was an Anglo-American writer and art critic, born in Sittingbourne , Kent, England. After graduating from Magdalen College , Oxford , in 1876, with a broad background in culture and aesthetics, he engaged in scholastic and theatrical work. In 18
Friedrich Deneken (15 March 1857, Hadersleben - 1927, Krefeld ?) was a German art historian and museum director. German art historian This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . ( December 2019 )
Pedro Corrêa do Lago (born March 15, 1958) is a Brazilian art historian and curator who has formed the largest private collection of autograph letters and manuscripts in the world today. He is the author of over twenty books on manuscripts and Brazilian art and was president of Brazil's National Lib
Vincent Delieuvin (born 1978) is a French author and art historian specializing in the work of Leonardo da Vinci , and in Italian paintings of the sixteenth century, generally. Since 2006, he has worked as a heritage curator at the Louvre museum. French author and art historian
Paul Armand Silvestre (18 April 1837 – 19 February 1901) was a 19th-century French poet and conteur born in Paris. Paul Armand Silvestre Born 18 April 1837 Paris Died 19 February 1901 (1901-02-19) (aged 63) Toulouse Occupation Chorégrapher Poet Librettist Silvestre at the peak of his career. He st
#15 Michael Diers
Michael Diers (born 15 March 1950, in Werl , West Germany ) is a German art historian and professor of art history in Hamburg and Berlin . This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . ( September 2
#16 William Watson (sinologist)
William Watson CBE ( ( 1917-12-09 ) 9 December 1917 – ( 2007-03-15 ) 15 March 2007 ) was a British art historian who was Professor of Chinese art and archaeology at the University of London . He was a leading member of the teams that organised the Genius of China exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1
#17 Otto Heinrich von Gemmingen-Hornberg
Otto Heinrich von Gemmingen zu Hornberg (5 November 1755 – 3 March 1836) was a member of the aristocratic Gemmingen family . He was a diplomat and enlightenment writer, a Freemason and a friend of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . [1] [2] [3] Otto Heinrich von Gemmingen zu Hornberg 1755–1836
Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt (28 July 1820 – 21 May 1877) was a British architect and art historian who became Secretary of the Great Exhibition , Surveyor of the East India Company and the first Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Cambridge . [1] From 1855 until 1859 he was honorary secreta
#19 Magda Danysz
Magda Danysz (born September 1974), is a French art curator and art dealer, she owns her galleries named Magda Danysz Gallery in Paris , in Shanghai , and in London . French art curator and art dealer This article's use of external links may not follow Wikipedia's policies or guidelines . ( November
#20 Greta Knutson
Greta Knutson or Knutson-Tzara (also known as Greta Knutson ; 1899–1983) was a Swedish modernist visual artist, art critic, short story writer and poet. A student of André Lhote who adopted Abstraction , Cubism and Surrealism , she was also noted for her interest in phenomenology . Knutson was marri
#1 King Edward VII Jewish Memorial Drinking Fountain
The King Edward VII Jewish Memorial Drinking Fountain is a drinking fountain on the Whitechapel Road in the East End of London . Drinking fountain in Whitechapel, London The King Edward VII Jewish Memorial Drinking Fountain in 2008 A plaque on the fountain records that it was erected "from subscript
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
Stolpersteine is the German name for small, cobblestone-sized memorials placed around Europe by the German artist Gunter Demnig . They commemorate the victims of Nazi Germany who were murdered, deported, exiled or driven to suicide. The first Stolpersteine in Milan , the capital of the Italian regio
#4 Maritime Monument, Copenhagen
The Maritime Monument ( Danish Søfartsmonumentet), located at Langelinie , close to Langelinie Marina, is a maritime memorial in Copenhagen , Denmark , commemorating civilian Danish sailors who lost their lives during the First World War . The monument consists of a bronze sculpture of a winged fema
The Statue of Unity is the world's tallest statue , with a height of 182 metres (597 feet) , [3] located in the state of Gujarat , India. It depicts Indian statesman and independence activist Vallabhbhai Patel (1875–1950), who was the first deputy prime minister and home minister of independent Indi
The Millennium Clock was a six-ton installation designed by Grainne Hassett and Vincent Ducatez to celebrate the passing of the millennium, sponsored by the National Lottery . [1] It took the form of a digital seven-segment display counting down the number of seconds to the year 2000 submerged under
The Saint-Gaudens double eagle is a twenty- dollar gold coin , or double eagle , produced by the United States Mint from 1907 to 1933. The coin is named after its designer, the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens , who designed the obverse and reverse . It is considered by many to be the most beautiful
#8 Manneken Pis
Manneken Pis ( Dutch: [ˌmɑnəkə(m) ˈpɪs] ( listen ) ; Dutch for ' Little Pissing Man ' ) is a landmark [1] 55.5 cm (21.9 in) [lower-alpha 1] bronze fountain sculpture in central Brussels , Belgium, depicting a puer mingens ; a naked little boy urinating into the fountain's basin. Though its exi
#9 Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe [1] ( German : Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas ), also known as the Holocaust Memorial (German: Holocaust-Mahnmal ), is a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust , designed by architect Peter Eisenman and Buro Happold . It consis
#10 Armenian Earthquake (Sogoyan)
Armenian Earthquake is a bronze sculpture by Frederic Sogoyan . [1] It expresses the gratitude at the aid provided following the 1988 Spitak earthquake . Armenian Earthquake Sculpture in 2006 Artist Frederic Sogoyan Year 1990 Type Bronze Dimensions 360 cm × 150 cm × 360 cm (140 in × 61
#11 Wallace fountain
Wallace Fountains are public drinking fountains named after, financed by and roughly designed by Sir Richard Wallace . The final design and sculpture is by Wallace's friend Charles-Auguste Lebourg . They are large cast-iron sculptures scattered throughout the city of Paris, France, mainly along the
#12 Bridge of Lions
The Bridge of Lions is a double-leaf bascule bridge that spans the Intracoastal Waterway in St. Augustine , Florida , United States . A part of State Road A1A , it connects downtown St. Augustine to Anastasia Island across Matanzas Bay . A pair of copies of the marble Medici lions guard the bridge,
The 1933 double eagle is a United States 20-dollar gold coin. Although 445,500 specimens of this Saint-Gaudens double eagle were minted in 1933, none were ever officially circulated, and all but two were ordered to be melted down. However, 20 more are known to have been rescued from melting by being
#14 All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors
All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors is a war memorial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that honors the state's African American servicemen who fought in American conflicts from the American Revolutionary War to World War I . Commissioned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1927, it was
#15 Vance Monument
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 Tomb of Karl Marx stands in the Eastern cemetery of Highgate Cemetery , North London , England. It commemorates the burial sites of Marx , of his wife, Jenny von Westphalen , and other members of his family. Originally buried in a different part of the Eastern cemetery, the bodies were disinterr
Vessel ( TKA ) is a structure and visitor attraction built as part of the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project in Manhattan , New York City , New York . Built to plans by the British designer Thomas Heatherwick , the elaborate honeycomb -like structure rises 16 stories and consists of 154 flights of s
Statues for Equality is an initiative to improve the gender parity in public monuments worldwide. Creators Gillie and Marc noted that up to 2019, only five of New York City 's 150 monuments commemorated nonfictional women. [1] Public art organization This article has multiple issues. Please help imp
#19 Emperor William Monument (Porta Westfalica)
The Emperor William Monument ( German : Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal ), near the town of Porta Westfalica in the North Rhine-Westphalian county of Minden-Lübbecke , is a colossal monument above the Weser gorge of Porta Westfalica , the "Gateway to Westphalia ". It was erected to honour the first German Em