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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
#2 Tracey Emin
Tracey Karima Emin , CBE , RA ( / ˈ ɛ m ɪ n / ; born 3 July 1963) [2] [3] is a British artist known for her autobiographical and confessional artwork. Emin produces work in a variety of media including drawing , painting , sculpture , film , photography , neon text and sewn appliqué . [4] Once the "
#3 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
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel ( Russian : Михаил Александрович Врубель ; March 17, 1856 – April 14, 1910, all n.s. ) was a Russian painter , draughtsman , and sculptor. A prolific and innovative master in various media such as painting, drawing, decorative sculpture, and theatrical art, Vrubel is
Joshua Smith (12 March 1905 – 22 July 1995) was an Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1944 with his portrait of Hon Sol Rosevear , MP, Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives , but is better known as the subject of the previous year's controversial Archibald Prize win, Mr
George William Whitaker (September 25, 1840 – March 6, 1916) was a prominent Rhode Island landscape painter during the late 19th and early 20th century, known as the "Dean of Providence painters" [1] [2] or the "Dean of Rhode Island Artists." [3] American painter (1840–1916) George William Whitaker
#7 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
George Bouverie Goddard (25 December 1832 in Salisbury – 6 March 1886 in Hammersmith , London ), was a British sporting and animal painter and illustrator. English painter "Lions attacking buffalo" The Illustrated London News "The Struggle for Existence" From age ten, the drawings of this youthful g
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
#10 Michelangelo
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni ( Italian: [mikeˈlandʒelo di lodoˈviːko ˌbwɔnarˈrɔːti siˈmoːni] ; 6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), known simply as Michelangelo ( English: / ˌ m aɪ k əl ˈ æ n dʒ ə l oʊ , ˌ m ɪ k -/ [1] ), was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the Hig
#11 Manuel Bromberg
Manuel Abraham Bromberg (March 6, 1917 – February 3, 2022) was an American artist and Professor Emeritus of Art, at the State University of New York at New Paltz . He was a 1946 Guggenheim Fellow . [1] American artist (1917–2022) Manuel Bromberg Born Manuel Abraham Bromberg ( 1917-03-06 ) March 6, 1
#12 Wilna Hervey
Wilna Hervey (October 3, 1894 – March 6, 1979) was an American silent film actress and artist. American actress Wilna Webster Hervey Wilna Hervey as Katrinka from the Toonerville Trolley movies Born October 3, 1894 San Francisco Died March 6, 1979 (1979-03-06) (aged 84) Bradenton, Florida National
Pieter van Bloemen , also known as Standaart (bapt. 17 January 1657 – 6 March 1720), first name also spelled Peter or Peeter , was a Flemish painter . He was a gifted landscape and animal painter and was very successful with his compositions depicting equestrian, animal and market scenes. Riders res
Caroline Mytinger (March 6, 1897 — November 3, 1980), was an American portrait painter born in Sacramento, California , and raised in Cleveland, Ohio . She is best known for her paintings of indigenous people in the South Seas during the late 1920s. [1] These paintings are in the custody of the Phoe
#15 Christina Gerarda Enschedé
Christina Gerarda Enschedé (10 December 1791 – 6 March 1873) [1] was a Dutch painter. Dutch painter Christina Gerarda Enschedé Born ( 1791-12-10 ) 10 December 1791 Haarlem, Netherlands Died 6 March 1873 (1873-03-06) (aged 81) Haarlem, Netherlands Nationality Dutch Known for Painting Still life w
#16 Oscar Abreu
Oscar Abreu (born March 6, 1978) is one of the top three most valued Dominican painters according to artprice.com. [1] Oscar Abreu is also a sculptor, art collector, cultural personality and performance artist, who lives and works in Dominican Republic . Abreu is the founder of Centro Abreu and of P
William Robinson Watson (1887 – March 6, 1973) was an English-born Canadian art dealer who, through his staunch friendships [1] with artists and his energetic enthusiasm [2] for their work, helped establish the market for Canadian art. By the second half of the 1920s, he was Montreal's leading art
#18 Gaia (artist)
Gaia (born 1988 in New York City) is an American street artist who has received significant museum showings and critical recognition. [1] [2] Based in Baltimore, he has created large-scale murals worldwide to engage the community where he works in a dialogue by using historical and sociological refe
Jean-Michel Basquiat ( French: [ʒɑ̃ miʃɛl baskja] ; December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement. American artist (1960–1988) "Basquiat" redirects here. For other uses, see Basquiat (disambiguation) . Jea
