langs: 12 мая [ru] / may 12 [en] / 12. mai [de] / 12 mai [fr] / 12 maggio [it] / 12 de mayo [es]
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#1 Harry Harrison (cartoonist)
Harry Harrison (born 5 December 1961) is a British born political cartoonist and illustrator based in Hong Kong . He is best known as the principal political cartoonist for the South China Morning Post (SCMP). However, he also illustrates children's books and provides satirical cartoons to many jour
#2 Eduard Telcs
Eduard "Ede" Telcs was a Hungarian sculptor , and medallist ; born at Baja, Hungary on 12 May 1872; died 1948 in Budapest. At the age of twelve he went to Budapest and studied decorative art, but he soon left that city for Vienna , where he was educated for four years in the Allgemeine Bildhauerschu
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
#4 Ivan Marchuk
Ivan Stepanovych Marchuk ( Ukrainian : Іван Степанович Марчук ) (born May 12, 1936 in Moskalivka) is a contemporary Ukrainian painter, Honored Artist of Ukraine, laureate of the Shevchenko National Prize , Honored Citizen of Ternopil and Kyiv . Ukrainian artist Ivan Marchuk Born Ivan Stepanovych Mar
#5 Peter Firmin
Peter Arthur Firmin (11 December 1928 – 1 July 2018) was an English artist and puppet maker. He was the founder of Smallfilms , along with Oliver Postgate . Between them they created a number of popular children's TV programmes, The Saga of Noggin the Nog , Ivor the Engine , Clangers , Bagpuss and P
Gerrit van der Veen (26 November 1902, Amsterdam — 10 June 1944, Overveen ) was a Dutch sculptor. He was a member of the Dutch underground , which resisted the German occupation of Amsterdam during World War II . The historian Robert-Jan van Pelt wrote: In 1940, after the German occupation, van der
Léonce Bénédite (14 January 1859 – 12 May 1925) was a French art historian and curator. He was a co-founder of the Société des Peintres Orientalistes Français (Society for French Orienalist Painters) and was instrumental in establishing Orientalist art as a legitimate genre. Léonce Bénédite Portrait
Lambert-Sigisbert Adam (10 October 1700 – 12 May 1759) was a lorrain sculptor born in 1700 in Nancy . The eldest son of sculptor Jacob-Sigisbert Adam, he was known as Adam l’aîné ("the elder") to distinguish him from his two sculptor brothers Nicolas-Sébastien Adam , known as "Adam le jeune" ("the
#9 Colin Gill
Colin Unwin Gill (12 May 1892 – 16 November 1940) was an English artist who painted murals and portraits and is most notable for the work he produced as a war artist during the First World War . [1] English painter Colin Gill Born ( 1892-05-12 ) 12 May 1892 Bexleyheath , Kent Died 16 November 1940 (
#10 Veleslav
Volhv Veleslav (Cyrillic: Волхв Велеслав) (born Ilya Cherkasov (Cyrillic: Илья Черкасов), October 8, 1973), also known as Влх. Велеслав (Vlh. Veleslav)] and V.L.S.L.V., is a Russian Rodnover priest. He is also an author, artist, poet, teacher and lecturer. Veleslav is the founder of Rodolubie (Rodol
Nicholas Matthew(s) Condy , or Nicholas Condy the Younger, or Junior (1818 – 20 May 1851) was a British maritime painter . English painter Nicholas Matthews Condy Born 1816 Plymouth Died 20 May 1851 Plymouth Nationality British Education Studied under The Reverend C Thomas of Lew Trenchard Known f
Charles Ignace Adélard Gill (21 October 1871 – 16 October 1918) was a Canadian artist, specializing in poetry and painting. He also worked under the alternate names of Clairon and Léon Duval . Canadian artist Charles Gill Born 21 October 1871 Sorel, Quebec Died 16 October 1918 ( 1918-10-17 ) (aged
Jakob Schlesinger , also Johann Jakob Schlesinger (born 13 January 1792 in Worms ; died 12 May 1855 in Berlin ) was a German painter and restorer . German painter This article needs additional citations for verification . ( June 2019 ) Self-portrait (1810) The Heidelberg Chemist Leopold Gmelin and h
#14 Susan Tepper
Susan Tepper (August 30, 1943 – February 18, 1991) was an American Neo-Expressionist and Figurative painter. American painter Susan Tepper Born ( 1943-08-30 ) August 30, 1943 Plainfield, New Jersey Died February 18, 1991 (1991-02-18) (aged 47) New York, New York Nationality American Education Vass
