langs: 1 мая [ru] / may 1 [en] / 1. mai [de] / 1er mai [fr] / 1º maggio [it] / 1 de mayo [es]
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#1 Lori Kay
Lori Kay (born May 1, 1962) also known as Lori Kay Stout , is an American artist, educator and activist based in the San Francisco Bay Area . She is known for her sculptures made of bronze, mixed media and recycled materials. [1] Her work sometimes addresses issues of racial identity or mixed racial
#2 Jan Matulka
Jan Matulka (7 November 1890 – 25 June 1972) was a Czech-American modern artist originally from Bohemia . Matulka's style ranged from Abstract expressionism to landscapes , sometimes in the same day. He has directly influenced artists like Dorothy Dehner , Francis Criss , Burgoyne Diller , I. Rice P
Maurice Le Scouëzec , was born in Mans on 1 October 1881 and died at Douarnenez on the 1 May 1940. He was a French artist, engraver, illustrator and writer. French painter Maurice Le Scouezec Portrait 2.
Peter Henricus Theodorus (Pierre) Tetar Elven (born Sint-Jans-Molenbeek , 30 August 1828 - died Milan , 1 May 1908) was a Dutch painter, draftsman, etcher, watercolorist and panorama painter of the 19th century. He had a preference for architecture, landscapes, and Italian cityscapes ( vedutas ). He
Bibi (born February 23, 1964 in Tours , France ) is a French artist. His civil name is Fabrice Cahoreau. He is living and working in the South of France . He is known for his art installations in urban spaces using everyday plastic objects.
Abraham Hulk Senior (1 May 1813 in London – 23 March 1897 in Zevenaar ) was an Anglo-Dutch painter, draughtsman and lithographer . He initially trained as a portraitist, but became a well-known as a marine-painter and the patriarch of a whole family of Anglo-Dutch artists. English painter Painting b
Nikolay Andreyevich Andreyev ( Russian : Николай Андреевич Андреев ; 26 October [ O.S. 14 October ] 1873 – 24 December 1932) was a Russian sculptor , graphic artist and stage designer . [1] As a young man Andreyev studied with Sergey Volnukhin and in 1902 became associated with the Peredvizhniki
#8 John Smart
John Smart (1 May 1741– 1 May 1811), was an English painter of portrait miniatures . He was a contemporary of Richard Cosway , George Engleheart , William Wood and Richard Crosse . English painter For other people named John Smart, see John Smart (disambiguation) . John Smart John Smart circa 1795–1
#9 John Gollan
John Gollan (2 April 1911 – 5 September 1977) was a British political leader who was general secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) from 1956 to 1975. John Gollan Born ( 1911-04-02 ) 2 April 1911 Edinburgh , Scotland Died 5 September 1977 (1977-09-05) (aged 66) Edinburgh, Scotlan
#10 Stephen Etnier
Stephen Morgan Etnier (September 11, 1903 – November 7, 1984) was an American realist painter, painting for six decades. His work is distinguished by a mixture of realism and luminism , favoring industrial and working scenes, but always imbued with atmospheric light. Geographically, his career spann
#11 Makoto Niwano
Makoto Niwano ( にわの まこと , Niwano Makoto , born May 1, 1964) is a Japanese manga artist known for several works, including The Momotaroh , Bomber Girl and Jinnairyū Jyūjyutsu Butouden Majimakun Suttobasu!! . [1] Niwano has also written a manga adaptation of Deltora Quest which was adapted into an ani
#12 Yvonne Serruys
Yvonne Serruys (26 March 1873 – 1 May 1953) was a Franco - Belgian artist. [1] In 1920, she received the Légion d’honneur. [2] French sculptor Yvonne Serruys Born ( 1873-03-26 ) 26 March 1873 Menen, Belgium Died 1 May 1953 (1953-05-01) (aged 80) Paris, France Nationality Belgian Known for Sculpt
#13 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
#14 Gaston Balande
Gaston Balande (born 1880 in Madrid , died 1971 in Paris ), was a French painter and illustrator . French painter and illustrator Gaston Balande Gaston Balande, Self-portrait . Private collection. Born ( 1880-05-31 ) 31 May 1880 Madrid , Spain Died 8 April 1971 (1971-04-08) (aged 90) Paris , Franc
Harold Cohen (1 May 1928 – 27 April 2016) [1] was a British-born artist who was noted as the creator of AARON , [2] a computer program designed to produce art autonomously. His work in the intersection of computer artificial intelligence and art attracted a great deal of attention, leading to exhibi
#16 François de Troy