Vittorio Bolaffio (3 June 1883 – 26 December 1931) was an Italian painter. Italian painter Vittorio Bolaffio Born ( 1883-03-06 ) 6 March 1883 Trieste , Austrian Empire (present-day Italy ) Died 26 December 1931 (1931-12-26) (aged 48) Trieste, Italy Nationality Italian Occupation Painter
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
#2 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
#3 The National Self-Portrait Collection of Ireland
The National Self-Portrait Collection of Ireland is a collection of more than 400 self-portraits of Irish artists which is housed in the Kneafsey Gallery at the University of Limerick . The origins of the collection can be found in the purchase of fifteen self-portraits from the collection of the la
#4 Second Bank of the United States
The Second Bank of the United States was the second federally authorized Hamiltonian national bank in the United States. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , it was chartered from February 1816 to January 1836. [1] The Bank's formal name, according to section 9 of its charter as passed by Congres
#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 Museum of Grenoble ( French : Musée de Grenoble ) is a municipal museum of Fine Arts and antiquities in the city of Grenoble in the Isère region of France. Art museum, in place Lavalette Grenoble Museum of Grenoble Established 1798 Location 5 place Lavalette 38000 Grenoble Type Art museum, Visit
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
The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art [3] (commonly shortened to the Gardiner Museum ) is a ceramics museum in Toronto , Ontario , Canada. The museum is situated within University of Toronto 's St. George campus, in downtown Toronto . The 4,299.2-square-metre (46,276 sq ft) museum buildin
#10 Transfer Gallery
Transfer (stylized as TRANSFER ) is an art gallery. It was created in Brooklyn , New York in 2013; the Brooklyn location closed in 2019, and it is now a "fully virtual" gallery. Transfer was co-founded by Kelani Nichole. [1] [2] Nichole, an independent curator, currently serves as the gallery's dire
#11 Koffler Centre of the Arts
The Koffler Centre of the Arts is a broad-based cultural institution established in 1977 by Murray and Marvelle Koffler and based at Artscape Youngplace in the West Queen West area of downtown Toronto , Ontario . [1] Koffler Centre of the Arts Location of the Koffler in Toronto Established 1977 Loca
#12 Greenville County Museum of Art
The Greenville County Museum of Art ( GCMA ) is an art museum located in Greenville, South Carolina . Its collections focus mainly on American art, and its holdings include works by Andrew Wyeth , Josef Albers , Jasper Johns (raised in South Carolina), Andy Warhol , Romare Bearden , Jacob Lawrence ,
Merrill Chase Galleries was an art dealership in Chicago, Illinois . It was started in 1964 by Robert Merrill Chase Sr., and his father, Merrill Chase. [1] [2] By 1978 it had more than 150 employees and 13 galleries, and was among the largest organizations of its kind in the United States. [2] Forme
#14 Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson
The Museum of Contemporary Art ( MOCA ) [1] in Tucson , Arizona , United States, was founded in 1997, by Julia Latane, James Graham, and David Wright. The museum was founded to create a permanent institution for contemporary art in Tucson 's arts district. Originally housed in the HazMat building on
#15 Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
The Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille ( Lille Palace of Fine Arts ) is a municipal museum dedicated to fine arts, modern art, and antiquities. It is one of the largest art museums in France . Art gallery in Lille, France Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille Location within Lill
#16 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
#17 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
Third Floor Gallery was an independent charitable [1] photography gallery in Cardiff Bay , Wales . It opened in 2010 and predominantly featured documentary photography, [2] often premiering new work with the direct involvement of the photographers. [3] It closed in 2016. [ citation needed ] Opening
#19 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
#20 Gallery 1957
Gallery 1957 is a contemporary art gallery located in Accra , Ghana. The gallery intends to present artists of West Africa and the diaspora . [1] It was established in March 2016 by British construction company owner Marwan Zakhem. [2] [3] As of 2018 [update] , the gallery has shown artists includin
#1 Le goûter
Le Goûter , also known as Tea Time ( Tea-Time ), and Femme à la Cuillère ( Woman with a teaspoon ) is an oil painting created in 1911 by the French artist and theorist Jean Metzinger (1883–1956). It was exhibited in Paris at the Salon d'Automne of 1911, and the Salon de la Section d'Or , 1912. [1] O
