langs: 29 мая [ru] / may 29 [en] / 29. mai [de] / 29 mai [fr] / 29 maggio [it] / 29 de mayo [es]
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Nikolay Alexandrovich Sauerweid (Russian: Николай Александрович Зауервейд ; 1836–1866) was a Russian painter; son of Alexander Sauerweid [1] Russian painter Nikolay Sauerweid Николай Александрович Зауервейд Born 1836 Saint Petersburg Died May 29, 1866 (1866-05-29) (aged 29–30) Saint Petersburg Edu
#2 Cees Krijnen
Cornelis Hendrik "Cees" Krijnen (born 29 May 1969 in Velsen ) is a Dutch artist. Dutch artist Krijnen studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and the post-academic education DasArts , both in Amsterdam , Netherlands. In 1999 he won the Dutch art prize Prix de Rome in the discipline Theatre/Visual Art
Narcissa Niblack Thorne (May 2, 1882 – June 25, 1966) was an American artist known for her extremely detailed miniature rooms. Her works depict historical interiors from Europe, Asia and North America from the late 13th to the early 20th century. The Thorne rooms are honored with dedicated exhibits
Louise-Adéone Drölling, also known as Madame Joubert (29 May 1797 – 20 March 1834) was a French painter and draughtswoman. Both her father, Martin Drolling , and her older brother, Michel Martin Drolling , were celebrated artists in their day. [1] [2] French painter Louise-Adéone Drölling Portrait o
George Thomas Temple-Poole (born George Thomas Temple , 29 May 1856 – 27 February 1934) was a British architect and public servant , primarily known for his work in Western Australia from 1885. Architect of Western Australia George Thomas Temple-Poole George T. T. Poole c. 1918 Born 29 May 1856 Rome
Lorenzo de Caro (baptised 29 May 1719 – 2 December 1777) was an Italian painter, active in the late Baroque style in his native city of Naples . Italian painter Glory of St Francis of Sales , Louvre Museum
#7 Romà Ribera
Romà Ribera i Cirera (13 December 1848, Barcelona - 29 May 1935, Barcelona) was a Catalan genre painter. He specialized in contemporary scenes from upper-class social events, rendered in meticulous detail, but also did numerous scenes from life in the 17th and 18th centuries. Romà Ribera (c.1885)
Nikolai Nikolaevich Galakhov ( Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Гала́хов ; May 29, 1928 in Kazan , USSR ) is a Russian artist. He is an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation , a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federatio
Samara Golden (born 1973) is an American artist based in Los Angeles . American artist based in Los Angeles (born 1973) Samara Golden Born 1973 (age 48 – 49) Ann Arbor, Michigan Style Installation art Website samaragolden .com
#10 Jacob Kassay
Jacob Kassay (born 1984 in Lewiston, New York ) is a post-conceptual artist best known for his work in painting, filmmaking, and sculpture. [1] Critics have noted the influence of minimalist music and composition on his work, [2] which applies a structural approach to the biological mechanisms of si
#11 Eugène de Malbos
Eugène de Malbos (21 August 1811 – 29 May 1858) was a French Romantic painter known for his lithographs of the Pyrenees . French painter Eugène de Malbos Born Louis Aimé Eugène Bastide de Malbosc 21 August 1811 Les Vans , France Died 29 May 1858 ( 1858-05-30 ) (aged 46) Toulouse , France Nationa
#12 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
#13 Han van Meegeren
Henricus Antonius " Han " van Meegeren ( Dutch pronunciation: [ɦɛnˈrikʏs ɑnˈtoːnijəs ˈɦɑɱ vɑˈmeːɣərə(n)] ; 10 October 1889 – 30 December 1947) [1] was a Dutch painter and portraitist, considered one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century. [2] Van Meegeren became a national hero after
#14 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]
#15 William Frater
William Frater O.B.E. (1890–1974) was a Scottish-born Australian stained-glass designer and modernist painter who challenged conservative tastes in Australian art. [1] British-born Australian painter and stained-glass designer William Frater Born ( 1890-01-31 ) 31 January 1890 Linlithgow , Scotland
#16 Adolf Oberländer
Adam Adolf Oberländer (1 October 1845, Regensburg – 29 May 1923, Munich ) was a German caricaturist , illustrator , cartoonist and early comics artist . [1] This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points . ( January 2022 ) Adolf Oberländer Etching by Johann Lin
Richard Wright ( c. 1723 – c. 1775 ) was an English marine painter. An entirely self-taught artist, he first appeared as an exhibitor in London in 1760, and between that date and 1773 exhibited twenty-five works with the Incorporated Society of Artists and one with the Free Society. [1] [2] For
