langs: 3 мая [ru] / may 3 [en] / 3. mai [de] / 3 mai [fr] / 3 maggio [it] / 3 de mayo [es]
days: april 30 / may 1 / may 2 / may 3 / may 4 / may 5 / may 6
Isobel Wylie Hutchison FRGS (30 May 1889 – 20 February 1982) was a Scottish Arctic traveller, filmmaker and botanist . [1] Hutchison published poetry, books describing her travels to Iceland , Greenland , Alaska , and the Aleutian Islands , and articles in National Geographic and other magazines. Sh
#2 Boris Kobe
Boris Kobe (9 October 1905 – 3 May 1981) was a Slovene architect, painter, and designer. Boris Kobe Kobe in 1961 Born ( 1905-10-09 ) October 9, 1905 Ljubljana , Slovenia Died May 3, 1981 (1981-05-03) (aged 75) Nationality Slovenian Education University of Ljubljana Technical Faculty, Department of
#3 Florian Cynk
Florian Stanisław Cynk (3 May 1838 – 10 October 1912) was a Polish painter, notably of religious subjects, and a prominent art teacher. He also worked as an illustrator. This article needs additional citations for verification . ( January 2016 ) Saint Kinga Christ Collapsing on the Cross
#4 Hermann Heinrich Becker (painter)
Hermann Heinrich Becker (1817 – 1885) was a German painter, art historian , author and writer. German painter, art historian, and writer Hermann Becker Born ( 1817-09-24 ) 24 September 1817 Free Imperial City of Hamburg Died 13 May 1885 (1885-05-13) (aged 67) Aachen , Kingdom of Prussia , German
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel ( Russian : Михаил Александрович Врубель ; March 17, 1856 – April 14, 1910, all n.s. ) was a Russian painter , draughtsman , and sculptor. A prolific and innovative master in various media such as painting, drawing, decorative sculpture, and theatrical art, Vrubel is
Benjamin Franklin Reinhart (1829 – May 3, 1885) was an American painter born near Waynesburg, Pennsylvania , known for his genre , historical , and portrait paintings . [1] American painter Young Commodore (on the USS Kearsarge ) 1861-1897 (approximate)
Atena Farghadani ( Persian : آتنا فرقدانی ; born 29 January 1987) is an Iranian artist and political activist, who was imprisoned for 18 months. Amnesty International considers her a prisoner of conscience . [1] She was released on 3 May 2016. [2] Iranian artist and political activist Atena Farghada
#8 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
#9 Jean-Pierre Norblin de La Gourdaine
Jean-Pierre Norblin de La Gourdaine ( Polish : Jan Piotr Norblin ; 15 July 1745 – 23 February 1830) was a Polish - French painter, draughtsman , engraver and caricaturist . Born in France, from 1774 to 1804 he resided in the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland , where he obtained citizenship . French pai
#10 Louis Rollet
Louis Rollet (6e arrondissement, Paris , 3 May 1895 - Saché , 1988) was a French painter of the school of " peintres voyageurs " of the early 20th Century. He made many journeys in Asia and Africa and was particularly influential on local artists during his stay in Madagascar , [1] more so than his
#11 Yanagi Sōetsu
Yanagi Sōetsu ( 柳 宗悦 , March 21, 1889 – May 3, 1961) , also known as Yanagi Muneyoshi , [1] was a Japanese art critic, [2] philosopher, and founder of the mingei (folk craft) movement in Japan in the late 1920s and 1930s. In this Japanese name , the surname is Yanagi . Yanagi Sōetsu Yanagi in 1950 N
James H. Cromartie is an American artist credited with the birth of Hard-Edge Realism, [1] a style by turns both redolent of and a departure from the Magic realism pioneered by Andrew Wyeth . [2] The list of celebrities and wealthy patrons reported to be among his collectors is extensive and example
#13 Clark Richert
Clark Richert (May 3, 1941 – December 24, 2021) was an American contemporary artist largely known for his colorful geometric paintings, but whose practice included animation, video, intervention, happenings, and publishing. He also developed Drop City , an artist community near Trinidad, Colorado. [
Frederick Richard Say (30 November 1804 – 30 March 1868) was a notable society portrait painter in London between c. 1830 and c. 1860, undertaking commissions for portraits of figures such as Earl Grey , Sir Robert Peel , the Duke of Wellington and the Royal family . [1] F.R. Say, by W.C. Ross This
#15 Vera Cuningham
Vera Cuningham (also known as Vera Cunningham ) (6 November 1897 – 3 May 1955) was a British artist. Cuningham modeled for and had relationships with fellow artists Bernard Meninsky and Matthew Smith . She lived and exhibited her works in London and Paris, where she fled with Smith at the beginning
William Frederick Yeames RA ( / j iː m z / ; [1] 18 December 1835 – 3 May 1918) was a British painter best known for his oil-on-canvas "And When Did You Last See Your Father?" , which depicts the son of a Royalist being questioned by Parliamentarians during the English Civil War . British painter (1