#2 Freedom from Fear (painting)
Freedom from Fear is the last of the well-known Four Freedoms oil paintings produced by the American artist Norman Rockwell . The series was based on the four goals known as the Four Freedoms , which were enunciated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his State of the Union Address on January 6, 1
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
The Lorelei Fountain , also known as the Heinrich Heine Memorial , is a monument located on East 161st Street in the Concourse section of the Bronx , New York City , near the Bronx County Courthouse . It was designed by German sculptor Ernst Herter and created in 1896 out of Italian white marble in
#5 Portrait of a Seated Gentleman
Portrait of a Seated Gentleman is a portrait painted by Nicolas Benjamin Delapierre in 1785. Neither the subject nor the provenance before 1928 are known. Portrait of a Seated Gentleman Artist Nicolas Benjamin Delapierre Year 1785 ( 1785 )
#6 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
#7 Freedom of Worship (painting)
Freedom of Worship or Freedom to Worship is the second of the Four Freedoms oil paintings produced by the American artist Norman Rockwell . The series was based on the goals known as the Four Freedoms enunciated by Franklin D. Roosevelt , president of the United States from 1933 to 1945, in his Stat
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
#9 Statue of Casimir Pulaski (Milwaukee)
Count Casimir Pulaski is a public artwork by American artist Joseph Kiselewski located in Pulaski Park, which is in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , United States. The bronze statue is a 6-foot, full-length portrait of Count Casimir Pulaski standing atop a 17-foot granite pedestal. Count Casimir Pulaski Arti
#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
The Gate of Calais or O, the Roast Beef of Old England is a 1748 painting by William Hogarth , reproduced as a print from an engraving the next year. Hogarth produced the painting directly after his return from France, where he had been arrested as a spy while sketching in Calais . The scene depicts
#12 Parade de cirque
Parade de cirque (English: Circus Sideshow ) is an 1887-88 Neo-Impressionist painting by Georges Seurat . It was first exhibited at the 1888 Salon de la Société des Artistes Indépendants (titled Parade de cirque , cat. no. 614) in Paris, where it became one of Seurat's least admired works. Parade de
#13 Freedom of Speech (painting)
Freedom of Speech is the first of the Four Freedoms paintings by Norman Rockwell , inspired by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt 's 1941 State of the Union address , known as Four Freedoms . 1943 painting by Norman Rockwell Freedom of Speech Artist Norman Rockwell Year 1943 Medium Oil on
#14 A Meeting in the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
A Meeting in the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters is a monumental 1897 oil-on-canvas group portrait painting by Peder Severin Krøyer , depicting the membership of Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters during one of its meetings in the Prince's Mansion in Copenhagen . The painting
#15 Tobias and Sarah in Prayer with the Angel Raphael and the Demon
Tobias and Sarah in Prayer with the Angel Raphael and the Demon (circa 1660) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Jan Steen . It is now in the collection of the Bredius Museum , The Hague . The wedding night of Tobias and Sarah Artist Jan Steen Year c. 1668 Medium oil pai
Rebirth , nicknamed " Deer Baby " and " Twilight Zone Bambi ", [1] was a proposed outdoor sculpture by American artist Seyed Alavi , considered for installation at the MAX Orange Line 's Southeast Park Avenue MAX Station in Oak Grove , an unincorporated area neighboring Milwaukie in Clackamas County
Freedom from Want , also known as The Thanksgiving Picture or I'll Be Home for Christmas , is the third of the Four Freedoms series of four oil paintings by American artist Norman Rockwell . The works were inspired by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt 's 1941 State of the Union Address ,
The Saint Susanna is a marble sculpture by François Duquesnoy . The work is one of four sculptures of Roman virgin martyrs commissioned by the Bakers' Guild to decorate the church of Santa Maria di Loreto in Rome . It was completed in the course of four years from 1629 to 1633. Giovanni Pietro Bello
Our Lady of Guadalupe ( Spanish : Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe ), also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe ( Spanish : Virgen de Guadalupe ), is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of Jesus associated with a series of five Marian apparitions , which are believed to have occurred in December 1531, and a ven
Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev ( / d i ˈ æ ɡ ɪ l ɛ f / dee- AG -il-ef ; Russian : Серге́й Па́влович Дя́гилев , IPA: [sʲɪˈrɡʲej ˈpavləvʲɪdʑ ˈdʲæɡʲɪlʲɪf] ; 31 March [ O.S. 19 March ] 1872 – 19 August 1929), usually referred to outside Russia as Serge Diaghilev , was a Russian art critic , patron
Maurice Rheims (4 January 1910 – 6 March 2003) was a French art auctioneer , art historian and novelist, born in Versailles . He administered the estate of the painter Pablo Picasso . He is the father of the photographer Bettina Rheims . This article may be expanded with text translated from the cor
Marie Gabriel Mourey (23 September 1865 – 10 February 1943) was a French novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, translator and art critic . French novelist, poet, playwright and art critic Gabriel Mourey Photo portrait in 1900 Born Marie Gabriel Mourey 23 September 1865 Marseille Died 10 February 194
#4 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
#5 August Mau
August Mau (15 October 1840 – 6 March 1909) was a prominent German art historian and archaeologist who worked with the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut while studying and classifying the Roman paintings at Pompeii , which was destroyed with the town of Herculaneum by volcanic eruption in 79 AD. Th
#6 W.G. Archer
William George Archer , OBE (1907-1979) was a British civil servant and art historian, and later museum curator. William George Archer OBE Born ( 1907-02-01 ) 1 February 1907 Died 6 March 1979 (1979-03-06) (aged 72) Education School of Oriental Studies Occupation Civil servant District Magistrate
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
Ludwig Goldscheider (3 June 1896 – 26 June 1973) was an Austrian-British publisher , art historian , poet and translator who is known for founding the world-renowned Phaidon Press . Austrian-British publisher and art historian Ludwig Goldscheider Born Vienna , Austria ( 1896-03-06 ) 6 March 1896 Die
Jean Baudrillard ( UK : / ˈ b oʊ d r ɪ j ɑːr / BOHD -rih-yar , [21] US : / ˌ b oʊ d r i ˈ ɑːr / BOHD -ree- AR , French: [ʒɑ̃ bodʁijaʁ] ; 27 July 1929 – 6 March 2007) was a French sociologist , philosopher and cultural theorist . He is best known for his analyses of media , contemporary culture, an
#10 Joseph Darracott
Joseph Corbould Darracott (22 February 1934 – 6 March 1998) was a British writer, art historian, editor and museum curator who for 14 years was Keeper of Art at the Imperial War Museum in London. [1] Born in 1934 at Aldershot in Hampshire into a well-known family of bakers who supplied the Royal Fam
#11 Virgilio Noè
Virgilio Noè (30 March 1922 – 24 July 2011) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and cardinal . He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1991. The neutrality of this article is disputed . ( March 2021 ) His Eminence Virgilio Noè Vicar General Emeritus for the Vatican State President Emeritus of the Fa
#12 Wolf Von Eckardt
Wolf Von Eckardt (6 March 1918 – 27 August 1995) was a German-American writer, art and architecture critic for the Washington Post . [1] [2] American writer
#13 Didier Ottinger
Didier Ottinger , born in Nancy in 1957, is a French museum curator, art critic and author. He is known for organizing exhibitions and publishing books on modern and contemporary painting. He is now assistant director of the Centre Pompidou [1] [2] at the Musée national d'art moderne in Paris. [3] F
Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann OON (6 March 1923 – 5 August 2017) was a Dutch American art historian and professor . [1] American art historian Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann Born ( 1923-03-06 ) March 6, 1923 Naarden , Netherlands Died August 5, 2017 (2017-08-05) (aged 94) New York City , New York , United
#15 Günther Binding
Günther Binding (born 6 March 1936) is a German art historian and retired professor of art history and urban conservation at the University of Cologne . German art historian
William Lloyd MacDonald Jr. (1921–March 6, 2010) was born in Putnam, CT and grew up in Peterborough, NH. He served during WWII in the U.S. Army Air Forces. In 1953, while a graduate student at Harvard, he married Dale Ely. MacDonald earned A.B., A.M., and PhD degrees at Harvard between 1946 and 1956
#17 Michael Camille
Michael Camille (1958–2002), Mary L. Block Professor at the University of Chicago , was an influential, provocative scholar and historian of medieval art and specialist of the European Middle Ages . Professor of Medieval history and art (1958–2002) In The New York Times obituary of Michael Camille,
Andrew Stanislaus (Andrzej Stanisław) Ciechanowiecki (28 September 1924 – 2 November 2015), Dąbrowa Coat of Arms , was a Polish-British nobleman, diplomat, prisoner and agent of Communist Poland , economist, academic, art historian, philanthropist, art collector, antique dealer, antiquarian and exhi