#18 Ronald Bladen
Ronald Bladen (July 13, 1918 – February 3, 1988) was an American painter and sculptor. He is particularly known for his large-scale sculptures. [1] His artistic stance, was influenced by European Constructivism , American Hard-Edge Painting , and sculptors such as Isamu Noguchi and David Smith . [2]
Richard Diebenkorn (April 22, 1922 – March 30, 1993) was an American painter and printmaker. His early work is associated with abstract expressionism and the Bay Area Figurative Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. In the late 1960s he began his extensive series of geometric, lyrical abstract painting
Adriaen van Utrecht ( Antwerp , 12 January 1599 – 1652) was a Flemish painter known mainly for his sumptuous banquet still lifes , game and fruit still lifes, fruit garlands, market and kitchen scenes and depictions of live poultry in farmyards. His paintings, especially the hunting and game pieces,
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
The Museum of Inuit Art (2007-2016) , also known as MIA , was a museum in Toronto , Ontario , Canada located within the Queen's Quay Terminal at the Harbourfront Centre . It was devoted exclusively to Inuit art and culture. Museum of Inuit Art Location of the gallery in Toronto Established June 20
La Colonie was an independent cultural venue located in a former textile factory in the 10th arrondissement of Paris , near the Gare du Nord train station. [1] [2] It was founded by French artist Kader Attia and restaurateur Zico Selloum in 2016. [3] It closed in March 2020 as a result of the COVID-
#4 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
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 Kunstmuseum Den Haag is an art museum in The Hague in the Netherlands , founded in 1866 as the 'Museum voor Moderne Kunst'. Later, until 1998, it was known as 'Haags Gemeentemuseum', and until the end of September 2019 as 'Gemeentemuseum Den Haag'. It is renowned for its large Mondrian collectio
#7 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 Bestattungsmuseum Wien ( English : "Funeral Museum Vienna") is a museum in Vienna , Austria . With around 1000 exhibits, the Vienna Funeral Museum gives a comprehensive overview of funeral customs, burial rites, funerary art and the special Viennese perspective on death and provides information
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]
#10 Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City
Museo Rufino Tamayo is a public contemporary art museum located in Mexico City 's Chapultepec Park , that produces contemporary art exhibitions, using its collection of modern and contemporary art, as well as artworks from the collection of its founder, the artist Rufino Tamayo . Museo Tamayo - arch
#11 Japanese American National Museum
The Japanese American National Museum ( 全米日系人博物館 , Zenbei Nikkeijin Hakubutsukan ) is located in Los Angeles, California , and dedicated to preserving the history and culture of Japanese Americans . Founded in 1992, it is located in the Little Tokyo area near downtown. The museum is an affiliate wit
#12 Temporary exhibitions at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
This is a list of unique temporary exhibitions held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales , Sydney Australia, organised chronologically and grouped by decade. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( January 2011 ) Not listed here are the temporary exhibitions that the Gall
#13 Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art ( MASS MoCA ) is a museum in a converted Arnold Print Works factory building complex located in North Adams , Massachusetts . It is one of the largest centers for contemporary visual art and performing arts in the United States. Museum in North Adams, Mas
The Kunsthaus Bregenz (KUB) presents temporary exhibitions of international contemporary art in Bregenz , Vorarlberg ( Austria ). Contemporary art museum in Austria This article needs additional citations for verification . ( May 2011 ) Kunsthaus Bregenz Kunsthaus Bregenz Established 1990–1997 Locat
#15 Serralves
Serralves is a cultural institution located in Porto , Portugal . It includes a Contemporary Art Museum, a Park, and a Villa, each one an example of contemporary architecture, Modernism , and Art Deco architecture. The Museum, designed by Álvaro Siza Vieira , is now the second most visited museum in
#16 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