#17 Teodor and Franciszek Gajewski
Brothers Teodor and Franciszek Gajewski were sculptors and painters , who lived in Bydgoszcz , Poland in the 20th century. Sculptor, painter, Poland, 20th century Teodor and Franciszek Gajewski Franciszek (left), Teodor (right) Born ( 1897-01-30 ) January 30, 1897 (Franciszek), ( 1902-05-30 ) May 30
#18 Mariano Fortuny (designer)
Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo ( Catalan : Marià Fortuny i de Madrazo , pronounced [məɾiˈa fuɾˈtuɲ i ðə məˈðɾaθu] ; 11 May 1871 – 3 May 1949) was a Spanish fashion designer who opened his couture house in 1906 and continued until 1946. He was the son of the painter Mariano Fortuny y Marsal . Spanish fa
#19 Katharina Heise
Katharina Heise (3 May 1891, Bad Salzelmen – 5 October 1964, Halle ) was a German sculptor and illustrator. She provided several woodcuts which were featured on the cover of Die Aktion . [1] After 1917 she focussed more on sculpture. [2] German sculptor and illustrator This article may be expanded w
#20 Peter Greenaway
Peter Greenaway , CBE (born 5 April 1942) is a Welsh film director, screenwriter and artist. His films are noted for the distinct influence of Renaissance and Baroque painting, and Flemish painting in particular. Common traits in his films are the scenic composition and illumination and the contrast
The National Museum in Kraków ( Polish : Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie ), popularly abbreviated as MNK , is the largest museum in Poland , and the main branch of Poland's National Museum , which has several independent branches with permanent collections around the country. Established in 1879, the Mus
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
#3 Museum of East Asian Art, Bath
The Museum of East Asian Art or MEAA is in Bennett Street, Bath , Somerset , England. A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. ( May 2021 ) Museum of East Asian Art Location within Somerset and the United Kingdom Established 1993 Location Bath , Somers
#4 African American Museum of the Arts
The African American Museum of the Arts is an art museum , art gallery , and performance space located at 325 South Clara Avenue in DeLand, Florida . It contains a revolving display of art , and over 150 African -related artifacts. [2] History museum in DeLand, Florida African American Museum of the
The Burrell Collection is a museum in Glasgow , Scotland , managed by Glasgow Museums . It houses the art collection of Sir William Burrell and Constance, Lady Burrell . The museum reopened on 29 March 2022 with free entry, having been closed for refurbishment since 23 October 2016. [1] Art collecti
#6 Rosenbach Museum and Library
The Rosenbach is a Philadelphia museum and library located within two 19th-century townhouses. The historic houses contain the collections and treasures of Philip Rosenbach and his younger brother Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach . The brothers owned the Rosenbach Company, which became the preeminent dealer o
#7 Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art
The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art (NEHMA) is an accredited academic art museum focused on modern and contemporary art at Utah State University in Logan , Utah . NEHMA was founded in 1982 with the ceramic collection of philanthropist and namesake Nora Eccles Harrison. The museum has since expand
Greene Naftali is a contemporary art gallery located in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City . [1] Carol Greene
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 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
Curtin University , formerly known as Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT), is an Australian public research university based in Bentley , Perth , Western Australia. It is named after John Curtin , Prime Minister of Australia from 1941 to 1945, and is
The Saint Louis Art Museum (SLAM) is one of the principal U.S. art museums , with paintings , sculptures , cultural objects, and ancient masterpieces from all corners of the world. Its three-story building stands in Forest Park in St. Louis , Missouri , where it is visited by up to a half million pe
The Royal Castle in Warsaw ( Polish : Zamek Królewski w Warszawie ) is a royal residence that formerly served throughout the centuries as the official home of Polish monarchs . It is situated in Castle Square , at the entrance to the Warsaw Old Town . The personal offices of the king and the adminis