François de Troy ( bapt. 28 February 1645 – 1 May 1730 [2] ) was a French painter and engraver who became principal painter to King James II in exile at Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Director of the Académie Royale de peinture et de sculpture . François de Troy François de Troy by his student Alexis Sim
Samuel John Carter (March 1835 – 1 May 1892) was a British artist and illustrator, known for his paintings and drawings of animals. He was the father of the archaeologist Howard Carter . Mordaunt Fenwick-Bisset (1825 – 1884), by Samuel John Carter Artist and father of archaeologist Howard Carter
#18 Zhang Jiqing
Zhang Jiqing ( Chinese : 张继青 ; pinyin : Zhāng Jìqīng ; January 1938 – 6 January 2022) was a Kunqu artist. [1] Chinese Kunqu artist (1938–2022) In this Chinese name , the family name is Zhang . Zhang Jiqing Born Zhang Yiqing January 1938 Wuzhen , China Died 6 January 2022 (aged 83) Nationality Chines
#19 Yan Wenliang
Yan Wenliang ( Chinese : 顏文樑 ; 20 July 1893 – 1 May 1988) was a Chinese painter and educator, who is regarded as one of the fathers of Chinese oil painting and an important art educator of his time. Born in Suzhou , Jiangsu province, Yan began studying painting in 1909, founded the Suzhou Art Academ
#20 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
The Orlando Museum of Art (OMA) is a 501 (c) 3 not-for-profit organization directly serving greater Orlando, Orange County and Central Florida. The museum was founded in 1924 by a group of art enthusiasts. The museum's mission is to inspire creativity, passion and intellectual curiosity by connectin
The Pedvāle Open Air Art Museum ( Latvian : Pedvāles Brīvdabas mākslas muzejs ) [1] is a State Historical Monument near Sabile , Talsi Municipality , Latvia . It was founded in 1992 by Ojārs Arvīds Feldbergs as a setting for environmental art . Pedvāle Open Air Art Museum Sekimori Ishi Type Sculptur
The Whitney Museum of American Art , known informally as " The Whitney ", is an art museum in the Meatpacking District and West Village neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City . It was founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942), a wealthy and prominent American socialite, sculpto
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
Pulitzer Arts Foundation is an art museum in St. Louis, Missouri , that presents special exhibitions and public programs. Known informally as the Pulitzer, the museum is located at 3716 Washington Boulevard in the Grand Center Arts District . The building is designed by the internationally renowned
Lowe Art Museum is the art museum of the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida . The museum is located on the campus of the University of Miami and is accessible by Miami Metrorail at University Station . Visual arts museum in Florida, United States Lowe Art Museum Lowe Art Museum at the Univ
#7 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
The Bucerius Kunst Forum is an international exhibition centre in Hamburg , Germany, founded in 2002 through the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius foundation. It is named after Gerd Bucerius and his wife, and located directly beside the Hamburg Rathaus . The exhibition centre shows 3 - 4 exhibi
#9 V&A Dundee
V&A Dundee is a design museum in Dundee , Scotland, which opened on 15 September 2018. [3] [4] The V&A Dundee is the first design museum in Scotland and the first Victoria and Albert museum outside London. The V&A Dundee is also the first building in the United Kingdom designed by Kengo Kuma . This
Randers Museum of Art ( Danish : Randers Kunstmuseum ) is a Danish art museum in Randers in northeastern Jutland , Denmark . The museum is located in the cultural centre of Kulturhuset (The House of Culture) in the town centre and displays many of the major works of Danish painters, especially those
#11 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
#12 Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is an art museum in Kansas City , Missouri , known for its encyclopedic collection of art from nearly every continent and culture, and especially for its extensive collection of Asian art . Art museum in Kansas City, Missouri Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Established 19
#13 Koyasan Reihōkan