Pinacotheca was a gallery in Melbourne , Australia. Established in 1967 by Bruce Pollard, it was ideologically committed to the avant-garde and represented a new generation of artists interested in post-object, conceptual [1] and other non-traditional art forms. [2] Art gallery located in Melbourne,
The Institute of Modern Art ( IMA ) is a public art gallery located in the Judith Wright Arts Centre in the Brisbane inner-city suburb of Fortitude Valley , which features contemporary artworks and showcases emerging artists in a series of group and solo exhibitions. Founded in 1975, the gallery doe
#19 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
The Yukon Arts Centre ( YAC ) an arts centre and gallery located in Whitehorse , Yukon , Canada. The art centre opened in May 1992 and contains a 428-seat theatre, and a 390-square-metre-art gallery (4,200 sq ft) used to hosts arts performances and exhibitions. The arts centre permanent collecti
#1 Statue of Paul Kruger, Church Square
The Statue of Paul Kruger ( Afrikaans : Krugerstandbeeld ) is a bronze sculpture located in Church Square in Pretoria , South Africa . The statue depicts Paul Kruger , the Boer political and military leader and President of the South African Republic from 1883 to 1900, and four unnamed Boer soldiers
#2 Excursion in the Countryside of Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia
Excursion in the Countryside of Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia (Spanish: Excursión campestre de Isabel Clara Eugenia ) is an oil on canvas painting by Flemish artists Jan Brueghel the Elder and Joos de Momper . It was painted in the first quarter of the 17th century, and is housed at the Museum of Pra
Our Lady of Perpetual Help (also known as Our Lady of Perpetual Succour ) [note 1] is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a 15th-century Byzantine icon with an alleged Marian apparition . The icon is believed to have originated from the Keras Kardiotissas Monastery and
#4 Statue of Ashurbanipal (San Francisco)
Ashurbanipal , also known as the Ashurbanipal Monument or the Statue of Ashurbanipal , [2] is a bronze sculpture by Fred Parhad , an artist of Assyrian descent. It is located in the Civic Center of San Francisco , California , in the United States. The 15-foot (4.6 m) statue depicting the Assyrian
L'Oiseau bleu (also known as The Blue Bird and Der Blaue Vogel ) is a large oil painting created in 1912–1913 by the French artist and theorist Jean Metzinger (1883–1956); considered by Guillaume Apollinaire and André Salmon as a founder of Cubism , along with Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso . L'Oi
The Saint Fina Chapel ( Italian: Cappella di Santa Fina ) is an Early Renaissance chapel in the right aisle of the Collegiate church of Santa Maria Assunta , located in San Gimignano , Tuscany, Italy. It was designed by Giuliano and Benedetto da Maiano in 1468 to enshrine the relics of Saint Fina .
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
#8 Water Mill at Kollen Near Nuenen
Water Mill at Kollen Near Nuenen (Dutch: Collse watermolen , F48a, JH488) is an oil painting of the Watermill at Kollen , created on 28-29 May 1884 by Vincent van Gogh during the period when he was living at Nuenen nearby. It measures 60.5 by 80 centimetres (23.8 in × 31.5 in) . Painting by Vi
#9 Dai Gohonzon
The Dai Gohonzon of the High Sanctuary of the Essential Teachings , commonly known as the Dai Gohonzon (Japanese: 大 御 本 尊 The Supreme (Great) Gohonzon or Honmon—Kaidan—no—Dai—Gohonzon , Japanese: 本 門 戒 壇 の 大 御 本 尊) is a venerated Mandala image inscribed with both Sanskrit and Chinese logographs on a
#10 Ruby Loftus Screwing a Breech-ring
Ruby Loftus Screwing a Breech-ring is a 1943 painting by the British artist Laura Knight depicting a young woman, Ruby Loftus , working at an industrial lathe cutting the screw of a breech-ring for a Bofors anti-aircraft gun . The painting was commissioned by the War Artists' Advisory Committee as p
#11 Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa ( / ˌ m oʊ n ə ˈ l iː s ə / ; Italian : Gioconda [dʒoˈkonda] or Monna Lisa [ˈmɔnna ˈliːza] ; French : Joconde [ʒɔkɔ̃d] ) is a half-length portrait painting by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci . Considered an archetypal masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance , [4] [5] it has been descri
Four Times of the Day is a series of four oil paintings by English artist William Hogarth . They were completed in 1736 and in 1738 were reproduced and published as a series of four engravings . They are humorous depictions of life in the streets of London, the vagaries of fashion, and the interacti
