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#1 Pio Fedi
Pio Fedi (1815 – 1892) was an Italian sculptor who worked chiefly in the Romantic style. [1] Italian sculptor Pio Fedi Born Pio Fedi ( 1816-05-31 ) 31 May 1816 Viterbo Died 1 June 1892 (1892-06-01) (aged 76) Florence Nationality Italian Known for Sculptor, etching
Agostino Scilla (10 August 1629 – 31 May 1700) was an Italian Baroque painter, paleontologist, geologist, numismatist, and a pioneer in the study of fossils and in scientific illustration. In addition to his paintings, he published an early text on paleontology : La vana speculazione disingannata da
J. Jay McVicker (born Jesse Jay McVicker ; October 18, 1911 – August 31, 2004) was an American artist. He is known for his printmaking, particularly his early aquatints and his experimental use of intaglio techniques. McVicker was also active as a painter and sculptor throughout his career. A studen
William Timym , MBE (1902–1990) was an artist whose best known work is probably the Bleep and Booster cartoons for the BBC 's Blue Peter . William Timym Born ( 1902-10-05 ) October 5, 1902 Vienna , Austria Died May 31, 1990 (1990-05-31) (aged 87) Nationality British (naturalized) Education Academy
Richard Kuöhl (May 31, 1880 – May 19, 1961) was a German sculptor, specializing in providing architectural sculpture for the architects of the Brick Expressionism style in northern Germany in the 1920s. German sculptor Works by Richard Kuöhl After training in art pottery in his home town of Meissen
#6 Berhardina Midderigh-Bokhorst
Johanna Berhardina Midderigh-Bokhorst (1880–1972) was a Dutch illustrator. Dutch artist Berhardina Midderigh-Bokhorst Born Johanna Berhardina Bokhorst ( 1880-05-31 ) 31 May 1880 Surabaya, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) Died 20 June 1972 (1972-06-20) (aged 92) Wassenaar, the Netherlands National
Charles Robert Searles (July 11, 1937 – November 27, 2004) was an African American artist born in Philadelphia in 1937. [1] He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and was active from the 1960s until he died in 2004 [2] from complications from a stroke. [3] American artist Charles Searle
Anson Dickinson (19 April 1779 – 9 March 1852) was an American painter of miniature portraits who achieved fame during his lifetime, producing a very large number of works, but who is now largely forgotten. American painter Anson Dickinson Anson Dickinson by Edward Malbone , July 1804 Born ( 1779-04
Henriëtte Ronner-Knip (31 May 1821 – 2 March 1909) was a Dutch-Belgian artist in the Romantic style who is best known for her animal paintings; especially cats. Dutch-Belgian painter (1821-1909) Henriëtte Ronner-Knip Henriëtte Ronner-Knip (c.1895) Born ( 1821-05-31 ) 31 May 1821 Amsterdam , Netherla
#10 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
Joaquín Torres García (28 July 1874 – 8 August 1949) was a Uruguayan - Spanish artist [1] who was born in Montevideo , Uruguay . Torres-García emigrated to Catalunya , Spain as an adolescent, where he began his career as an artist in 1891. For the next three decades, Torres-García embraced the Cat
#12 Riko Korie
Riko Korie ( 梱枝 りこ , Korie Riko , born February 2 [1] in Tokyo, Japan [2] ) is a female Japanese illustrator and manga artist . She was one of the members of Kero Q and Makura . [3] Japanese illustrator and manga artist Riko Korie Born February 2 [1] Tokyo, Japan [2] Nationality Japanese Known for
#13 Latai Taumoepeau
Latai Taumoepeau (born 1972) is an Australian contemporary artist. She is best known for her performance art, which explores the politics of race, colour and power in Australia. [1] She has shown her works in leading Sydney galleries and venues including the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia , Ca
#14 Mamata Banerjee
Mamata Banerjee ( Bengali : Mamata Bandyopadhyay, Bengali pronunciation: [mɔmot̪a bɔnd̪ːopad̪d̪ʱae̯] ; born 5 January 1955) is an Indian politician who is serving as the eighth and current chief minister of the Indian state of West Bengal since 20 May 2011, the first woman to hold the office. Havi
#15 Alexi Worth
Alexi Worth (born 1964, New York, NY) is a painter, curator, art critic, and writer who is known for his conceptually rich and visually graphic works that address modern life and artmaking. He is currently represented by DC Moore Gallery, New York. [1] American painter Alexi Worth Born Alexi Worth (