#19 Arthur Ollman
Arthur Ollman (born March 6, 1947) is an American photographer, author, curator, professor emeritus ( San Diego State University (2006—2019), and founding director of The Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego . He served as MoPA director from 1983 to 2006, and as director of the School of Art, Desi
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
#1 LOOK II (sculpture in Plymouth)
LOOK II (alternatively, Look II , and colloquially, Rusty Reg [ citation needed ] ) is a permanent sculpture by British sculptor Antony Gormley on the south-western leg of West Hoe Pier, Plymouth , Devon , England . Sculpture by Antony Gormley on West Hoe, Plymouth, Devon LOOK II Rusty Reg LOOK II o
#2 Unisphere
The Unisphere is a spherical stainless steel representation of Earth in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in the New York City borough of Queens . The globe was designed by Gilmore D. Clarke as part of his plan for the 1964 New York World's Fair . Commissioned to celebrate the beginning of the space age
#3 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
#4 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 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
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
#7 Winged Victory of Samothrace
The Winged Victory of Samothrace , or the Nike of Samothrace , [2] is a votive monument originally found on the island of Samothrace , north of the Aegean Sea. It is a masterpiece of Greek sculpture from the Hellenistic era , dating from the beginning of the 2nd century BCE. It is composed of a stat
#8 Stone Mountain Memorial half dollar
The Stone Mountain Memorial half dollar was an American fifty-cent piece struck in 1925 at the Philadelphia Mint . Its main purpose was to raise money on behalf of the Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental Association for the Stone Mountain Memorial near Atlanta, Georgia . Designed by sculptor Gutzo
#9 Twelve Responses to Tragedy
Twelve Responses to Tragedy , or the Yalta Memorial , is a memorial located in the Yalta Memorial Garden on Cromwell Road in South Kensington in west London. The memorial commemorates people displaced as a result of the Yalta Conference at the conclusion of the Second World War . Created by the Brit
#10 Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst Memorial
The Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst Memorial is a memorial in London to Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughter Christabel , two of the foremost British suffragettes . It stands at the entrance to Victoria Tower Gardens , south of Victoria Tower at the southwest corner of the Palace of Westminster . [
#11 Statue of Michael Jackson (Fulham F.C.)
A plaster and resin sculpture of Michael Jackson stood outside Craven Cottage in Fulham , London , the ground of Fulham Football Club , from 2011 until 2013. Commissioned by the club's chairman Mohamed Al-Fayed , it was removed by his successor Shahid Khan . From 2014 to 2019 the statue was on displ
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
#13 Big Pineapple
The Big Pineapple is a heritage-listed tourist attraction at Nambour Connection Road, Woombye , Sunshine Coast Region , Queensland , Australia. It was designed by Peddle Thorp and Harvey , Paul Luff , and Gary Smallcombe and Associates . It is also known as Sunshine Plantation. It was added to the Q
#14 Royal Naval Division War Memorial
The Royal Naval Division Memorial is a First World War memorial located on Horse Guards Parade in central London , and dedicated to members of the 63rd (Royal Naval) Division (RND) killed in that conflict. Sir Edwin Lutyens designed the memorial, which was unveiled on 25 April 1925—ten years to th
#15 Alamo Cenotaph
The Alamo Cenotaph , also known as The Spirit of Sacrifice , is a monument in San Antonio , Texas , United States , commemorating the Battle of the Alamo of the Texas Revolution , which was fought at the adjacent Alamo Mission . The monument was erected in celebration of the centenary of the battle,
#16 Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument
The Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument is a war memorial at Fort Greene Park , in the New York City borough of Brooklyn . It commemorates more than 11,500 American prisoners of war who died in captivity aboard sixteen British prison ships during the American Revolutionary War . [1] The remains of a small
#17 Nefertiti Bust
The Nefertiti Bust is a painted stucco -coated limestone bust of Nefertiti , the Great Royal Wife of Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten . [1] The work is believed to have been crafted in 1345 BCE by Thutmose because it was found in his workshop in Amarna , Egypt. [2] It is one of the most-copied works of