The Birmingham Museum of Art is a museum in Birmingham, Alabama . It has one of the most extensive collections of artwork [1] in the Southeastern United States , with more than 24,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and decorative arts representing numerous Cycultures, including Asian , Eur
#15 Koffler Centre of the Arts
The Koffler Centre of the Arts is a broad-based cultural institution established in 1977 by Murray and Marvelle Koffler and based at Artscape Youngplace in the West Queen West area of downtown Toronto , Ontario . [1] Koffler Centre of the Arts Location of the Koffler in Toronto Established 1977 Loca
#16 Galeries Dalmau
Galeries Dalmau was an art gallery in Barcelona , Spain , from 1906 to 1930 (also known as Sala Dalmau, Les Galeries Dalmau, Galería Dalmau, and Galeries J. Dalmau). The gallery was founded and managed by the Symbolist painter and restorer Josep Dalmau i Rafel [ ca ] . The aim was to promote, impo
#17 Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers
The Musée des beaux-arts d'Angers is a museum of art located in a mansion, the "logis Barrault", place Saint-Éloi near the historic city of Angers . This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . ( N
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
#19 Tate St Ives
Tate St Ives is an art gallery in St Ives , Cornwall , England, exhibiting work by modern British artists with links to the St Ives area. The Tate also took over management of another museum in the town, the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden , in 1980. Modern art gallery in St Ives, Cornw
#20 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
#1 Conversion on the Way to Damascus
The Conversion on the Way to Damascus ( Conversione di San Paolo ) is a work by Caravaggio , painted in 1601 for the Cerasi Chapel of the church of Santa Maria del Popolo , in Rome . Across the chapel is a second Caravaggio depicting the Crucifixion of Saint Peter . On the altar between the two is t
Partially Buried Woodshed is a work of land art created by American artist Robert Smithson in January 1970 at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio . [1] The work consisted of an existing woodshed and earth added by the artist in order to illustrate the concept of entropy . By 2018, only a large mound
#3 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
#4 Statue of Alexander Robey Shepherd
Alexander Robey Shepherd is a bronze statue, by Ulric Stonewall Jackson Dunbar . It is located at the John A. Wilson Building , Northwest, Washington, D.C. on the north front. Statue by Ulric Stonewall Jackson Dunbar in Washington, D.C., U.S. Alexander Robey Shepherd "Boss" Shepherd Statue in 2020 A
Dora Maar au Chat (English: Dora Maar with Cat ) is an oil on canvas painting by Pablo Picasso . It was painted in 1941 and depicts Dora Maar , (original name Henriette Theodora Markovitch) the artist's lover, seated on a chair with a small cat perched on her shoulders. The painting is listed as one
#6 List of works by Vincent van Gogh
List of works by Vincent van Gogh is an incomplete list of paintings and other works by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890). Little appreciated during his lifetime, his fame grew in the years after his death. According to the legend, Van Gogh sold only one painting, The Red Vineyard , boug
#7 Salon Pedal
Salon Pedal is a color lithograph on paper designed in 1897 by the Catalan artist Alexandre de Riquer . The print's design evokes the decorative style seen in Modernisme art. The artwork is in the collection of Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya , in Barcelona . [1] This article is an orphan , as no
#8 Ecce homo
Ecce homo ( / ˈ ɛ k s i ˈ h oʊ m oʊ / , Ecclesiastical Latin : [ˈettʃe ˈomo] , Classical Latin : [ˈɛkkɛ ˈhɔmoː] ; "behold the man") are the Latin words used by Pontius Pilate in the Vulgate translation of the Gospel of John , when he presents a scourged Jesus , bound and crowned with thorns , to
#9 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
Frost in Louveciennes is an 1873 painting by Alfred Sisley , which has been in the Pushkin Museum since 1948. It shows the church of St Martin in the French town of Louveciennes . [1] A chalk sketch for it is now in the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts (inventory number 1435-2788). 1873 painting by Alfr
#11 Assumption of the Virgin (Cerasi Chapel)
The Assumption of the Virgin ( Italian : L'Assunzione della Vergine ) by Annibale Carracci is the altarpiece of the famous Cerasi Chapel in the church of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome . The large panel painting was created in 1600–1601. [1] The artwork is somewhat overshadowed by the two more famou