#16 Clare Sheridan
Clare Consuelo Sheridan (née Frewen ; 9 September 1885 – 31 May 1970), was an English sculptor, journalist and writer known primarily for creating busts for famous sitters and writing diaries recounting her worldly travels. [2] She was a cousin of Sir Winston Churchill , with whom she had enjoyed an
Raymond Auguste Quinsac Monvoisin (May 31, 1790 – March 26, 1870) was a French artist and painter. French painter (1790–1870) Self-portrait (date unknown) Portrait of Andrés Bello
#18 Gaston Balande
Gaston Balande (born 1880 in Madrid , died 1971 in Paris ), was a French painter and illustrator . French painter and illustrator Gaston Balande Gaston Balande, Self-portrait . Private collection. Born ( 1880-05-31 ) 31 May 1880 Madrid , Spain Died 8 April 1971 (1971-04-08) (aged 90) Paris , Franc
#19 Ivan Aivazovsky
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky ( Russian: Иван Константинович Айвазовский ; 29 July 1817 – 2 May 1900) was a Russian Romantic painter who is considered one of the greatest masters of marine art . Baptized as Hovhannes Aivazian , [lower-alpha 1] he was born into an Armenian family in the Black Sea
#20 Vladimir Tatlin
Vladimir Yevgrafovich Tatlin ( 28 December [ O.S. 16 December ] 1885 – 31 May 1953) [1] was a Russian and Soviet painter, architect and stage-designer. Tatlin achieved fame as the architect who designed The Monument to the Third International , more commonly known as Tatlin's Tower, which he beg
The Rezan Has Museum is a private museum in Istanbul , Turkey dedicated to culture and arts. It is a museum space that connects the past to the future with the 17th century Ottoman building remains and the 11th century Byzantine water cistern, enriching its collection by incorporating documents and
Christine Abrahams Gallery, first named Axiom, was a Melbourne gallery showing contemporary Australian art between 1980 and 2008. Australian Art Gallery
The Forbidden City ( Chinese : 紫禁城 ; pinyin : Zǐjìnchéng ) is a palace complex in Dongcheng District, Beijing , China, at the center of the Imperial City of Beijing . It is surrounded by numerous opulent imperial gardens and temples including the 22-hectare (54-acre) Zhongshan Park , the sacrificial
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
#5 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago is a contemporary art museum near Water Tower Place in downtown Chicago in Cook County , Illinois , United States . The museum, which was established in 1967, is one of the world's largest contemporary art venues. The museum's collection is composed of th
#6 Orange County Museum of Art
The Orange County Museum of Art ( OCMA ) is a modern and contemporary art museum presently operating in a temporary space at South Coast Plaza Village in Santa Ana , California . The museum's collection comprises more than 4,500 objects, with a concentration on the art of California and the Pacific
The Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) is a contemporary art museum in Cincinnati, Ohio and one of the first contemporary art institutions in the United States. The CAC is a non-collecting museum that focuses on new developments in painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, performance art and new
#8 Centre Dürrenmatt Neuchâtel
The Centre Dürrenmatt Neuchâtel ( CDN ) exhibits Friedrich Dürrenmatt 's paintings and drawings . It is a part of Swiss National Library , just like Swiss Literary Archives , which has a close cooperation with CDN. [1] This article needs additional citations for verification . ( February 2019 ) Cent
#9 Smack Mellon
Smack Mellon is a non-profit arts organization located at 92 Plymouth Street, in Dumbo, Brooklyn . Smack Mellon supports emerging, under-recognized mid-career, and women artists through a highly regarded exhibition program, competitive studio residency, and technical support to realize new and ambit
#10 Old Salem
Old Salem is a historic district of Winston-Salem, North Carolina that was originally settled by the Moravian community in 1766. [3] This small city features a living history museum (operated by the non-profit Old Salem Museums & Gardens, organized as Old Salem Inc.) that interprets the restored Mor
The Albright–Knox Art Gallery is an art museum at 1285 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, New York , in Delaware Park . As of September 2021 [update] the Albright-Knox's Elmwood Avenue campus is temporarily closed for construction. It is hosting exhibitions and events at Albright-Knox Northland, a project s
