langs: 2 марта [ru] / march 2 [en] / 2. märz [de] / 2 mars [fr] / 2 marzo [it] / 2 de marzo [es]
days: february 28 / february 29 / march 1 / march 2 / march 3 / march 4 / march 5
#1 Thomas Henry (patron of the arts)
Bon-Thomas Henry (1766 in Cherbourg , France – 1836 in Cherbourg) was a French painter and patron of the arts. This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . ( July 2021 ) Thomas Henry Bust of Thomas
Henriëtte Ronner-Knip (31 May 1821 – 2 March 1909) was a Dutch-Belgian artist in the Romantic style who is best known for her animal paintings; especially cats. Dutch-Belgian painter (1821-1909) Henriëtte Ronner-Knip Henriëtte Ronner-Knip (c.1895) Born ( 1821-05-31 ) 31 May 1821 Amsterdam , Netherla
#3 Louis Faurer
Louis Faurer (August 28, 1916 – March 2, 2001) was an American candid or street photographer . He was a quiet artist who never achieved the broad public recognition that his best-known contemporaries did; however, the significance and caliber of his work were lauded by insiders, among them Robert Fr
Joaquín Torres García (28 July 1874 – 8 August 1949) was a Uruguayan - Spanish artist [1] who was born in Montevideo , Uruguay . Torres-García emigrated to Catalunya , Spain as an adolescent, where he began his career as an artist in 1891. For the next three decades, Torres-García embraced the Cat
Hubertus Quellinus or Hubert Quellinus (15 August 1619, Antwerp – 1687) was a Flemish printmaker, draughtsman and painter and a member of the prominent Quellinus family of artists. His engravings after the work of his brother, the Baroque sculptor Artus Quellinus the Elder , were instrumental in the
Ghitta Caiserman-Roth (March 2, 1923 – November 25, 2005) [1] was a Canadian painter and printmaker . She was a founder of the Montreal Artist School and her work is in the National Gallery of Canada . [2] Caiserman-Roth was also an associate member of the Royal Canadian Academy [3] and the first pa
#7 Alois Plum
Alois Johannes Plum (born Mainz , 2 March 1935) is an artist working in Mainz , Germany , who has acquired a national reputation for his stained glass , his paintings (esp. murals ), and his plastic art . Plum has been active since the 1950s and his work decorates hundreds of churches and public bui
Leo Dillon (March 2, 1933 – May 26, 2012) and Diane Dillon ( née Sorber; born March 13, 1933) were American illustrators of children's books and adult paperback book and magazine covers. One obituary of Leo called the work of the husband-and-wife team "a seamless amalgam of both their hands". [3] In
Wendell Thompson Perkins (February 11, 1928 – March 2, 1997), was an American painter born in Boston who died in St. Augustine, FL . His lifelong business partner was Hartley Staley. The subject matter of his paintings included: Maritime scenes, Landscapes, southern African American scenes. The styl
Alexander van Papenhoven ( Antwerp , 14 July 1668 – Antwerp, 15 February 1759) was a Flemish sculptor, architect and art educator, who is best known for the church furniture which he made for the principal churches in Flanders. [1] He worked mainly in Antwerp, but early in his career he was also act
#11 Ugo Capocchini
Ugo Capocchini (1 February 1901 – 2 March 1980) was an Italian artist. He won many awards throughout his career, and became a Professor at the Accademia Di Belle Arti in Florence in the 1960s. In his birthplace, Barberino Val d'Elsa , a square and a community hall have been named after him. Italian
#12 Joni Mitchell
Roberta Joan " Joni " Mitchell CC ( née Anderson ; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter and painter. Drawing from folk , pop, rock, classical, and jazz , Mitchell's songs often reflect on social and philosophical ideals as well as her feelings about romance, womanhood, dis
#13 Zeinat Sedki
Zeinat Sedki (May 4, 1912 - March 2, 1978) was an Egyptian actress and comedian. [1] She was one of the female comedy pioneers in the Egyptian cinema along with Mary Mounib and Widad Hamdi . [2] Egyptian actress and comedian Zeinat Sedki Born Zeinab Mohamed Mosaad ( 1912-05-04 ) May 4, 1912 Alexandr
#14 Bruno Bobak
Bruno Bobak , CM RCA LL.D., D.Litt (born Bronislaw Jacob Bobak ; 27 December 1923 – 24 September 2012) was a Polish-born Canadian war painter and art teacher. His main medium was watercolour painting but he also produced woodcuts . Bruno Bobak Born Bronislaw Jacob Bobak 27 December 1923 Wawelówka, n