Kōyasan Reihōkan ( 高野山 霊宝館 , lit. "Kōyasan Museum of Sacred Treasures") is an art museum on Kōya-san , Wakayama Prefecture , Japan , preserving and displaying Buddhist art owned by temples on Kōya-san. The collection is centered around articles from the Heian and Kamakura periods and includes painti
#14 La Casa Encendida (Madrid)
La Casa Encendida is a social and cultural centre in central Madrid (on the Ronda de Valencia where it is met by Calle Valencia). It began operations in December 2002. La Casa Encendida Building It belongs to the Fundación Montemadrid (the formal title of which is Fundación Obra Social y Monte de Pi
#15 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]
#16 Harris Museum
The Harris Museum is a Grade I-listed building in Preston, Lancashire , England. [1] Founded by Edmund Harris in 1877, it is a local history and fine art museum. "The Harris" redirects here. For other uses, see Harris . Art Gallery and Public Library in Preston, England Harris Museum The Harris buil
me Collectors Room Berlin / Stiftung Olbricht (Olbricht Foundation) was an exhibition space in Berlin , Germany, situated on Auguststrasse 68. Founded by art collector, endocrinologist and heir to Germany's Wella hair-care estate Thomas Olbricht, the space opened its doors on 1 May 2010. [1] Besides
#18 Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is a museum devoted to the art of the picture book and especially the children's book . It is a member of Museums10 [1] and is adjacent to the campus of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts . The Carle was founded by Eric and Barbara Carle, and design
The Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum (in Spanish, the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza ( pronounced [muˈse.o ˈtisem boɾneˈmisa] ), [2] named after its founder), or simply the Thyssen , is an art museum in Madrid , Spain, located near the Prado Museum on one of the city's main boulevards. It is
#20 Wereldmuseum
The Wereldmuseum Rotterdam (formerly known as the Museum voor Land- en Volkenkunde ) is an ethnographic museum, situated at Willemskade in Rotterdam, the Netherlands . Ethnographic museum in Rotterdam, Netherlands Wereldmuseum Museum building in the center of Rotterdam Location within Rotterdam in t
#1 Conversion on the Way to Damascus
The Conversion on the Way to Damascus ( Conversione di San Paolo ) is a work by Caravaggio , painted in 1601 for the Cerasi Chapel of the church of Santa Maria del Popolo , in Rome . Across the chapel is a second Caravaggio depicting the Crucifixion of Saint Peter . On the altar between the two is t
Brothel Scene or Scene in an Inn is an oil on panel painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans van Mieris , executed c. 1658-1659. Since 29 January 1960 it has been in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague . [1] Painting by Frans van Mieris the Elder Brothel Scene Artist Frans van Mieri
Man at the Crossroads (1934) was a fresco by Diego Rivera in New York City 's Rockefeller Center . It was originally slated to be installed in the lobby of 30 Rockefeller Plaza , the main building of the center. Man at the Crossroads showed the aspects of contemporary social and scientific culture.
#4 The March of the Guards to Finchley
The March of the Guards to Finchley , also known as The March to Finchley or The March of the Guards , is a 1750 oil-on-canvas painting by English artist William Hogarth , owned by and on display at the Foundling Museum . Hogarth was well known for his satirical works, and The March of the Guards to
St. John is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals , painted in 1625 and now in the Getty Museum , Los Angeles . Painting by Frans Hals St. John St. John , c.1625 Oil on canvas, 69.5 x 55 cm Artist Frans Hals Year 1625 ( 1625 ) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 68.5 c
#6 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
#7 The Fourth Estate (painting)
The Fourth Estate ( Italian : Il quarto stato ) is an oil painting by Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo , originally titled The Path of Workers and made between 1898 and 1901. [2] It depicts a moment during a labor strike when workers' representatives calmly and confidently stride out of a crowd to negot
#8 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
Willie Gillis, Jr. (more commonly simply Willie Gillis ) is a fictional character created by Norman Rockwell for a series of World War II paintings that appeared on the covers of 11 issues of The Saturday Evening Post between 1941 and 1946. [1] Gillis was an everyman with the rank of private [2] who
