langs: 11 мая [ru] / may 11 [en] / 11. mai [de] / 11 mai [fr] / 11 maggio [it] / 11 de mayo [es]
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#1 Christiana Mary Demain Hammond
Christiana Mary Demain Hammond (6 August 1860 – 11 May 1900) was an English painter and illustrator. She was a member of the Cranford School of illustration, and illustrated reissues of classic English texts from the 19th century. Her illustrations were frequently found in Cassell's Magazine , the
#2 Marie-Thérèse Julien Lung-Fou
Marie-Thérèse Julien Lung-Fou (11 May 1909-1981) was the first female sculptor in Martinique , a storyteller and poet. [2] A sculptor and poet from Martinique. Marie-Thérèse Julien Lung-Fou Born ( 1909-05-11 ) May 11, 1909 Fort-de-France Died 1981 Occupation sculptor , designer , painter and poet Ju
Ferdinand Freiherr von Řezníček (16 June 1868, Sievering (now part of Vienna ) - 11 May 1909, Munich ) was an Austrian painter, illustrator, and graphic artist. Austrian caricaturist, painter and illustrator (1868–1909) Ferdinand von Řezníček (c.1900)
Adolfo Dumini or Duminy (born 11 May 1863) was an Italian painter active in Florence . [1] He was the son of the painter Leopoldo Dumini . He painted mainly genre subjects. [2] He also marketed antiquities and copied classic masterpieces. He emigrated to United States , but returned to Italy during
Ettore Roesler Franz (11 May 1845 – 26 March 1907) was an Italian painter and photographer. He was among the most prolific Italian watercolorists and vedutisti of the late nineteenth century. Italian painter and photographer Ettore Roesler Franz Photograph from 1901 by Pio Tedeschi (1848–1915) Born
#6 Riko Korie
Riko Korie ( 梱枝 りこ , Korie Riko , born February 2 [1] in Tokyo, Japan [2] ) is a female Japanese illustrator and manga artist . She was one of the members of Kero Q and Makura . [3] Japanese illustrator and manga artist Riko Korie Born February 2 [1] Tokyo, Japan [2] Nationality Japanese Known for
Thomas Farnolls Pritchard (also known as Farnolls Pritchard ; baptised 11 May 1723 – died 23 December 1777) was an English architect and interior decorator who is best remembered for his design of the first cast-iron bridge in the world. Thomas Farnolls Pritchard Born Thomas Farnolls Pritchard May 1
Richard Ansdell RA (11 May 1815 – 20 April 1885) was a British painter of animals and genre scenes. [1] British painter Richard Ansdell Born 11 May 1815 Liverpool , England Died 20 April 1885 (1885-04-20) (aged 69) Farnborough , England Nationality British Known for Painting Notable work Stag at
#9 Hasna Sal
Hasna Sal (born 11 May 1972) is an American glass sculptor known for designing and sculpting large-scale glass sculptures and glass jewelry. American glass sculptor (b. 1972) Hasna Sal Born May 11, 1972 ( age 50) Mumbai , Maharashtra , India Nationality American Alma mater London School of Journal
#10 Egerton Cooper
Alfred Egerton Cooper (5 July 1883 – 11 May 1974) was a British painter . His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics . [1] British painter Egerton Cooper Born ( 1883-07-05 ) 5 July 1883 Tettenhall , England Died 11 May 1974 (1974-05-11) (aged 90) Lon
#11 Gray Foy
Gray Foy (1922–2012) was a mid twentieth-century American artist who created a visionary body of drawings from 1941 to 1975. His drawings are generally divided into two phases. First, from 1941–48, the artist drew figurative Surrealist landscapes and interiors. Then beginning in the late 1940s, he c
#12 Sid Barron
Sidney Arnold Barron (June 13, 1917 in Toronto – April 29, 2006 in Victoria, British Columbia ) was a Canadian editorial cartoonist and artist. During his career as a cartoonist, he drew for the Victoria Times , the Toronto Star , Maclean's , and The Albertan . His cartoons were satirical takes on s
Johanne-Catharina Tecklenborg (6 June 1851 – 11 May 1933) was a German painter. German painter (1851–1933)
#14 Martha Graham
Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 – April 1, 1991) was an American modern dancer and choreographer . Her style, the Graham technique , reshaped American dance and is still taught worldwide. [1] American dancer and choreographer (1894–1991) Martha Graham Graham image by Yousuf Karsh , 1948 Born ( 1894-05
#15 Jean Morax
Jean Morax (16 September 1869 – 11 May 1939) was a painter, theater decorator and draftsman from the Canton of Vaud . Jean Morax Born 16 September 1869 Morges , Switzerland Died 11 May 1939 (1939-05-11) (aged 69) Morges Occupation Painter Theater decorator Draftsman
#16 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
#17 Lemuel Wilmarth