The Village of the Arts is located in Bradenton , Florida. The Village covers 36 acres (150,000 m 2 ) and contains over 200 homes, art galleries, restaurants, workshops and studios. Area residents live alongside the artists. Many galleries/studios in this area are also homes, making this restored
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
#14 Frelinghuysen Morris House and Studio
The Frelinghuysen Morris House and Studio is a historic house museum and former art studio in Lenox and Stockbridge , Massachusetts . The house and studio were home to American Abstract Artists George L.K. Morris and Suzy Frelinghuysen . The studio was built in Bauhaus style in 1930 by Morris and hi
#15 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
#16 Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery is a large museum and art gallery in Bristol, England. The museum is situated in Clifton , about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) from the city centre. As part of Bristol Culture it is run by the Bristol City Council with no entrance fee. It holds designated museum status, granted b
#17 Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈsteːdələk myˈzeːjʏm ˌɑmstərˈdɑm] ; Municipal Museum Amsterdam), colloquially known as the Stedelijk , is a museum for modern art , contemporary art , and design located in Amsterdam , Netherlands. [8] [9] Art museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands "S
#18 University Museum and Art Gallery, Hong Kong
The University Museum and Art Gallery ( UMAG ) is located at 90 Bonham Road , next to the University of Hong Kong 's East Gate entrance. Its exhibition galleries occupy the Fung Ping Shan Building [3] [4] as well as the first floor of the TT Tsui Building, where also the Museum Store is housed on th
Pier 24 Photography is a non-profit art museum located on the Port of San Francisco directly under the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge . The organization houses the permanent collection of the Pilara Foundation, which collects, preserves and exhibits photography. [1] [2] It produces exhibitions, pu
#20 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
#1 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
#2 Statue of Margaret Thatcher (Grantham)
A statue of Margaret Thatcher stands in her birthplace, the town of Grantham in Lincolnshire, England. The statue is 10 feet 6 inches (3.2 m) high, [1] cast in bronze , and depicts the late British prime minister Baroness Thatcher , dressed in the full ceremonial robes of the House of Lords .
#3 Portrait of Sigismund of Luxemburg
The Portrait of Sigismund of Luxembourg ( Italian : Ritratto di Sigismondo di Lussemburgo ) is a tempera on panel painting attributed to the Italian Late- Gothic master Pisanello and probably executed between 1432 and 1433. It is on display at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna , Austria . Portr
Spirit of Indiana is a public artwork by American artist Eugene Francis Savage , located in the Indiana State House , which is in Indianapolis , Indiana , United States. The mural is 21 feet high by 41.5 feet wide, oil on linen canvas. [1] It was commissioned in 1961 and installation was finished in
The Fishermen ( Spanish : "Los Pescadores" ) is a sculpture by Jim and Christina Demetro, installed in Puerto Vallarta . 2018 sculpture by Jim and Christina Demetro Not to be confused with The Fisherman (Puerto Vallarta) . The Fishermen Spanish: Los Pescadores The sculpture in 2021 Artist Jim Demetr
#6 The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton
The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton is an oil painting of 1900 by Thomas Eakins . The oil painting is a depiction of the artist's brother-in-law, Louis N. Kenton (1865 – 1947), and it has been called "one of Eakins's most memorable portraits". [1] The painting is one of a series of life size st
#7 United Daughters of the Confederacy Monument (Cleveland, Tennessee)
The United Daughters of the Confederacy Monument is a Confederate monument in Cleveland, Tennessee owned by the United Daughters of the Confederacy . It was sculpted in 1910 and installed in 1911. Monument in Cleveland, Tennessee, United States United Daughters of the Confederacy Monument Year 1910