#15 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
Margo Consuela Bors (born 1942) is an American painter, muralist, photographer and illustrator active in the San Francisco Bay area. She is an activist for protecting native plants and animals is supported by big organizations like the California Native Plant Society . American artist
#17 Edmund Moiret
Edmund Moiret (2 March 1883 – 12 December 1966) was an Austrian sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics . [1] Austrian sculptor Edmund Moiret Born ( 1883-03-02 ) 2 March 1883 Budapest , Austria-Hungary Died 12 December 1966 (1966-12-12) (
Eileen Olive Deste (16 June 1909 – 2 March 1986) was a New Zealand photographer. Deste was heavily involved in photographing the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition . [1] New Zealand photographer Eileen Olive Deste Born Eileen Olive Leach ( 1909-06-16 ) 16 June 1909 Croydon, United Kingdom Died 2 Marc
Jan Baptist van der Hulst (2 March 1790 in Leuven – 16 May 1862 in Brussels ) was a Flemish painter and lithographer . He painted numerous members of the royal family of the Netherlands , and was known for his work in history painting as well. Authority control General VIAF 1 WorldCat Art research i
Margaret Fitzhugh Browne (June 7, 1884, West Roxbury, Massachusetts – January 11, 1972, Boston, Massachusetts ) was a painter of portraits, indoor genre scenes, and still lifes. American artist Margaret Fitzhugh Browne Self Portrait Born ( 1884-06-07 ) June 7, 1884 West Roxbury, Massachusetts Died J
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
Joyce Olga Evans OAM , B.A., Dip. Soc. Stud. (21 December 1929 – 20 April 2019) [1] was an Australian photographer active as an amateur from the 1950s and professional photographic artist from the 1980s, director of the Church Street Photography Centre in Melbourne (1976–1982), art curator and colle
#3 Carnegie Center for Art & History
The Carnegie Center for Art & History , within the Downtown Historic District of New Albany, Indiana , is a contemporary art gallery and local history museum. The building was initially built as a Carnegie Library , first opened on March 2, 1904, with 11,125 total books. It is of Beaux-Arts architec
#4 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
#5 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 Willard Gallery was a contemporary art gallery operating in New York City from 1940 until 1987. It was founded by Marian Willard Johnson. [1]
The McLeod Residence was an art cooperative and gallery based in the Belltown area of Seattle, Washington . It closed in October 2008. [1] The McLeod Residence occupies the upper floor of this building. It was opened in December 2006 by Lele McLeod (born Leanne Ng ) and Buster Butterfield McLeod (bo
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
The Boston Athenaeum is one of the oldest independent libraries in the United States. It is also one of a number of membership libraries , [2] for which patrons pay a yearly subscription fee to use Athenaeum services. The institution was founded in 1807 by the Anthology Club of Boston , Massachusett
#10 Mougins Museum of Classical Art
The MACM , the Mougins Museum of Classical Art (Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins) is an art museum located in the village of Mougins , in the Alpes-Maritimes department, France. It is 30 minutes from Nice airport and 15 minutes from the centre of Cannes . This article needs additional citations for
#11 Dumbarton Oaks
Dumbarton Oaks is a historic estate in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was the residence and garden of wealthy U.S. diplomat Robert Woods Bliss (1875–1962) and his wife Mildred Barnes Bliss (1879–1969). The Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection was founded here by the Bli
#12 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
#13 Musée national Jean-Jacques Henner
The Muséum national Jean-Jacques Henner is an art museum dedicated to the works of painter Jean-Jacques Henner (1829–1905), and located in the 17th arrondissement at 43, avenue de Villiers, Paris , France . This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sour
#14 Cosmorama