Lemuel Everett Wilmarth (November 11, 1835 – July 27, 1918) was an American painter. He was a founder of the Art Students League of New York and a member of the National Academy of Design. He was professor in charge of the schools of the National Academy of Design in Manhattan from 1870 to 1890. [4]
#18 Grigory Gagarin
Prince Grigory Grigorievich Gagarin ( Russian: Григорий Григорьевич Гагарин , 11 May [ O.S. 29 April ] 1810 - 30 January [ O.S. 18 January ] 1893 ) was a Russian painter, Major General and administrator. [1] Russian painter Portrait of Grigory Gagarin by Alexandr Munster
David Teniers the Younger or David Teniers II (bapt. 15 December 1610 – 25 April 1690) was a Flemish Baroque painter , printmaker , draughtsman, miniaturist painter, staffage painter, copyist and art curator . He was an extremely versatile artist known for his prolific output. [1] He was an innovato
Madeleine Altmann is a contemporary video artist . She was born in Brazil and lives in the United States. [5] Contemporary video artist Madeleine Altmann Born ( 1963-05-11 ) May 11, 1963 (age 59) São Paulo, Brazil Nationality Brazilian/American Education Mary Immaculate Catholic Convent School Mas
#1 Baksı Museum
Baksı Museum is a museum located in Bayburt , Turkey . “Baksı” literally means “healer, helper, protector” in the West Asia . The museum offers contemporary art and traditional handcrafts. The basic aim of the foundation is, as quoted by founder Professor Hüsamettin Koçan, to "disseminate art and cu
Château de Linardié is the name for a once active cultural center located in the South West area of France seven kilometres from Gaillac in the Tarn, France . It operated for 10 years, from 1996 to 2006. Château de Linardié
#3 University of Michigan Museum of Art
The University of Michigan Museum of Art in Ann Arbor, Michigan with 94,000 sq ft (8,700 m 2 ) is one of the largest university art museums in the United States. Built as a war memorial in 1909 for the university's fallen alumni from the Civil War , Alumni Memorial Hall originally housed U-M's
#4 Centre Dürrenmatt Neuchâtel
The Centre Dürrenmatt Neuchâtel ( CDN ) exhibits Friedrich Dürrenmatt 's paintings and drawings . It is a part of Swiss National Library , just like Swiss Literary Archives , which has a close cooperation with CDN. [1] This article needs additional citations for verification . ( February 2019 ) Cent
The Design Museum of Chicago or "DMoC" (formerly Chicago Design Museum) is a museum of design in the Chicago loop . It was founded by Tanner Woodford in 2012 as a pop-up museum , [1] and hosted exhibitions in different venues around Chicago in 2012 and 2013. [2] [3] [4] Following a successful Kickst
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
#7 Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is a museum of American art in Bentonville, Arkansas . The museum, founded by Alice Walton and designed by Moshe Safdie , officially opened on 11 November 2011. It offers free public admission. Art museum in Bentonville, Arkansas Crystal Bridges Museum of Ameri
The Willard Gallery was a contemporary art gallery operating in New York City from 1940 until 1987. It was founded by Marian Willard Johnson. [1]
#9 Olga Viso
Olga Viso (born 1966) is a Cuban American curator of modern and contemporary art and a museum director based at Arizona State University 's Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts in Tempe, Arizona. [1] She served as executive director of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota from 2007
#10 National Museum of Ancient Art
The Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga ( Portuguese pronunciation: [muˈzew nɐsiuˈnaɫ dɨ ˈaɾtɐ̃ˈtiɡɐ] ; MNAA ), also known in English as the National Museum of Ancient Art , is a Portuguese national art museum located in Lisbon . With over 40,000 items spanning a vast collection of painting, sculpture,
#11 Eizō & Tōichi Katō Memorial Art Museum
The Eizō & Tōichi Katō Memorial Art Museum ( 加藤栄三・東一記念美術館 , Katō Eizō, Tōichi Kinen Bijutsukan ) is a museum located in Gifu Park in the city of Gifu , Gifu Prefecture , Japan . It is dedicated to the works of the brothers Eizō and Tōichi Katō , who were born in the city. It is part of the Gifu City
#12 Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum
The Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum ( Thai: พิพิธภัณฑสถานเครื่องถ้วยเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ ) is a history museum in Bangkok University , Pathum Thani , Thailand , displaying Southeast Asian ceramics . This article does not cite any sources . ( July 2017 ) The museum opened to the public on 11 May 20