#13 Portrait of Michiel de Ruyter
Portrait of Michiel de Ruyter is a 1667 oil on canvas painting of Michiel de Ruyter by Ferdinand Bol , with a marine landscape in the background thought to be by Willem van de Velde (II) including de Ruyter's flagship De Zeven Provinciën . Painting by Ferdinand Bol This article needs additional cita
#14 People's Bike Library of Portland
People's Bike Library of Portland , also known as Zoobomb Pyle or simply " the pile ", [1] [2] is a 2009 steel and gold leaf sculpture by local artists Brian Borrello and Vanessa Renwick , located in Portland , Oregon , in the United States. It was erected in collaboration with the Zoobomb bicycling
#15 Statue of John F. Kennedy (Boston)
A statue of John F. Kennedy (sometimes called John F. Kennedy ) by Isabel McIlvain is installed outside the Massachusetts State House in Boston , Massachusetts , United States. Statue in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. John F. Kennedy The statue in 2019 Artist Isabel McIlvain Medium Bronze sculpture Sub
L'Origine du monde ("The Origin of the World") is a picture painted in oil on canvas by the French artist Gustave Courbet in 1866. It is a close-up view of the vulva and abdomen of a nude woman, lying on a bed with legs spread. Oil-on-canvas painted by Gustave Courbet L'Origine du monde Artist Gusta
The Great Day of Girona , originally El gran dia de Girona ( Catalan pronunciation: [əl ˈɣɾan ˈdi.ə ðə ʒiˈɾonə] ), is a large oil painting (4.96 × 10.82 m) by Ramon Martí Alsina depicting an important victory of Girona 's defenders over the French during the Third Siege of Girona in 1809. Complete
#18 List of works by Thomas Eakins
This is a list of professionally authenticated paintings, drawings, and sculptures by Thomas Eakins (1844–1916). As there is no catalogue raisonné of Eakins' works, [1] this is an aggregation of existing published catalogs. Photograph of Thomas Eakins c. 1882
#19 The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke
The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke is a painting by English artist Richard Dadd . It was begun in 1855 and worked on until 1864. Dadd painted it while incarcerated in the State Criminal Lunatic Asylum of Bethlem Royal Hospital , where he was confined after he murdered his father in 1843. [1] It was co
Thomas Carlyle is an unfinished portrait of the Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher of the same name by English Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais in 1877. Painting by John Everett Millais Thomas Carlyle Artist John Everett Millais Year 1877 Catalogue NPG 968 Medium Oil on canvas S
Heinrich Richard Hamann (29 May 1879, in Seehausen – 9 January 1961, in Immenstadt im Allgäu ) was a German art historian. German art historian He attended the Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen in Magdeburg , and later studied Germanistics , art history and philosophy at the University of Berlin . [1] In
Tricia Collins is an American art critic , art gallerist and curator of contemporary art. She was half of the curatorial team Collins & Milazzo , with Richard Milazzo , who together co-published and co-edited Effects : Magazine for New Art Theory from 1982 to 1984. [1] She later ran the art galler
#3 Robert Hobbs
Robert Carleton Hobbs is an art historian and curator specializing in twentieth-century art. Since 1991 he has held the Rhoda Thalhimer Endowed Chair of American Art in the School of Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University , [1] a highly ranked art department. Since 2004 he has served as a visiting p
#4 Lea Vergine
Lea Vergine , born Lea Buoncristiano (5 March 1936 – 20 October 2020), was an Italian art critic , essayist and curator. Italian art historian (1936–2020) Lea Vergine Born Lea Buoncristiano 5 March 1936 Naples , Kingdom of Italy Died 20 October 2020 (2020-10-20) (aged 84) Milan , Italy Nationality
Andrew Henry Robert Martindale (1932–1995) was Professor of Visual Art at the University of East Anglia at the time of his sudden death, aged just 62. [1] One of the pioneers in the teaching of art history as an academic discipline and a founding member of the Association of Art Historians , he was
Edward Samuel Morris (10 August 1940 – 29 May 2016) was a British art historian [1] perhaps best known for his "masterly" French Art in Nineteenth Century Britain . [2] British art historian
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