Francisco Pelló Hernandis (12 August 1935 – 12 May 2021) was a Spanish-born Argentine painter, sculptor, and poet. [1] [2] Argentine painter (1935–2021) The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for biographies . ( May 2021 ) This article may be expanded with text trans
#16 Leonard Bahr
Leonard Marion Bahr (May 12, 1905 – July 25, 1990) was an American portrait painter, muralist, illustrator and educator. He worked for many years as a painting professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). American artist (1905-1990) Leonard Bahr Born ( 1905-05-12 ) May 12, 1905 Marylan
#17 Carlo Suarès
Carlo Giuseppe Suarès (1892 – 1976) was a French writer, painter and Kabbalah author. He was born the 12 May 1892 in Alexandria, Egypt of a very old Sephardi family that arrived in Spain probably with the Arab conquest. The ancestors of his Sephardi Jewish family had been expelled from Spain in 1492
#18 Marshall Claxton
Marshall Claxton (12 May 1811 – 28 July 1881) was an English subject , genre , landscape and portrait painter . English painter Lady Godiva (1850; Herbert Art Gallery and Museum , Coventry). [1]
#19 Leo Michelson
Leo Michelson ( Latvian : Leo Mihelsons ; 12 May 1887 – 10 April 1978) was a Latvian - American artist considered part of the École de Paris , although his works span many periods and styles. French painter This article needs additional citations for verification . ( July 2018 ) Leo Michelson
#20 Frida Kahlo
Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈfɾiða ˈkalo] ; 6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954 [1] ) was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits , and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture , she employed
Christine Abrahams Gallery, first named Axiom, was a Melbourne gallery showing contemporary Australian art between 1980 and 2008. Australian Art Gallery
#2 Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
The MAK – Museum of Applied Arts ( German : Museum für angewandte Kunst ) is an arts and crafts museum located at Stubenring 5 in Vienna's 1st district Innere Stadt . Besides its traditional orientation towards arts and crafts and design , the museum especially focuses on architecture and contempora
#3 Cooper Union
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art ( Cooper Union [10] ) is a private college at Cooper Square in New York City . Peter Cooper founded the institution in 1859 after learning about the government-supported École Polytechnique in France. [11] [12] The school was built on a radical
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 National Museum in New Delhi , also known as the National Museum of India , is one of the largest museums in India . Established in 1949, it holds a variety of articles ranging from pre-historic era to modern works of art. It functions under the Ministry of Culture , Government of India . The mu
Craft Contemporary , formerly the Craft and Folk Art Museum , is a non-profit, non-collecting arts museum dedicated to showcasing contemporary craft in Los Angeles, California. The museum is located on Los Angeles' Museum Row on Wilshire Boulevard , and across from the George C. Page Museum and La B
#7 Depot Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen (initially called 'het Collectiegebouw' (Collection Building), popularly called 'The Pot' [1] ) is an art depot of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam. It is the first publicly accessible art depot in the world. This article needs additional citations for verifica
#8 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 Galerie Barbazanges was an art gallery in Paris that exhibited contemporary art between 1911 and 1928. The building was owned by a wealthy fashion designer, Paul Poiret , and the gallery was used for Poiret's "Salon d'Antin" exhibitions. The gallery showed the work of avant-garde artists such as