#13 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
#14 Tate Modern
Tate Modern is an art gallery located in London. It houses the United Kingdom's national collection of international modern and contemporary art , and forms part of the Tate group together with Tate Britain , Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives . [2] It is located in the former Bankside Power Station ,
#15 British Museum
The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history , art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. [3] It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to th
#16 Bavarian State Archaeological Collection
The Bavarian State Archaeological Collection ( German : Archäologische Staatssammlung , until 2000 known as the Prähistorische Staatssammlung , State Prehistoric Collection) in Munich is the central museum of prehistory of the State of Bavaria , considered to be one of the most important archaeologi
The Foosaner Art Museum , formerly the Brevard Art Museum , was located along the Indian River in the Eau Gallie Arts District , 1463 Highland Avenue, Melbourne , Florida . Since opening in 1978 the Foosaner Art Museum amassed over 5,000 objects, spanning 20 centuries. These items formed the Museum'
The Bronx Museum of the Arts ( BxMA ), also called the Bronx Museum of Art [2] or simply the Bronx Museum , [3] is an American cultural institution located in Concourse, Bronx, New York . The museum focuses on contemporary and 20th-century works created by American artists, but it has hosted exhibit
#19 Guggenheim Hermitage Museum
The Guggenheim Hermitage Museum was a museum owned and originally operated by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation . It was located in The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino on the Las Vegas Strip , and the Venetian took over the museum's operations in 2007. [1] It was designed by architect Rem Koolhaas [
The Warsaw Icon Museum ( Polish : Muzeum Ikon w Warszawie ) is the first museum in Warsaw and the third in Poland dedicated to icons . [1] Located in the Ochota district of Warsaw , Poland , the museum is housed in a former boilerhouse. [2] Museum in Warsaw, Poland Warsaw Icon Museum Muzeum Ikon w W
The Parisian Sphinx is an oil on canvas painting by Belgian painter Alfred Stevens . Painted between 1875 and 1877, it depicts a dreamy young woman (or aristocratic demi-monde ) gently supporting her head with her hand. The painting is part of the permanent collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Art
Man with a Pipe , also referred to as Portrait of an American Smoker , Portrait of an American Smoking , American Smoking and American Man , is a painting by the French Cubist artist Jean Metzinger . The work was reproduced on the cover of catalogue of the Exhibition of Cubist and Futurist Pictures
#3 Regatta at Sainte-Adresse (Monet)
The Regatta at Sainte-Adresse is an oil-on-canvas painting by the impressionist painter Claude Monet . It was painted in 1867 and is owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art . 1867 painting by Claude Monet Regatta at Sainte-Adresse Artist Claude Monet Year 1867 Medium oil paint , canvas Dimensions
The Cellini Salt Cellar (in Vienna called the Saliera , Italian for salt cellar ) is a part- enamelled gold table sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini . It was completed in 1543 for Francis I of France , from models that had been prepared many years earlier for Cardinal Ippolito d'Este . Sculpture by Benv
Mural on Indian Red Ground is a 1950 abstract expressionist drip painting by American artist Jackson Pollock , currently in the collection of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art . It is valued at about $250 million [1] and is considered one of Pollock's greatest works. [2] 1950 painting by Jackson
A Harlot's Progress (also known as The Harlot's Progress ) is a series of six paintings (1731, now destroyed) [1] and engravings (1732) [2] by the English artist William Hogarth . The series shows the story of a young woman, M. (Moll or Mary) Hackabout, who arrives in London from the country and bec
Campbell's Soup Cans [1] (sometimes referred to as 32 Campbell's Soup Cans ) [2] is a work of art produced between November 1961 and March or April 1962 [3] by American artist Andy Warhol . It consists of thirty-two canvases, each measuring 20 inches (51 cm) in height × 16 inches (41 cm) in widt
#8 Amphitrite, the wave and the sea birds
Amphitrite, the wave and the sea birds ( Norwegian : Amfitrite, bølgen og havfuglene ) is a 4 m (13 ft) tall stainless steel sculpture by Jørleif Uthaug located in Porsgrunn , Norway. The work consists of a nude female figure (representing Amphitrite , the wife of Neptune ) and two seabirds glid