Stella Kramrisch (May 29, 1896 – August 31, 1993) was an American pioneering art historian and curator who was the leading specialist on Indian art for most of the 20th century. Her scholarship remains a benchmark to this day. She researched and taught Indian art history for more than six decades on
Hermann Julius Theodor Hettner (March 12, 1821 – May 29, 1882), was a German literary historian and museum director . German literary historian and museum director 1870 photo of Hermann Theodor Hettner
#10 Curt Glaser
Curt Glaser (May 29, 1879 ( Leipzig ) – November 23, 1943 ( Lake Placid, New York , USA)) was a German Jewish art historian, art critic and collector who was persecuted by the Nazis. [1] American art historian Portrait of Else Glaser (wife of Curt Glaser) by Edvard Munch
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
#12 Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Baronet
Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Baronet MP KT , of Pollok FRSE DCL LLD (8 March 1818 – 15 January 1878), was a Scottish historical writer, art historian and politician . 19th-century Scottish writer and politician Sir William Stirling-Maxwell Bt MP KT FRSE DCL Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, c. 18
#13 Walter Cahn
Walter Benedict Cahn (24 September 1933 – 29 May 2020) was a German-born American medievalist and art historian who taught at Yale University as Carnegie Professor of the History of Art. [1] American art historian Cahn was born in Karlsruhe on 24 September 1933 to Otto and Frieda Cahn. His Jewish fa
#14 John Fleming (art historian)
John Fleming (12 June 1919 – 29 May 2001) was a British art historian , known for his writing partnership with Hugh Honour . Their A World History of Art (aka, The Visual Arts: A History ), first published in 1982, is now in its seventh edition. Fleming's Robert Adam and His Circle in Edinburgh and
#15 Gerardo Mosquera
Gerardo Mosquera (born 1945 in Havana, Cuba ) is a freelance curator , critic , art historian, and writer based in Havana, Cuba . He was one of the organizers of the first Havana Biennial in 1984 and remained central to the curatorial team until he resigned in 1989. Since then, his activity turned t
#16 Pierre Restany
Pierre Restany (24 June 1930 – 29 May 2003), was an internationally known French art critic and cultural philosopher . Pierre Restany (by Erling Mandelmann , 1998) Restany was born in Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda , Pyrénées-Orientales , and spent his childhood in Casablanca . On returning to France in 1
#17 Jean Ferré
Jean Ferré (29 May 1929, Saint-Pierre-les-Églises, now part of Chauvigny , Vienne, – 10 October 2006, Saint-Germain-en-Laye ) was a French art historian and a right-political journalist. He was also the founder of the Paris-based Radio Courtoisie in 1987.
#18 Fabien Danesi
Fabien Danesi , a Doctor of Philosophy in Art History , is a lecturer at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Picardie Jules Verne in Amiens . [1] [2] Former resident of the Villa Medici , [3] French Academy in Rome in 2007–2008, [4] he previously taught at the François Rabelais University of To
#19 Alena Aladava
Alena Vasileŭna Aładava ( née Puk ; Belarusian : Алена Васілеўна Аладава ; 22 May 1907 – 29 May 1986) was a Soviet art historian and curator , who was Director of the Belarusian National Arts Museum from 1944 to 1977. Aladava was responsible for the reconstruction of the museum's collection in the p
#20 András Szántó
András Szántó (born January 1, 1964) advises museums , foundations, educational institutions , and leading brands worldwide on cultural strategy. He has directed the National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University and has overseen the Global Museum Leaders Colloquium at the Metropolitan Muse
#1 Spirit of the American Doughboy
The Spirit of the American Doughboy is a pressed copper sculpture by E. M. Viquesney , designed to honor the veterans and casualties of World War I . Mass-produced during the 1920s and 1930s for communities throughout the United States, the statue's design was the most popular of its kind, spawning
#2 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
#3 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
#4 Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden is located in Hanover Square in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan , New York City . It commemorates the Commonwealth victims of the September 11, 2001 , attack on the World Trade Center . It was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on July 6, 2