Bishop John Carroll is a statue by the sculptor Jerome Connor commemorating Archbishop John Carroll , the founder of Georgetown University and the first Catholic bishop in the United States. Located in front of Healy Hall , on university's campus in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. ,
The West Wind is a 1917 painting by Canadian artist Tom Thomson . An iconic image, the pine at its centre has been described as growing "in the national ethos as our one and only tree in a country of trees". [1] It was painted in the last year of Thomson's life and was one of his final works on canv
#14 Constitution of 3 May 1791 (painting)
The Constitution of 3 May 1791 [a] ( Polish : Konstytucja 3 Maja 1791 roku ) is an 1891 Romantic oil painting on canvas by the Polish artist Jan Matejko . It is a large piece, and one of Matejko's best known. It memorializes the Polish Constitution of 3 May 1791 , a milestone in the history of the P
#15 Woman Ironing
Woman Ironing [1] (1904) is an oil painting by Pablo Picasso completed during the artist's Blue Period (1901—1904). This evocative image, painted in neutral tones of blue and gray, depicts an emaciated woman with hollowed eyes, sunken cheeks, and bent form, as she presses down on an iron with all he
#16 Harry Peckham
Harry Peckham (1740 [2] – 10 January 1787) was a King's Counsel , [3] judge and sportsman who toured Europe and wrote a series of letters which are still being published over 200 years later. Peckham was a member of the committee that drew up early laws of cricket [4] including the first inclusion o
#17 Robert Dundas of Arniston, the younger
Robert Dundas of Arniston , the younger, FRSE (18 July 1713 – 13 December 1787) was a Scottish judge. He served as Solicitor General for Scotland from 1742 to 1746, as Lord Advocate from 1754 to 1760, and as Member of Parliament for Midlothian from 1754 to 1761. He was Lord President of the Court of
#18 The Breakdown
The Breakdown was a 1926 painting by Scottish artist John Bulloch Souter (1890–1972) which stirred controversy in the United Kingdom during the Jazz Age . [3] [1] The work depicted a black jazz [4] musician playing the saxophone while a naked white woman dances, as if in a trance. [5] [6] 1926 paint
The Meadow is an 1875 painting by Alfred Sisley , now in section 88 (French Impressionist landscapes) in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. It shows a scene near Louveciennes [1] - Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted the same view of Louveciennes that year as Path Through Tall Herbs . [2] It is
#20 Equestrian statue of Edward Horner
The equestrian statue of Edward Horner stands inside St Andrew's Church in the village of Mells in Somerset , south-western England. It was designed by the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens , as a memorial to Edward Horner, who died of wounds in the First World War . The sculpture was executed by Sir Alfr
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
Gisela Marie Augusta Richter (14 or 15 August 1882 – 24 December 1972) was a classical archaeologist and art historian. [1] She was a prominent figure and an authority in her field. British-American art historian and archaeologist
#3 Élie Faure
Jacques Élie Faure (April 4, 1873 in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande , France – October 29, 1937 in Paris) was a French doctor, art historian and essayist . This article is a rough translation from French . It may have been generated by a computer or by a translator without dual proficiency. French art histori
#4 Raina Fehl
Raina Fehl (August 23, 1920 – May 3, 2009) was an Austrian -born American classicist, writer and editor. She immigrated to the United States, 1939. United States citizen since 1944. U.S. Army Service 1945–1946, Psychiatric Social Worker, U.S. War Department, Research Analyst, Nuremberg War Crimes Tr
#5 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
#6 Rose Valland
Rose Antonia Maria Valland (1 November 1898 – 18 September 1980) was a French art historian , member of the French Resistance , captain in the French military , and one of the most decorated women in French history. She secretly recorded details of the Nazi plundering of National French and private
Léonce Rosenberg (12 September 1879 in Paris – 31 July 1947 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was an art collector, writer, publisher, and one of the most influential French art dealers of the 20th century. His greatest impact was as a supporter and promoter of the cubists, especially during World War I and in
Helen Gee (1919–2004) was an American photography gallery owner, co-owner of the Limelight in New York City, New York from 1954 to 1961. [1] [2] It was New York City's first important post-war photography gallery, pioneering sales of photographs as art. Helen Gee Born ( 1919-04-29 ) April 29, 1919 J