#11 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts , which houses significant examples of European , Asian , and American art . Its collection includes paintings, sculpture, tapestries, and decorative arts. It was founded by Isabella Stewart Gardner , whose will called for
The National Glass Centre is a cultural venue and visitor attraction located in Sunderland , North East England . It is part of the University of Sunderland . Glass museum in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear National Glass Centre National Glass Centre National Glass Centre shown within Tyne and Wear grid
#13 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
The Centre Pompidou-Metz is a museum of modern and contemporary art located in Metz , capital of Lorraine , France . [1] It is a branch of Pompidou arts centre of Paris , and features semi-permanent and temporary exhibitions from the large collection of the French National Museum of Modern Art , the
Peter Bray Gallery (a commercial gallery) was established as Stanley Coe Gallery in 1949 before being renamed in 1951, after a change of management. Situated at 435 Bourke Street, Melbourne , Victoria , Australia, it closed in 1957. [1] Many of the major names in mid-century Australian contemporary
The J. F. Slater Memorial Museum , also known as Slater Memorial Museum , is a historic building and art museum on the grounds of the Norwich Free Academy in Norwich, Connecticut , built in 1885 and dedicated in 1886. It is designed in Richardsonian Romanesque architecture and is said to be the fine
#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
The John Hansard Gallery is a contemporary visual art gallery and part of the University of Southampton . John Hansard Gallery New John Hansard Gallery John Hansard Gallery Location in Southampton Address 142-144 Above Bar St Location Southampton Coordinates 50°54′28″N 1°24′16″W Owner University of
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
The Gladstone Pottery Museum is a working museum of a medium-sized coal-fired pottery , typical of those once common in the North Staffordshire area of England from the time of the industrial revolution in the 18th century to the mid 20th century. It is a grade II* listed building . [1] Industrial m
Three Heads Six Arms ( Chinese : 三頭六臂 ; pinyin : Sān tóu liù bì ) is a sculpture by Chinese artist Zhang Huan . The work, composed of copper and steel, is 27 feet (8.2 m) tall and weighs 15 short tons (14 t) . [1] [2] [3] From May 2010 to February 2011, the sculpture was installed at the Jos
Vladimirka [lower-alpha 1] ( Russian : Владимирка ) is an 1892 oil painting by the Russian artist Isaac Levitan . The painting depicts the Vladimir Highway , a dirt road leading east from Moscow to Vladimir . Vladimirka is one of three large paintings by Levitan completed in the first half of the 18
Our Lady of the Porta Vaga (Spanish: Nuestra Señora de la Soledad de Porta Vaga , Filipino : Birhen ng Porta Vaga ) is a Roman Catholic Marian title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a venerated Marian painting. Marian apparition Our Lady of Solitude of Porta Vaga Original image decorated w
Expressionist Head by pop artist Roy Lichtenstein is the name associated with several 1980s works of art . It is widely associated with a set of six identical sculptures but is also associated with a series of paintings. Works by Roy Lichtenstein Expressionist Head Artist Roy Lichtenstein Year 1980
#5 Self-Portrait (Inn of the Dawn Horse)
Self-Portrait (Inn of the Dawn Horse) is a painting executed by artist Leonora Carrington and is currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art . [1] [2] [3] She began the painting in London in 1937 and completed it in Paris in 1938. [4] It is one of her most recognized works and has
#6 Head III
Head III is an oil painting by Francis Bacon , one of series of works made in 1949 for his first one-man exhibition at the Hanover Gallery , in London. As with the other six paintings in the series, it focuses on the disembodied head of male figure, who looks out with a penetrating gaze, but is fixe
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.