Christ of the Ohio is a statue of Jesus Christ in Troy , Indiana in the United States. It is located on Fulton Hill, which overlooks the Ohio River . Christ of the Ohio Artist Herbert Jogerst Year 1956 ( 1956 ) Dimensions 3.5 m × 2.1 m × 7.0 m (11.4 ft × 7 ft × 23 ft) Location
#11 Life Electric
Life Electric [1] (also known as The Life Electric ) is a contemporary sculpture , dedicated to the physicist Alessandro Volta (1745–1827). Completed in 2015 it is located in Como , [2] Italy . Life Electric was designed by Daniel Libeskind , and was a gift to Como, the city where the architect loca
The Watchers is a 1960 bronze sculpture by the British sculptor Lynn Chadwick depicting three abstracted figures whose form is inspired by the Moai . [1] Sculpture series by Lynn Chadwick The Watchers A casting of The Watchers in Lypiatt Park Artist Lynn Chadwick Year 1960 ( 1960 ) Medium Bronze s
#13 Portrait of an Old Woman with Folded Hands
Portrait of an Old Woman is a c. 1640 portrait painting painted in the style of Jacob Adriaensz. Backer . It shows an old woman with folded hands. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art . [1] Portrait of an Old Woman Year c. 1640 Location Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Virgin of the Rocks ( Italian : Vergine delle rocce ), sometimes the Madonna of the Rocks , is the name of two paintings by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci , of the same subject, with a composition which is identical except for several significant details. The version generally
#15 The Nightmare
The Nightmare is a 1781 oil painting by Swiss artist Henry Fuseli . It shows a woman in deep sleep with her arms thrown below her, and with a demonic and apelike incubus crouched on her chest. 1781 painting by Henry Fuseli This article is about the painting. For other uses, see Nightmare (disambigua
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
#17 Equestrian Portrait of Cornelis and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort with Their Tutor and Coachman
Equestrian Portrait of Cornelis and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort with Their Tutor and Coachman , also known as Starting for the Hunt , is an oil-on-canvas painting by Aelbert Cuyp , now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. [1] [2] [3] 17th-century painting by Dutch painter Aelbert Cuyp E
#18 The Yellow House
The Yellow House ( Dutch : Het gele huis ), alternatively named The Street ( Dutch : De straat ), [1] [2] is an 1888 oil painting by the 19th-century Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh . Painting by Vincent van Gogh For other uses, see Yellow House (disambiguation) . The Yellow House
#19 History of San Francisco (Refregier murals)
In 1941, Anton Refregier won the $26,000 commission for the series History of San Francisco , which are a set of 27 murals painted in the lobby of the Rincon Annex Post Office in San Francisco , California. Refregier painted the mural with casein tempera on white gesso over plaster walls, in the soc
#20 Here I Grew Up
Here I Grew Up , is a public artwork by American artist Garo Z. Antreasian , located on the lower level of the Indiana Government Center North building, which is near Indianapolis, Indiana , United States . This mosaic depicting five stages of Abraham Lincoln 's life in Indiana between the ages of 7
Russell Sturgis ( / ˈ s t ɜːr dʒ ɪ s / ; October 16, 1836 – February 11, 1909) was an American architect and art critic of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He was one of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1870. American art critic (1836–1909) For the Boston, Massachusetts merchants,
Lionel de Fonseka or Fonseka-Varnasuriya (born 27 October 1889 [1] ) was a Sinhalese writer and art critic, best known for On the Truth of Decorative Art (1912). This article is an orphan , as no other articles link to it . Please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the Find lin
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
Aleksander Wat was the pen name of Aleksander Chwat (1 May 1900 – 29 July 1967), a Polish poet, writer, art theoretician, memorist, and one of the precursors of the Polish futurism movement in the early 1920s, considered to be one of the more important Polish writers of the mid 20th century. [1] In