#9 Portrait of Amédée de Pastoret
Portrait of Amédée-David de Pastoret is an 1826 painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres . It shows Amédée-David de Pastoret , a conseiller d'État and member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts . He was a close relation of the painter and commissioned several works, such as his The Dauphin's Entry Into
The Marie de' Medici Cycle is a series of twenty-four paintings by Peter Paul Rubens commissioned by Marie de' Medici , widow of Henry IV of France , for the Luxembourg Palace in Paris. Rubens received the commission in the autumn of 1621. After negotiating the terms of the contract in early 1622, t
La Toile Daligram was a work created in 1972 by Salvador Dalí (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989), a Spanish artist best known for his surrealist work. Painting by Salvador Dalí This article does not cite any sources . ( January 2015 )
#12 The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula (Caravaggio)
The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula (1610), is a painting by the Italian artist Caravaggio (1571–1610) and thought to be his last picture. [1] It is in the Intesa Sanpaolo Collection, the Gallery of Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano, Naples . [1] Painting by Caravaggio The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula Italian: Mart
#13 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
The Galerie des Batailles ( French: [galʁi de bataj] ; English: "Gallery of Battles" ) is a gallery occupying the first floor of the Aile du Midi of the Palace of Versailles , joining onto the grand and petit appartement de la reine . 120 m (390 ft) long and 13 m (43 ft) wide, it is an epi
#15 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
Pastoral Pleasure (French - Le Plaisir pastoral ) is a c. 1714–1716 fête galante painting by Antoine Watteau , now in the Musée Condé in Chantilly . [1] [2] Two other Watteau paintings survive with extremely similar compositions - the largest and most finished is The Shepherds , now in the Charlotte
#17 The Love Sick
The Love Sick (German: Der Liebeskranke ) is an oil on canvas painting by the German expressionist painter George Grosz , executed in 1916. The unsigned work is held at the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen , in Düsseldorf . It was bought from the New York gallery owner Richard L. Feigen, in 1979. [
The Fountain of the Iron Waters ( Portuguese : Fonte das Águas Ferreas ), is a Baroque fountain in the civil parish of Fraião , municipality of Braga . The fountain, with ornate backrest, is located in an "L"-shaped courtyard, with a zoomorphic spout, niche and contorted frame. The design integrates
The Garden at Sainte-Adresse is a painting by the French impressionist painter Claude Monet . (Oil on canvas, 98.1 by 129.9 centimetres (38.6 in × 51.1 in) ). [1] The painting was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art after an auction sale at Christie's in December 1967, under the French
Guernica ( Spanish: [ɡeɾˈnika] ; Basque: [ɡernika] ) is a large 1937 oil painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso . [1] [2] It is one of his best-known works, regarded by many art critics as the most moving and powerful anti-war painting in history. [3] Guernica is exhibited in the Museo Reina S
Jules-Antoine Castagnary (11 April 1830 – 11 May 1888) was a French liberal politician, journalist and progressive and influential art critic , who embraced the new term " Impressionist " in his positive and perceptive review of the first Impressionist show, in Le Siècle , 29 April 1874. [1] Portrai
Anna Marguerite McCann (May 11, 1933 – February 12, 2017) was an American art historian and archaeologist . She is known for being an early influencer—and the first American woman—in the field of underwater archaeology , beginning in the 1960s. McCann authored works pertaining to Roman art and Class
Jens Christian Jensen (11 May 1928 – 6 April 2013) was a German art historian and curator . German art historian and curator
Carl Tancred Borenius (July 14, 1885, Vyborg – September 2, 1948, Coombe Bisset) was a Finnish art historian working in England, who became the first professor of the history of art at University College London . He was a prolific author, and recognised as one of the world's leading experts on Itali
#5 William Beckford (novelist)