#8 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
#9 A Young Lady Playing a Clavichord
Young Lady Playing a Clavichord is a 1660s genre painting by Gerrit Dou . It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is today in a private collection. [1] Painting by Gerard Dou Young Lady Playing a Clavichord Artist Gerrit Dou Year 1660s Medium oil paint , panel Dimensions 39 cm (15 in
#10 Man with a Pipe
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
#11 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
#12 Calumny of Apelles (Botticelli)
The Calumny of Apelles is a panel painting in tempera by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli . Based on the description of a lost ancient painting by Apelles , the work was completed in about 1494–95, and is now in the Uffizi , Florence . Painting by Sandro Botticelli "La Calunnia" red
#13 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
#14 The Prodigal Son (Barnard)
The Prodigal Son (modeled 1904) is a sculpture group by George Grey Barnard that depicts the loving reunion of the father and son from the New Testament " Parable of the Prodigal Son ." [1] The Prodigal Son Outside the Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky Artist George Grey Barnard Year modeled 19
#15 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
#16 Pennsylvania State Capitol sculpture groups
Pennsylvania State Capitol sculpture groups are a pair of larger-than-life, multi-figure groups by American sculptor George Grey Barnard , that flank the west entrance to the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania . Sculptures in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. Pennsylvania State Capi
#17 Supper at Emmaus (Rembrandt, Louvre)
Supper at Emmaus or The Pilgrims at Emmaus is a 1648 oil on mahogany panel painting by Rembrandt . [1] It was sold at the sale of the collection of Willem Six on 12 May 1734 in Amsterdam and then at three Paris sales before finally being acquired for the French royal collection in 1777 at a fourth s
In 2019, the U.S. state of Nebraska donated a bronze sculpture of Standing Bear by Benjamin Victor to the National Statuary Hall Collection . The statue is installed in the United States Capitol 's National Statuary Hall , in Washington, D.C. [1] Statue by Benjamin Victor Statue of Standing Bear Art
#19 We Choose Love
We Choose Love is a 2018 memorial painted along the ramp walls of the Hollywood/Northeast 42nd Avenue Transit Center , in northeast Portland, Oregon , to commemorate victims of the 2017 Portland train attack . The memorial is temporary, as the station is slated for renovation. Memorial painting in P
The Teresina Vasco Monument is a public artwork by Andrea Sichi, located at Glenwood Cemetery in Washington, D.C. , United States . "Teresina Vasco Monument" was surveyed as part of the Smithsonian Save Outdoor Sculpture! survey in 1994. It serves as the final resting place for the young Teresina Va
Geoffrey Hendricks (July 30, 1931 in Littleton, New Hampshire – May 12, 2018) was an American artist associated with Fluxus since the mid 1960s. He was professor emeritus of art at Rutgers University , where he taught from 1956 to 2003 and was associated with Allan Kaprow , Roy Lichtenstein , and Lu
Gilbert Richard Redgrave (12 May 1844 in Kensington , London – 14 June 1941 in Abinger Common , Surrey [1] ) was an English architectural draughtsman, bibliographer and art historian . Redgrave was son of the painter Richard Redgrave and his wife Rose Margaret Bacon (1811 – ). [2] In the 1860s he wo
Heinrich Menu (from 1820 Freiherr ) von Minutoli (12 May 1772, Geneva – 16 September 1846, Lausanne ) was a Prussian Generalmajor , explorer and archaeologist . This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline cit
Donald Drew Egbert (May 12, 1902 – January 3, 1973) was an American art historian and educator , who taught for many years at Princeton University . American art historian Donald Drew Egbert Born ( 1902-05-12 ) May 12, 1902 Norwalk , Connecticut , United States Died January 3, 1973 (1973-01-03) (age
Dame Rosalind Joy Savill , DBE , FSA , FBA (born 12 May 1951) is a British art and museum curator. Dame Rosalind Savill DBE FSA FBA Born Rosalind Joy Savill ( 1951-05-12 ) 12 May 1951 (age 71) Nationality British Alma mater University of Leeds Occupation Director of the Wallace Collection An alu
Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans ( US : / w iː s ˈ m ɒ̃ s / , [1] French: [ʃaʁl maʁi ʒɔʁʒ ɥismɑ̃s] ; 5 February 1848 – 12 May 1907) was a French novelist and art critic who published his works as Joris-Karl Huysmans ( pronounced [ʒɔʁis kaʁl - ] , variably abbreviated as J. K. or J.-K. ). He is m