A cosmorama is an exhibition of perspective pictures of different places in the world, usually world landmarks . Careful use of illumination and lenses gives the images greater realism. For other uses, see Cosmorama (disambiguation) . This article needs additional citations for verification . ( Janu
The Hong Kong Museum of Art ( HKMoA ) is the first and main art museum of Hong Kong, located in Salisbury Road , Tsim Sha Tsui . It is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Government . HKMoA has an art collection of over 17,000 items. Admission is free for permane
#16 Musée de la Révolution française
The Musée de la Révolution française ( Museum of the French Revolution ) is a departmental museum in the French town of Vizille , 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Grenoble on the Route Napoléon . It is the only museum in the world dedicated to the French Revolution . Art museum, design/textile muse
#17 American Visionary Art Museum
The American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM) is an art museum located in Baltimore, Maryland's Federal Hill neighborhood at 800 Key Highway . The museum specializes in the preservation and display of outsider art (also known as "intuitive art," "raw art," or "art brut"). The city agreed to give the muse
The Detroit Institute of Arts ( DIA ), located in Midtown Detroit , Michigan , has one of the largest and most significant art collections in the United States. With over 100 galleries, it covers 658,000 square feet (61,100 m 2 ) [2] [3] with a major renovation and expansion project completed in 2
#19 Holy Trinity Church, Brighton
The former Holy Trinity Church is a closed Anglican church in the centre of Brighton , part of the English city of Brighton and Hove . Established in the early 19th century by Thomas Read Kemp , an important figure in Brighton's early political and religious life, it was originally an independent No
#20 The Museum of One Painting named after G. V. Myasnikov
The Museum of One Painting named after G. V. Myasnikov is a state museum, located in Penza , Russia. Art museum in Penza, Russia It is a unique museum, which does not have analogies anywhere in the world. [1] Its peculiarity is that it does not have a permanent exposition and that it only shows one
#1 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
Il Perdono di Gesualdo (in English, The Pardon of Gesualdo ) is an altarpiece created in 1609 by the Florentine painter Giovanni Balducci for a commission from the madrigal composer Carlo Gesualdo , Prince of Venosa , of the kingdom of Naples . Conserved in the private chapel of Gesualdo's church, S
#3 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
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
I Believe in Nashville (also, I Believe in Nashville Mural ) is a series of painted murals started in 2012 by the artist Adrien Saporiti , a Nashville native. The mural, which started in one location, has since been replicated on several walls throughout the city of Nashville . It has become a popul
#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
The Statue of Giordano Bruno , created by Ettore Ferrari , was erected at Campo de' Fiori in Rome , Italy , in 1889. Statue of Giordano Bruno The monument to Bruno in the place he was executed, Campo de' Fiori in Rome. Click on the map for a fullscreen view Coordinates 41°53′44″N 12°28′20″E The insc
#9 Equestrian statue of Winfield Scott Hancock
General Winfield Scott Hancock is an equestrian statue of Winfield Scott Hancock , by Henry Jackson Ellicott together with architect Paul J. Pelz . It is located at Pennsylvania Avenue in United States Navy Memorial Park at the northwest corner of 7th Street , Northwest, Washington, D.C. General Win
#10 Robert Dundas of Arniston, the younger
Robert Dundas of Arniston , the younger, FRSE (18 July 1713 – 13 December 1787) was a Scottish judge. He served as Solicitor General for Scotland from 1742 to 1746, as Lord Advocate from 1754 to 1760, and as Member of Parliament for Midlothian from 1754 to 1761. He was Lord President of the Court of
#11 Le Mur Rose
Le Mur Rose (full title: Paysage, le mur rose; , Landscape, the Pink Wall ), is a painting by Henri Matisse from 1898. Henri Matisse , Le Mur Rose , 1898 It was bought in Paris at the sale of La Peau de l'Ours on 2 March 1914 by Jewish entrepreneur Harry Fuld , who founded Frankfurt , Germany based
#12 Little Lange