Elena Ochoa, Baroness Foster of Thames Bank (born Elena Fernández-Ferreiro López de Ochoa ; 1958) is a Spanish publisher and art curator, and formerly a professor of psychopathology. She is the founder and chief executive officer of Ivorypress . Spanish publisher and art curator, and former professo
#6 John Lowden
John Hopkins Lowden (born 1 May 1953) [1] is a British art historian who is Professor of the History of Art at the Courtauld Institute , which he joined in 1982. [2] British art historian (born 1953) Lowden is a graduate of Cambridge University and previously taught at St. Andrews. His specialism is
#7 André Jolles
Johannes Andreas Jolles , known as André Jolles (August 7, 1874 in Den Helder , Netherlands – February 22, 1946 in Leipzig , Germany) was a Dutch-German art historian , literary critic and linguist who was affiliated with the Nazi Party . [ citation needed ] He is best known for his work Simple Form
Manuel Bartolomé Cossío (22 February 1857 – 2 September 1935) was a Spanish art historian and Krausist teacher. Born in Haro , La Rioja, he entered the Institución Libre de Enseñanza , where he was godson and favourite pupil of Francisco Giner de los Ríos as well as his inseparable companion and suc
#9 Max Hollein
Max Hollein (born 7 July 1969 in Vienna ) [1] is an Austrian art historian and the current Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City . He served as Director and CEO of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco from July 2016, [2] until April 2018, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announ
#10 Lucy Olcott
Lucy Olcott (1877–1922) was an American art historian and dealer who specialized in the art of Siena as well as Egyptian antiquities , working for both the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cleveland Museum of Art . She was co-author (with historian William Heywood) of the widely-read Guide to Sien
#11 Carl Georg Heise
Carl Georg Heise (28 June 1890 – 11 August 1979) was a German art historian . From 1945 to 1955 he was director of the Kunsthalle Hamburg . German art historian (1890-1979)
#12 Peter Noever
Peter Noever (born 1 May 1941) is an Austrian designer and curator–at–large of art, architecture and media. From 1986 to 2011 he was the artistic director and CEO of MAK— Austrian Museum of Applied Arts and Contemporary Art in Vienna. Austrian designer A major contributor to this article appears to
#13 Norma Broude
Norma Broude (born 1 May 1941) is an American art historian and scholar of feminism and 19th century French and Italian painting. She is also a Professor Emerita of art history from American University . Broude, with Mary Garrard are early leaders of the American feminist movement and have redefined
#14 Frank Hodsoll
Francis Samuel Monaise "Frank" Hodsoll (May 1, 1938 – July 24, 2016) was an American historian. He was the fourth chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts . He was appointed by President Ronald Reagan and served from 1981 [1] to 1989. American art historian Frank Hodsoll 1981 4th Chairman of
#15 Inés Katzenstein
Inés Katzenstein is an Argentine curator, art historian, and art critic who specializes in Latin American art. [1] This biographical article is written like a résumé . ( May 2019 ) Inés Katzenstein Born Argentina Nationality Argentine Occupation Curator Art historian Art critic Years active 2000-p
#16 Hans Tietze
Hans Tietze (May 1, 1880 in Prague – April 4, 1954 in New York City ) was an Austrian art historian and member of the Vienna School of Art History . Czech-Austrian art historian
#17 Franz Kieslinger
Franz Kieslinger (November 16, 1891, Vienna – January 18, 1955) was an Austrian art historian and art dealer, who was a Nazi and involved in art theft during the Nazi era . Austrian art historian
Caroline von Humboldt (23 February 1766 in Minden – 26 March 1829 in Berlin ), née Carolina Friederica von Dacheröden , was a German salonnière and art historian. German salonnière and art historian Caroline von Humboldt by an unknown artist, 1808, National Museum in Warsaw Caroline von Humboldt by
#19 Bruno Grimschitz
Bruno Grimschitz (April 23, 1892 – June 13, 1964) was an Austrian art historian and museum director who belonged to the Nazi party.
#20 Cathérine Hug
Cathérine Hug (born 1976) is an art historian and curator.