William Thomas Beckford (29 September 1760 – 2 May 1844) was an English novelist , art collector, patron of decorative art, critic, travel writer, plantation owner and for some time politician . [1] He was reputed at one stage to be England's richest commoner . The son of William Beckford and Maria
Sarah Cook is a Scotland-based Canadian scholar. She is well known as a historian and curator in the field of New Media art . Cook was a Research Fellow at the University of Sunderland , where she worked with the research institute CRUMB – Curatorial Resource for Upstart Media Bliss, that she co-fou
Julius Meier-Graefe (10 June 1867 – 5 June 1935) was a German art critic and novelist . [1] German art critic and novelist Meier-Graefe, Julius Julius Meier-Graefe in a portrait by Lovis Corinth Born Julius Meier, 10 June 1867 Resicabánya [ hu ] ( Resicza, Reschicza , German : Reschitz [ de ] ,
#8 Jiří Fajt
Jiří Fajt (born 11 May 1960 in Prague ) is a Czech art historian living in Berlin and in Prague. From July 2014 to April 2019 [1] he served as a Director General of the National Gallery in Prague . He is particularly interested in mediaeval and early modern arts of Central and Central-Eastern Europe
#9 Susan Subtle
Susan Subtle (December 30, 1941 – May 11, 2020) was an American curator, columnist, and product developer; known for her curatorial work focusing on recycled and outsider art . [2] [3] [4] Subtle lived and worked in Berkeley, California until her death in May, 2020. [1] [5] American columnist and cu
Joseph Twadell Shipley [2] (August 19, 1893 – May 11, 1988 [3] ) was an American drama critic, author, editor and associate professor of English at Yeshiva College in New York City . [1] [4] American linguist Joseph Twadell Shipley Born ( 1893-08-19 ) August 19, 1893 Brooklyn , New York, US Died May
#11 Leo Stein
Leo Stein (May 11, 1872 – July 29, 1947) was an American art collector and critic. He was born in Allegheny City (now in Pittsburgh ), the older brother of Gertrude Stein . He became an influential promoter of 20th-century paintings. This article is about the American art critic. For the Polish writ
#12 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
Charles Pierre Baudelaire ( UK : / ˈ b oʊ d ə l ɛər / , US : / ˌ b oʊ d ( ə ) ˈ l ɛər / ; [1] French: [ʃaʁl(ə) bodlɛʁ] ( listen ) ; 9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist and art critic . His poems exhibit mastery in the handling of rhyme and
#14 Stephen Daniels (geographer)
Stephen John Daniels FBA FAcSS FSA FRGS (born 11 May 1950) is a British cultural geographer. He was Professor of Cultural Geography, and is now Emeritus Professor, at the University of Nottingham . In 2015, he received the prestigious Victoria Medal from the Royal Geographical Society which is award
#15 Gerhard Schmidt (art historian)
Gerhard Schmidt (11 May 1924 - 3 April 2010) was professor of the history of art at the University of Vienna . He was Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Cambridge 1981–82. [1] Gerhard Schmidt Schmidt was the son of a physician. After work and military service as well as American war im
Wojciech Karpiński (11 May 1943 – 18 August 2020 [1] ) was a Polish writer, historian of ideas and literary critic. Polish writer and literary critic (1943–2020) Wojciech Karpiński (2016) Born ( 1943-05-11 ) 11 May 1943 Warsaw Died 18 August 2020 (2020-08-18) (aged 77) Paris Occupation Writer, his
#17 Sidney Colvin
Sir Sidney Colvin (18 June 1845 – 11 May 1927) was a British curator and literary and art critic, part of the illustrious Anglo-Indian Colvin family . He is primarily remembered for his friendship with Robert Louis Stevenson . Sir Sidney Colvin Born ( 1845-06-18 ) 18 June 1845 West Norwood , England
#18 Elizabeth Senior
Elizabeth Senior (1910-11 May 1941) was an art historian and Assistant Keeper in the Department of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum . She was also a book editor for Penguin Books . Elizabeth Senior Born ( 1910-06-29 ) 29 June 1910 Dore, South Yorkshire Died 11 May 1941 (1941-05-11) (aged
L'Homme au doigt ( [lɔm o dwa] , "The Man with the Finger"; also called Pointing Man or Man Pointing ) is a 1947 bronze sculpture by Alberto Giacometti , that became the most expensive sculpture ever when it sold for US$141.3 million on 11 May 2015. [1] Sculpture by Alberto Giacometti L'Homme au doi
#2 List of statues of Leopold II of Belgium
This is a list of statues and monuments of Leopold II of Belgium [1] (9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909), the second King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909 and, through his own initiative, the owner and absolute ruler of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908.