Robin Warwick Gibson OBE (3 May 1944 – 9 August 2010) was a British gallery curator and art historian best known for his work at the National Portrait Gallery in London between 1968 and 2001, including eight years as Chief Curator. He was responsible for many innovations in the management of the gal
Gérard de Lacaze-Duthiers (26 January 1876 – 3 May 1958) was a French writer, art critic, pacifist and anarchist . French anarchist writer (1876–1958) Gérard de Lacaze-Duthiers Lacaze-Duthiers, an art critic for the Symbolist review journal La Plume , was influenced by Oscar Wilde , Nietzsche and Ma
#11 Ezra Pound
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an expatriate American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a fascist collaborator in Italy during World War II . His works include Ripostes (1912), Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920), and his 800-pag
Livingston Ludlow Biddle Jr. (1918 – 2002) was an American author and promoter of funding of the arts, from a wealthy Pennsylvania family. American art historian
#13 René Huyghe
René Huyghe (3 May 1906 – 5 February 1997) was a French writer on the history , psychology and philosophy of art. He was also a curator at the Louvre 's department of paintings (from 1930), a professor at the Collège de France and from 1960 a member of the Académie Française . He was the father of t
#14 Harold P. Stern
Harold "Phil" Philip Stern (May 3, 1922 – April 3, 1977) was an American art historian and curator . A scholar of Japanese art , Stern was the Director of the Freer Gallery of Art of the Smithsonian Institution from 1971 to 1977. [1] American art historian Harold P. Stern Born Harold Philip Stern (
#15 Meda Mládková
Marie Magdalena Františka " Meda " Mládková ( née Sokolová , 8 September 1919 – 3 May 2022) was a Czech art collector. Her husband, Jan Viktor Mládek [ cs ] (1911–1989), was an economist and a governor of the IMF . Having spent several years in exile, she returned to Czechoslovakia after the Velve
#16 Mary Miller (art historian)
Mary Ellen Miller (born December 30, 1952) [1] is an American art historian and academician specializing in Mesoamerica and the Maya . American art historian and Dean of Yale College Example reproduction of a section of the Bonampak Murals as commissioned by Professor Mary Miller and completed by ar
Johan August Strindberg ( / ˈ s t r ɪ n ( d ) b ɜːr ɡ / , [1] Swedish: [ˈǒːɡɵst ˈstrɪ̂nːdbærj] ( listen ) ; 22 January 1849 – 14 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright , novelist , poet , essayist and painter . [2] [3] [4] A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindb
Ernst Hartwig Kantorowicz (May 3, 1895 – September 9, 1963) was a German historian of medieval political and intellectual history and art, known for his 1927 book Kaiser Friedrich der Zweite on Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II , and The King's Two Bodies (1957) on medieval and early modern ideologies
Count Francesco Algarotti (11 December 1712 – 3 May 1764) was an Italian polymath , philosopher, poet, essayist, anglophile , art critic and art collector. He was a man of broad knowledge, an expert in Newtonianism , architecture and opera. He was a friend of Frederick the Great and leading authors
#20 August Lederer
August Lederer (3 May 1857 in Böhmisch Leipa (Austria-Hungary) – 30 April 1936 in Vienna), was an Austrian industrialist and art collector whose art collection was looted by Nazis. He helped promote the artists of the Vienna Secession, notably Gustav Klimt. Austrian entrepreneur, collector and patro
The Minnesota Monument is an American Civil War memorial in the Little Rock National Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkansas . Also known as "Taps", it depicts a Union Army soldier, his bare head slightly bowed. His hands resting on the butt of his rifle, which is inverted, with the barrel resting on the
#2 Józef Poniatowski Monument, Warsaw
The Prince Józef Poniatowski Monument in Warsaw ( Polish : Pomnik księcia Józefa Poniatowskiego w Warszawie ) is a monument currently located at 46/48 Krakowskie Przedmieście in the courtyard of the Presidential Palace . Created by Rome -based Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen in 1829, it depicts J
#3 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
#4 The Arts of War and The Arts of Peace
The Arts of War and The Arts of Peace are bronze , fire-gilded statue groups on Lincoln Memorial Circle in West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C. , in the United States. Commissioned in 1929 to complement the plaza constructed on the east side of the Lincoln Memorial as part of the Arlington Memorial