Little Lange ( Le Petit Lange ) is a c.1861 oil on canvas painting by Édouard Manet , now on the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe . It shows a boy around five years old from the Lange family, who were friends of the artist. Its dark palette is reminiscent of Spanish Golden Age works as well as Antoin
Starry Night is an oil painting by Jean-François Millet completed in 1850 and retouched in 1865. It is one of Millet's few painting that is exclusively a landscape and is currently on view at the Yale University Art Gallery , in New Haven . [1] Painting by Jean-François Millet Starry Night French: N
#14 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
#15 Lord Howe's action, or the Glorious First of June
Lord Howe's action, or the Glorious First of June is a 1795 painting by Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg of the victory of British naval forces under Lord Howe over a French force led by Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse on the Glorious First of June 1794. After time in the Royal Collection of George
#16 A Ride for Liberty – The Fugitive Slaves
A Ride for Liberty – The Fugitive Slaves (1862) is a painting by the American artist Eastman Johnson that depicts a family of African Americans fleeing enslavement in the Southern United States during the American Civil War . [1] It is based on an event that Johnson claimed to have witnessed near Ma
#17 Equestrian statue of Frederick V
An equestrian statue of King Frederick V of Denmark stands in the center of Amalienborg Square, Copenhagen , framed by the four symmetrical wings of the Amalienborg palace. [2] The statue portrays the king in classic attire, crowned with laurels and with his hand outstretched, holding a baton. [3] C
The Rookie or The Rookie (Red Sox Locker Room) is a 1957 painting by American artist Norman Rockwell , painted for the March 2, 1957, cover of The Saturday Evening Post magazine. [1] 1957 painting by Norman Rockwell The Rookie (Red Sox Locker Room) Artist Norman Rockwell Year 1957 Medium Oil on canv
#19 Paintings of 1940-1990s: the Leningrad School
Retrospective Exhibition "Painting of 1940–1990s. The Leningrad School" (Russian: Живопись 1940-1990 годов. Ленинградская школа (выставка, 1996) ) became one of the most notable event in the Saint Petersburg exhibition live of 1996. [1] The Exhibition took place in Saint Petersburg in the Memorial M
Brooklyn Bridge is a 1915 painting by the French artist, theorist and writer Albert Gleizes . Brooklyn Bridge was exhibited at the Montross Gallery, New York, 1916 (no. 40) along with works by Jean Crotti , Marcel Duchamp and Jean Metzinger . [1] Painting by Albert Gleizes Brooklyn Bridge French: Po
Heber Reginald Bishop (March 2, 1840 – December 10, 1902) was a noted businessman and philanthropist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His collections of art, especially his noted collection of jade , were donated to museums. "An industrialist and entrepreneur, Mr. Bishop was an active patr
Thomas McEvilley ( / m ə k ˈ ɛ v ə l i / ; July 13, 1939 – March 2, 2013) was an American art critic , poet, novelist, and scholar. He was a Distinguished Lecturer in Art History at Rice University [1] and founder and former chair of the Department of Art Criticism and Writing at the School of Visua
#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
Émilie Tillion (née Cussac; 20 February 1876 – 2 March 1945) was a French writer and art critic . Tillion is known for her work on the popular " Les Guides Bleus " and as a member of French Resistance during the Second World War . French writer and art critic Émilie Tillion Born ( 1876-02-20 ) 20 Fe
Graham Corray Boettcher (b. March 2, 1973) is an American art curator who is the director of the Birmingham Museum of Art in Birmingham, Alabama . [1] This biography of a living person includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks
Nicolae Iorga ( Romanian pronunciation: [nikoˈla.e ˈjorɡa] ; sometimes Neculai Iorga , Nicolas Jorga , Nicolai Jorga or Nicola Jorga , born Nicu N. Iorga ; [1] 17 January 1871 – 27 November 1940) was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, Albanologist, poet and playwright. C
#7 Horst Gerson
Horst Gerson (2 March 1907 – 10 June 1978) was a German-Dutch art historian. German-Dutch art historian Rembrandt self-portrait in Buckland Abbey museum