Cambridge War Memorial is a war memorial on Hills Road, Cambridge , outside Cambridge University Botanic Garden . It comprises a bronze statue of a marching soldier by Canadian sculptor Robert Tait McKenzie , known as "The Homecoming" or sometimes "Coming Home", mounted on a heavily carved limestone
#4 African American Civil War Memorial Museum
The African American Civil War Memorial Museum , in the U Street district of Washington, D.C. , recognizes the contributions of the 209,145 members of the United States Colored Troops (USCT). The eponymous memorial, dedicated in July 1998 by the African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation
#5 National War Memorial (Canada)
The National War Memorial ( French : Monument commémoratif de guerre du Canada ), titled The Response ( French : La Réponse ), is a tall, granite memorial arch with accreted bronze sculptures in Ottawa , Ontario , Canada, designed by Vernon March and first dedicated by King George VI in 1939. Origin
#6 Jefferson Davis Monument (New Orleans, Louisiana)
The Jefferson Davis Monument , also known as the Jefferson Davis Memorial , was an outdoor sculpture and memorial to Jefferson Davis , installed at Jeff Davis Parkway and Canal Street in New Orleans , Louisiana , United States from 1911 to 2017. [1] Monument formerly installed in New Orleans, Louisi
#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
#8 National Monument (Malaysia)
The National Monument is a sculpture that commemorates those who died in Malaysia 's struggle for freedom, principally against the Japanese occupation during World War II and the Malayan Emergency , which lasted from 1948 until 1960. It is located in the Federal capital, Kuala Lumpur . The Malaysian
The Tower Hill Memorial is a pair of Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorials in Trinity Square Gardens, on Tower Hill in London , England. The memorials, one for the First World War and one for the Second , commemorate civilian, merchant seafarers and fishermen who were killed as a result of en
#10 Entropa
Entropa is a sculpture by Czech artist David Černý . The project was commissioned by the Czech Republic to mark the occasion of its presidency of the Council of the European Union , and was originally designed as a collaboration for 27 artists and artist groups from all member countries of the Europ
#11 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
The Columbus Police Memorial is a memorial in Columbus, Ohio 's Genoa Park , United States. [1] It has inscriptions of the names of police officers killed while serving, [2] and serves as a gathering site for memorial services. [3] Its dedication ceremony was held on 26 May 2000. [4] Memorial in Col
The Surrogate's Courthouse (also the Hall of Records and 31 Chambers Street ) is a historic building at the northwest corner of Chambers and Centre Streets in the Civic Center of Manhattan in New York City . Completed in 1907, it was designed in the Beaux Arts style. John Rochester Thomas created
#14 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
#15 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
#16 Statue of Winston Churchill, Parliament Square
The statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square , London , is a bronze sculpture of the former British prime minister Winston Churchill , created by Ivor Roberts-Jones . Sculpture by Ivor Roberts-Jones in London Winston Churchill The statue in 2014 Artist Ivor Roberts-Jones Year 1973 ; 49 yea
The Unsung Founders Memorial at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a memorial located in McCorkle Place, one of the University's quads. It consists of a black granite tabletop supported by 300 bronze figurines and surrounded by 5 black stone seats. The inscription around the edge of
#18 Big Chicken
The Big Chicken is a KFC restaurant in Marietta, Georgia , which features a 56-foot-tall (17 m) steel-sided structure designed in the appearance of a chicken rising up from the top of the building. It is located at the city's biggest intersection of Cobb Parkway ( U.S. 41 / Georgia 3 ) and Ros
The GLAAD Media Award is an accolade bestowed by GLAAD to recognize and honor various branches of the media for their outstanding representations of the lesbian , gay , bisexual and transgender ( LGBT ) community and the issues that affect their lives. [1] In addition to film and television, the Awa
#20 Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials
Since the 1960s, many municipalities in the United States have removed monuments and memorials on public property dedicated to the Confederate States of America (CSA; the Confederacy), and some, such as Silent Sam in North Carolina, have been torn down by protestors. Efforts to remove Confederate me