Evelyn Ann Silber (born 22 May 1949) is an English art historian and an acknowledged specialist on 20th century British sculpture. She is an honorary Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow and is researching the marketing of modernist art in early 20th century London and the role
Cuesta Benberry (September 8, 1923 – August 23, 2007) was an American historian and scholar . [1] Considered to be one of the pioneers of research on quiltmaking in America, she was the pioneer of research on African-American quiltmaking. Her involvement in quilt research spans from founding and par
Maurice Berger (May 22, 1956 – March 22, 2020) was an American cultural historian , curator , and art critic , who served as a Research Professor and Chief Curator at the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture , University of Maryland, Baltimore County . [1] Berger was recognized for his interdis
#10 Eleanor Sayre
Eleanor Axson Sayre (March 26, 1916 – May 12, 2001) was an American curator, art historian, and a specialist on the works of Goya . She was the first woman to serve as departmental curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston . Working as curator of prints and drawings, she collected Goya's etchings f
#11 Jens Thiis
Jens Thiis (12 May 1870 – 27 June 1942) was a Norwegian art historian, conservator and a prominent museum director. He was conservator at the Nordenfjeld Industrial Arts Museum ( Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum ) in Trondheim beginning in 1895 and director of the National Gallery in Oslo from 190
Dorothy Eugenia Miner (November 4, 1904 – May 12, 1973) was an American art historian , curator , and librarian who was a scholar of medieval art . Miner served as the first Keeper of Manuscripts at the Walters Art Museum from 1934 to 1973. American art historian For the attorney and niece of Doroth
Konstantin Vasilyevich Rudanovsky (May 12, 1834 - 1899) was a general who served Russian Emperor Nicholas I in Paris. He graduated first Cadet Corps and from The Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff in Saint Petersburg. [1] Konstantin was a passionate collector and always hunted for masterpieces in
#14 John Rewald
John Rewald (May 12, 1912 – February 2, 1994) was an American academic, author and art historian . He was known as a scholar of Impressionism , Post-Impressionism , Cézanne , Renoir , Pissarro , Seurat , and other French painters of the late 19th century. [1] He was recognized as a foremost authorit
#15 Waldron Phoenix Belknap Jr.
Waldron Phoenix Belknap Jr. (May 12, 1899 – December 14, 1949) was an American art historian, architect, soldier, and expert in eighteenth-century American painting and portraiture. He received bachelor's and master's degrees from Harvard University and served in the U.S. Army during both world wars
Arthur Jerome Eddy (November 5, 1859 - July 21, 1920 in New York City , New York ) was an American lawyer, author, art collector, and a prominent member of the first generation of American Modern art collectors. His book Cubists and Post-Impressionism was the first American book promoting these new
Alexandru Bogdan-Pitești ( Romanian pronunciation: [alekˈsandru boɡˈdan piˈteʃtʲ] ; born Alexandru Bogdan , also known as Ion Doican , Ion Duican and Al. Dodan ; June 13, 1870 – May 12, 1922) was a Romanian Symbolist poet, essayist, and art and literary critic, who was also known as a journalist a
#18 Andrew Watsky
Andrew Mark Watsky (born May 12, 1957) is an American academic , art historian , author and university professor. [1] American art historian
#19 Max Bernstein
Max Bernstein (May 12, 1854, Fürth – March 5, 1925, München ) was a German art and theatre critic and author . He was the husband of Elsa Bernstein . This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in German . (February 2009) Click [show] for important translation in
#20 André Salmon
André Salmon (4 October 1881, Paris – 12 March 1969, Sanary-sur-Mer ) was a French poet, art critic and writer. He was one of the early defenders of Cubism , with Guillaume Apollinaire and Maurice Raynal . French poet, art critic and writer André Salmon André Salmon (right), Amedeo Modigliani , and
#1 Gateway Arch
The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot-tall (192 m) monument in St. Louis, Missouri , United States. Clad in stainless steel and built in the form of a weighted catenary arch , [5] it is the world's tallest arch [4] and Missouri's tallest accessible building . Some sources consider it the tallest human-ma
The James A. Garfield Monument stands on the grounds of the United States Capitol in the circle at First Street, S.W., and Maryland Avenue, Washington, D.C. It is a memorial to United States President James A. Garfield , elected in 1880 and assassinated in 1881 after serving only four months of his