Sir Wilfrid Laurier Park ( French : Parc Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier ) is an urban park in the Le Plateau-Mont-Royal borough of Montreal , Quebec , Canada. It is bordered by Laurier Avenue East to the south, De Brébeuf Street to the east, Saint Grégoire Street to the north and De Mentana Street to the west.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C. , honoring service members of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam War . The two-acre (8,100 m 2 ) site is dominated by two black granite walls engraved with the names of those service members who died or rema
#7 Confederate Monument in Louisville
The Confederate Monument in Louisville is a 70-foot-tall monument formerly adjacent to and surrounded by the University of Louisville Belknap Campus in Louisville, Kentucky , United States. Relocation of the monument to Brandenburg, Kentucky , along the town's riverfront began November 2016, and was
#8 Goddess of Democracy (Hong Kong)
Hong Kong's Goddess of Democracy is a 6.4-metre faux bronze statue sculpted by Chen Weiming , inspired by the original 10-metre tall Goddess of Democracy . The original foam and papier-mâché statue was erected by the Chinese pro-democracy movement in Tiananmen Square at the end of May 1989, and dest
#9 Statue of George H. Perkins
The statue of George H. Perkins is a public memorial that stands on the grounds of the New Hampshire State House in Concord , New Hampshire , United States . The statue was designed by sculptor Daniel Chester French , with architect Henry Bacon designing the remainder of the public monument . It hon
#10 Monument to Concepción Arenal (Madrid)
The Monument to Concepción Arenal is an instance of public art in Madrid , Spain. Located at the Parque del Oeste , it is dedicated to Concepción Arenal , 19th-century standout jurist and precursor of feminism . [1] Monument in Madrid Concepción Arenal Coordinates 40.432862°N 3.72515°W / 40.432862
Moose in the City was a public art display in the year 2000 in Toronto , Ontario , Canada organized by the municipal government , which placed 326 life-sized moose sculptures throughout the city and decorated by local artists. One of the remaining moose
#12 Knife Angel
The Knife Angel (also referred to as the National Monument Against Violence & Aggression ) is a contemporary sculpture formed of 100,000 knives created by artist Alfie Bradley and the British Ironworks Centre , based in Oswestry , England . [1] Contemporay sculpture highlighting knife crime Knife An
A statue of John Batchelor stands in The Hayes , Cardiff , Wales in recognition of the businessman and Liberal politician, John Batchelor (1820 – 1883). The statue was erected in 1886. [1] John Batchelor in The Hayes, Cardiff The statue became Grade II listed in 1975. [1]
#14 Attacking Cavalryman Statue
The Attacking Cavalryman Statue in Iași , Romania ( Romanian : Statuia Cavaleristului în atac ; also known as the Monument to the Heroes of the 2nd Cavalry Division ( Monumentul Eroilor Diviziei 2-a Cavalerie ) or The Prunaru Charge ( Șarja de la Prunaru )) is a bronze monument executed by sculptor
#15 Statue of Saint Volodymyr, London
The statue of Saint Volodymyr in Holland Park , London , is a work of 1988 by the Canadian-Ukrainian sculptor Leo Mol . The bronze statue stands on the corner of Holland Park and Holland Park Avenue . It was unveiled on 29 May 1988, to commemorate the 1,000th anniversary of the Christianisation of K
#16 George Washington (Canova)
George Washington was a life-size marble statue of George Washington , done in the style of a Roman general , by the Italian Neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova . Commissioned by the State of North Carolina in 1815, it was completed in 1820 and installed in the rotunda of the North Carolina State H
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
The Artemision Bronze (often called the God from the Sea ) is an ancient Greek sculpture that was recovered from the sea off Cape Artemision , in northern Euboea , Greece. According to most scholars, the bronze represents Zeus , [1] [2] the thunder-god and king of gods, though it has also been sugge
The Georgia Guidestones was a granite monument that stood in Elbert County, Georgia , United States, from 1980 to 2022. It was 19 feet 3 inches (5.87 m) tall and made from six granite slabs weighing a total of 237,746 pounds (107,840 kg) . [1] The structure was sometimes referred to as an "A
Stolpersteine is the German name for small, cobble stone-sized memorials installed all over Europe by German artist Gunter Demnig . They remember the fate of the victims of Nazi Germany being murdered, deported, exiled or driven to suicide. The first Stolperstein in Genoa , the capital of the Italia