Horatio Walpole ( / ˈ w ɔː l p oʊ l / ) , 4th Earl of Orford (24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), better known as Horace Walpole , was an English writer, art historian , man of letters , antiquarian and Whig politician. [1] 18th-century English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and W
Ingrid Barbara Sischy ( /siː'sʃi/ ) [1] (March 2, 1952 – July 24, 2015) was a South African-born American writer and editor who specialized in covering art, photography, and fashion. [2] She rose to prominence as the editor of Artforum from 1979 to 1988, and was editor-in-chief of Andy Warhol 's Int
#10 Hans Peter L'Orange (academic)
Hans Peter L'Orange (2 March 1903 – 5 December 1983) was a Norwegian art historian and classical archaeologist. [1] Norwegian art historian and archaeologist Hans Peter L'Orange
#11 Timothy Potts
Dr. Timothy Potts is an Australian art historian , archaeologist , and museum director . He became the director of the J. Paul Getty Museum on 1 September 2012. [1] Dr. Timothy Potts Director of the J. Paul Getty Museum Incumbent Assumed office 1 September 2012 Preceded by James Cuno (acting) Direct
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
#13 Marc Restellini
Marc Restellini (born 24 June 1964) is a French art historian, museum director, [1] founder of the Pinacothèque de Paris, and a specialist on Amedeo Modigliani. [2] French art historian (born 1964) Marc Restellini Born ( 1964-06-24 ) 24 June 1964 (age 57) Saint-Omer, France Occupation Art historia
Johan August Strindberg ( / ˈ s t r ɪ n ( d ) b ɜːr ɡ / , [1] Swedish: [ˈǒːɡɵst ˈstrɪ̂nːdbærj] ( listen ) ; 22 January 1849 – 14 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright , novelist , poet , essayist and painter . [2] [3] [4] A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindb
Mirella Levi D'Ancona (1919–2014) [1] was an Italian-born American professor and art historian. She was professor emeritus at Hunter College (from 1959–1986) in art history. D’Ancona did critical research on iconography of animal, floral and vegetable symbolism on art from the Late Middle Ages perio
Harold Brocklebank Herbert (1891–1945) was an early 20th century Australian painter and printmaker, an illustrator and cartoonist. A traditionalist, as an art teacher he promoted representational painting , and as a critic was an influential detractor of modernism . He was the first war artist to be
#17 Nikolay Lanceray
Nikolay Evgenievich Lanceray ( Russian : Николай Евгеньевич Лансере ; 26 April 1879 – 6 May 1942) was a Russian architect, preservationist , illustrator of books and historian of neoclassical art, biographer of Charles Cameron , Vincenzo Brenna and Andreyan Zakharov . Lanceray was associated with Mi
Gustave -Armand-Henri, comte de Reiset (13 July 1821 – 2 March 1905) was a French diplomat, writer and art collector. French diplomat, writer and art collector de Reiset in 1894
#19 Matthew Drutt
Matthew Joseph Williams Drutt (born December 8, 1962) is an American curator and writer who specializes in modern and contemporary art and design. Based in New York, he has operated Drutt Creative Arts Management (DCAM) since 2013. He has worked with the Beyeler Foundation in Switzerland (2013–2015)
#20 Paul Gallimard
Paul Sébastien Gallimard (20 July 1850 – 9 March 1929) was a French art collector , bibliophile and theatre owner. He was the father of publisher Gaston Gallimard . Paul Gallimard Portrait of Paul Gallimard by Eugène Carrière ( c. 1887 or 1889) Born Paul Sébastien Gallimard ( 1850-07-20 ) 20 July 18
#1 Equestrian statue of John A. Logan
Major General John A. Logan , also known as the General John A. Logan Monument and Logan Circle Monument , is an equestrian statue in Washington, D.C. that honors politician and Civil War general John A. Logan . The monument is sited in the center of Logan Circle , a traffic circle and public park i
#2 National Salt Satyagraha Memorial
The National Salt Satyagraha Memorial or Dandi Memorial is a memorial in Dandi , Gujarat , India , that honors the activists and participants of the Salt Satyagraha , an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India which was led by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930. [1] The memorial is spread over a
#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 Her Majesty the Queen (Miró)