#3 National American Indian Memorial
The National American Indian Memorial or North American Indian Memorial was a proposed monument to American Indians to be erected on a bluff overlooking the Narrows , the main entrance to New York Harbor . The major part of the memorial was to be a 165-foot-tall (50 m) statue of a representative A
#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
#5 Drinking fountains in Philadelphia
Public drinking fountains in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, United States, have been built and used since the 19th century. Various reform-minded organizations in the city supported public drinking fountains as street furniture for different but overlapping reasons. One was the general promotion of pu
#6 Memorial to Company A, Capitol Guards
The Memorial to Company A, Capitol Guards was an American Civil War memorial in MacArthur Park, Little Rock, Arkansas . It stood just northeast of the former Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal , at a junction of two of the park's internal roadways. It consisted of a bronze sculpture depicting
#7 Pine Bluff Confederate Monument
The Pine Bluff Confederate Monument has long been located in front of the Jefferson County courthouse, at Barraque and Main Streets in Pine Bluff, Arkansas . It depicts a standing Confederate Army soldier, holding a rifle whose butt rests on the ground. The statue, built out of Georgia marble by the
#8 Sparty
Sparty is the mascot of Michigan State University . Sparty is usually depicted as a muscular male Spartan warrior/athlete dressed in stylized Greek costume. After changing the team name from "Aggies" to "Spartans" in 1925, various incarnations of a Spartan warrior with a prominent chin appeared at u
#9 List of tallest statues in the Philippines
This list of tallest statues in the Philippines includes free-standing, completed statues in the Philippines that are at least 5 meters (16 feet) tall. The height of these statues are measured from the top of its base/pedestal up to its maximum height (including monuments with spires or obelisks). T
#10 Charging Bull
Charging Bull , sometimes referred to as the Bull of Wall Street or the Bowling Green Bull , is a bronze sculpture that stands on Broadway just north of Bowling Green in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City . The 7,100-pound (3,200 kg) bronze sculpture, standing 11 feet (3.4 m) t
#11 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
#12 Ghost Forest
Ghost Forest is an art installation by Maya Lin in Madison Square Park in New York City. The piece is composed of 49 dead Atlantic white cedars . [1] Art installation by Maya Lin Ghost Forest by Maya Lin, on May 12, 2021 The installation ran from May 10, 2021, to November 14, 2021. [2] [3] The trees
#13 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
#14 Statue of Henry Irving, London
The statue of Henry Irving is located on the grounds of the National Portrait Gallery along Charing Cross Road in London , United Kingdom. [1] It was erected on 12 May 1910 by English actors and actresses and others related to British theatre in a campaign organized by the Irving Memorial Committee.
The Memorial of Rebirth ( Memorialul Renașterii in Romanian ) is a memorial in Bucharest , Romania that commemorates the struggles and victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989, which overthrew Communism . The memorial complex was inaugurated in August 2005 in Revolution Square , where Romania's Co
The World War II Memorial is a national memorial in the United States [1] [2] dedicated to Americans who served in the armed forces and as civilians during World War II . It is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. . National memorial in Washington, D.C., US For other uses, see World War
#17 Spanish–American War Memorial (Arlington National Cemetery)
The Spanish–American War Memorial is a memorial in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia , in the United States that commemorates those American military personnel who died in the Spanish–American War . Constructed by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America and dedi
#18 Statue of Christopher Columbus (Central Park)
An outdoor bronze sculpture of Christopher Columbus by Jeronimo Suñol is installed in Central Park in Manhattan , New York . [1] Statue in Central Park, Manhattan, New York, U.S. Statue of Christopher Columbus The sculpture in 2010 Artist Jeronimo Suñol Year 1892 ( 1892 ) Type Sculpture Medium Bro
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 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