#5 Little Rock Confederate Memorial
The Little Rock Confederate Memorial is a stone memorial marker in Little Rock National Cemetery , Little Rock, Arkansas . Set in an overflow area of the cemetery on 21st and Barber Streets, it is a granite obelisk, mounted in a concrete base, measuring 18 feet (5.5 m) in height and a square base
The Polish Cavalry Monument , also known as the Millennium Polish Cavalry Monument , is a statue located at the Polish Cavalry Roundabout (Rondo Jazdy Polskiej) in Warsaw . Polish Cavalry Monument Pomnik Jazdy Polskiej Coordinates 52°12′59.46″N 21°00′52.10″E Location Rondo Jazdy Polskiej Designer Mi
#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
Follow Me is a United States Army memorial located at Fort Benning , Georgia . It was created in 1959 by two soldiers, Private First Class Manfred Bass, sculptor and designer, and Private First Class Karl H. Van Krog, his assistant. [1] The model for the statue was Eugene Wyles, an officer candidate
#9 Grand Army of the Republic Memorial (Judsonia, Arkansas)
The Grand Army of the Republic Monument of Judsonia, Arkansas is located in the city's Evergreen Cemetery, on Judson Avenue north of its downtown. The monument consists of a rusticated fieldstone base, on which a cubical stone with inscriptions has been set. This is topped by an obelisk-like taperin
The Kinderhook plates are a set of six small, bell-shaped pieces of brass with unusual engravings, created as a hoax in 1843, surreptitiously buried and then dug up at an Indian mound near Kinderhook, Illinois . Fake American Morman artifacts Front and back of four of the six Kinderhook plates are s
#11 Grand Army of the Republic Memorial (Siloam Springs, Arkansas)
The Grand Army of the Republic Memorial is a monument in Twin Springs Park of Siloam Springs, Arkansas . Located in the southern part of the park, it consists of a concrete foundation, on which rest two tiers of granite slabs, laid horizontally. These are topped by a vertical granite column that has
#12 Anubis Shrine
The Anubis Shrine was part of the burial equipment of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Tutankhamun , whose tomb in the Valley of the Kings was discovered almost intact in 1922 by Egyptologists led by Howard Carter . Today the object, with the find number 261, is on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo ,
#13 Güzel İstanbul
Güzel İstanbul (Beautiful Istanbul) is a nude , poured concrete sculpture by Gürdal Duyar , that was removed soon after its inauguration in Karaköy Square square, ending up in Yıldız Park . Sculpture by Gürdal Duyar Güzel İstanbul Güzel İstanbul in 2020 where it stands now in the Yıldız Park , Istan
#14 Collyer Monument
Collyer Monument is an historic monument to firefighters in Mineral Spring Park, at the corner of Mineral Spring Avenue and Main Street, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island , United States. The monument was built in 1890 by the sculptor Charles Parker Dowler to honor Samuel Smith Collyer, a fallen Pawtucket
#15 List of public art in Philadelphia
This is a list of public artworks in Philadelphia . The Association for Public Art estimates the city has thousands of public artworks; [1] the Smithsonian lists more than 700. [2] Since 1959 nearly 400 works of public art have been created as part of the city's Percent for Art program, the first su
Stratiformis is a public artwork by Korean -born artist Jin Soo Kim located in Catalano Square, which is south of downtown in the Historic Third Ward of Milwaukee , Wisconsin , United States . The large sculpture combines disassembled knitting machines culled from a local apparel manufacturer in a g
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
The Louis Riel sculpture is a monument to Louis Riel located on the grounds of the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg . Commissioned by the Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) and sculpted by Miguel Joyal , the statue is located on the building's south grounds and faces the Assiniboine River . [1
#19 Corpo d'aria
Corpo d'aria ("Body of Air"; plural Corpi d'aria ) is an artist's multiple by the Italian artist Piero Manzoni . Manufactured between October 1959 and March 1960, the pieces are a box, a tripod base, a deflated balloon and a mouthpiece. 45 copies were made and sold at 30,000 lire each. Originally, a
#20 Statue of Michael Jackson (Fulham F.C.)
A plaster and resin sculpture of Michael Jackson stood outside Craven Cottage in Fulham , London , the ground of Fulham Football Club , from 2011 until 2013. Commissioned by the club's chairman Mohamed Al-Fayed , it was removed by his successor Shahid Khan . From 2014 to 2019 the statue was on displ