Her Majesty the Queen is an object-sculpture made by Joan Miró in 1974 and now part of the permanent collection of the Joan Miró Foundation in Barcelona . [1] Her Majesty the Queen Artist Joan Miró Year 1974 Location Fundació Joan Miró , Barcelona
#5 British Columbia Search and Rescue Volunteer Memorial
The British Columbia Search and Rescue Volunteer Memorial , installed in Victoria, British Columbia , commemorates volunteers who serve, including those who died in the line of duty. The memorial was unveiled on March 2, 2017. [1] British Columbia Search and Rescue Volunteer Memorial The memorial in
The Prime Ministers Avenue is a collection of busts of the prime ministers of Australia , located at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens in Ballarat, Victoria . The busts are displayed as bronze portraits mounted on polished granite pedestals. It attracts thousands of visitors annually. [1] The 28th Prim
#7 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 Scottish book sculptures are a group of book sculptures that were contrived to be "found" in Scotland between 2011 and 2013. The sculptures are on topics mostly concerning Scottish literature and poetry, and are made out of old books by an anonymous female paper sculptor. The first sculpture to
The Buddhas of Bamiyan (or Bamyan) were two 6th-century [3] monumental statues carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley of central Afghanistan , 130 kilometres (81 mi) northwest of Kabul at an elevation of 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) . Carbon dating of the structural components of the Bu
#10 Saint-Gaudens double eagle
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
#11 Equestrian statue of Philip Sheridan
General Philip Sheridan is a bronze sculpture that honors Civil War general Philip Sheridan . The monument was sculpted by Gutzon Borglum , best known for his design of Mount Rushmore . Dedicated in 1908, dignitaries in attendance at the unveiling ceremony included President Theodore Roosevelt , mem
His Highness the Prince is an object-sculpture made by Joan Miró in 1974 and now part of the permanent collection of the Joan Miró Foundation in Barcelona . [1] His Highness the Prince Artist Joan Miró Year 1974 Location Fundació Joan Miró , Barcelona
Maman (1999) is a bronze, stainless steel, and marble sculpture by the artist Louise Bourgeois . The sculpture, which depicts a spider , is among the world's largest, measuring over 30 ft high and over 33 ft wide (927 x 891 x 1024 cm). [1] It includes a sac containing 32 marble eggs an
#14 List of works by Dan Flavin
Dan Flavin was an American minimalist artist known for creating sculptural objects and installations from commercially available fluorescent light fixtures.
#15 Wright Brothers National Memorial
Wright Brothers National Memorial , located in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina , commemorates the first successful, sustained, powered flights in a heavier-than-air machine . From 1900 to 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright came here from Dayton, Ohio , based on information from the U.S. Weather Bureau
The Pit ( Belarusian : Яма ) is a monument dedicated to the victims of the Holocaust on the corner of Melnikayte and Zaslavskaya streets in Minsk , Belarus . The memorial is located at the site where on 2 March 1942 Nazi forces shot about 5,000 Jewish residents of the nearby Minsk Ghetto . "The Last
Prince Mihailo Monument ( Serbian : Споменик кнезу Михаилу , romanized : Spomenik knezu Mihailu ) is a monument of Prince Mihailo . It is located in the main Republic Square in Belgrade , Serbia , and was erected in 1882. It was the first public monument with representation of an equestrian figure
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 George Davis Monument is a monument to attorney and Confederate politician George Davis that was erected in Wilmington, North Carolina by the United Daughters of the Confederacy . It was removed by the City of Wilmington in August 2021. George Davis Monument George Davis monument before the stat
The statue of Edward Colston is a bronze statue of Bristol -born merchant and trans-Atlantic slave trader , Edward Colston (1636–1721). It was created in 1895 by the Irish sculptor John Cassidy and was formerly erected on a plinth of Portland stone in a public park known as "The Centre" , until it w