Our Lady of Charity , also known as Our Lady of El Cobre , Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre or "la Vírgen de la Caridad", is a popular Marian title of the Blessed Virgin Mary known in many Catholic countries . Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre Queen and Patroness of Cuban peoples The present ima
#2 The Secret Bench of Knowledge
The Secret Bench of Knowledge (formerly Secret Bench, Lost Paradise ) is a sculpture created by Canadian artist Lea Vivot and produced in multiple castings. A prominent one is located at the entrance to the Wellington Street Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa , where it was initially placed in 19
The Dewey Monument is a memorial statue in San Francisco , California , located at the center of Union Square . Union Square is bounded by Geary, Powell, Post and Stockton Streets. The monument is dedicated to Admiral George Dewey and commemorates his victory in the Battle of Manila Bay during the S
John Harvard is a sculpture in bronze by Daniel Chester French in Harvard Yard , Cambridge, Massachu setts honoring clergyman John Harvard (1607–1638), whose deathbed [2] bequest to the "schoale or Colledge" recently undertaken by the Massachu setts Bay Colony was so gratefully received that it
#5 Nebraska Holocaust Memorial
The Nebraska Holocaust Memorial is in Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln , Nebraska , United States. It was dedicated on April 15, 2007 and serves for remembrance and education. This memorial is dedicated to the men, women, and children murdered in the Holocaust by Nazi Germany during World War II . This mem
#6 Equestrian statue of George Meade (Philadelphia)
Major General George Gordon Meade is an equestrian statue that stands in Philadelphia 's Fairmount Park . The statue, which was unveiled in 1887, was designed by sculptor Alexander Milne Calder and honors George Meade , who had served as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War and
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
#8 Bund Bull
The Shanghai Bull , the Bund Financial Bull or the Bund Bull are monikers associated with a derivative of Arturo Di Modica 's Charging Bull installed in late April 2010 and unveiled on The Bund in Shanghai on May 15, 2010. The 13,227.74-pound (6,000.00 kg) work of art is said to have the same heig
The Golden Boy of Pye Corner is a small late-17th-century monument located on the corner of Giltspur Street and Cock Lane in Smithfield , central London. It marks the spot where the 1666 Great Fire of London was stopped, whereas the Monument indicates the place where it started. The statue of a nake
The Kinderhook plates are a set of six small, bell-shaped pieces of brass with unusual engravings, created as a hoax in 1843, surreptitiously buried and then dug up at an Indian mound near Kinderhook, Illinois . Fake American Morman artifacts Front and back of four of the six Kinderhook plates are s
The Tritons’ Fountain ( Maltese : Il-Funtana tat-Tritoni ) is a fountain located just outside the City Gate of Valletta , Malta . It consists of three bronze Tritons holding up a large basin, balanced on a concentric base built out of concrete and clad in travertine slabs. The fountain is one of Mal
#12 Art Institute of Chicago Building
The Art Institute of Chicago Building (1893 structure built as the World's Congress Auxiliary Building ) houses the Art Institute of Chicago , and is part of the Chicago Landmark Historic Michigan Boulevard District in the Loop community area of Chicago , Illinois . The building is located in Grant
#13 Brown Dog affair
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
#14 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
#15 Leonardo's horse
Leonardo's Horse (also known as the Sforza Horse or the Gran Cavallo ("Great Horse") ) is a project for a bronze sculpture that was commissioned from Leonardo da Vinci in 1482 by the Duke of Milan Ludovico il Moro , but never completed. It was intended to be the largest equestrian statue in the worl
#16 Statue of the Second Marquess of Bute
A statue of the Second Marquess of Bute stands in Callaghan Square , Cardiff , Wales in recognition of John Crichton-Stuart (1793 – 1848) who developed Cardiff Docks . The statue was originally unveiled in 1853. It was designed by J. Evan Thomas . 2nd Marquess of Bute, Callaghan Square, Cardiff Stat
#17 Richard Coeur de Lion (statue)
Richard Coeur de Lion is a Grade II listed equestrian statue of the 12th-century English monarch Richard I , also known as Richard the Lionheart, who reigned from 1189 to 1199. It stands on a granite pedestal in Old Palace Yard outside the Palace of Westminster in London, facing south towards the en
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
#19 Alderman Proctor's Drinking Fountain
The Alderman Proctor's Drinking Fountain ( grid reference ST566738 ) is a historic building on Clifton Down , Bristol, England. Building in Bristol, England Alderman Proctor's Drinking Fountain Location within Bristol General information Architectural style Gothic Revival Town or city Bristol Countr
#20 Armada Memorial
The Armada Memorial is a monument on Plymouth Hoe , Plymouth , Devon , England. Built in 1888, the monument celebrates the tercentenary of the defeat of the Spanish Armada , which was sighted by English captains stationed in the city. It is a granite structure, decorated with bronze crests and a sta