#8 John F. Kennedy Memorial (Brooklyn)
The John F. Kennedy Memorial by Neil Estern is installed in Brooklyn 's Grand Army Plaza , in the U.S. state of New York . It features a bronze bust of John F. Kennedy on a Regal Grey granite pedestal. The current monument was dedicated on August 24, 2010, which replaced one previously dedicated on
#9 Abraham Lincoln: The Head of State
Abraham Lincoln: The Head of State (also called Seated Lincoln or Sitting Lincoln ) is a 9-foot (2.7 m) tall [1] bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln in Grant Park , in Chicago . Created by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and completed by his workshop in 1908, it was intended by the artist to evoke the lonelin
#10 List of works by Albert Gleizes
This is a list of works by the French artist, theoretician, philosopher Albert Gleizes ; one of the founders of Cubism and an influence on the School of Paris. [1] [2] [3] [4] Albert Gleizes, circa 1912 The artistic career of Gleizes spanned more than fifty years, from roughly 1901 to the year of hi
#11 Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)
Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) is a large acrylic -on-canvas pop art painting by British artist David Hockney , completed in May 1972. It measures 7 ft × 10 ft (2.1 m × 3.0 m) , [1] and depicts two figures: one swimming underwater and one clothed male figure looking down a
#12 The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon
The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon is a painting by Edward Burne-Jones , started in 1881. The massive painting measures 279 cm × 650 cm, and is widely considered to be Burne-Jones's magnum opus . [1] [2] Burne-Jones's magnum opus The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon Artist Edward Burne-Jones Year
Neuf lignes obliques ( English : Nine Oblique Lines) is a steel monument on the Promenade des Anglais , by French artist Bernar Venet . It was commissioned to mark the 150th anniversary of the 1860 annexation of the County of Nice by France . [1] Neuf Lignes Obliques Artist Bernar Venet Year 2010 Me
#14 Ferry to the Ile-de-la-Loge – Flood
Ferry to the Ile-de-la-Loge – Flood is a painting by Alfred Sisley . He produced it during a flood on the Seine , which had begun in late October and reached its peak on 17 December. [1] The painting was finished in December 1872. [ citation needed ] It was bought for 200 francs by Durand-Ruel on 21
#15 List of most expensive paintings
This is a list of the highest known prices paid for paintings . The current record price is approximately US$ 450.3 million (which includes commission), paid for Leonardo da Vinci 's Salvator Mundi in November 2017. [1] [2] Salvator Mundi by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci ( c. 1500) is the most ex
#16 Equestrian statue of Frederick the Great
The Equestrian statue of Frederick the Great on Unter den Linden avenue in Berlin 's Mitte district commemorates King Frederick II. of Prussia. Created from 1839 to 1851 by Christian Daniel Rauch , it is a masterpiece of the Berlin school of sculpture, marking the transition from neoclassicism to re
What is Called Vagrancy ( French : Ce que l'on appelle le vagabondage ) is an early oil on canvas painting by Belgian painter Alfred Stevens . This painting is representative of the early part of Stevens' career, when he was keen on representing the squalor of the time through realist painting. Pain
Our Lady of Guadalupe ( Spanish : Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe ), also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe ( Spanish : Virgen de Guadalupe ), is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of Jesus associated with a series of five Marian apparitions , which are believed to have occurred in December 1531, and a ven
#19 Marie Antoinette with a Rose
Marie Antoinette with a Rose , also known as Marie-Antoinette with the Rose ( French : Marie-Antoinette dit « à la Rose » ) is an oil painting by the French artist Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun . It was painted in 1783, and is in the collection of the Palace of Versailles . Painting by Élisabeth Vigée Le
#20 Corporal J. D. M. Pearson, GC, WAAF
Corporal J. D. M. Pearson, GC, WAAF is an oil on canvas painting by English artist Laura Knight , created in 1940. The painting was made in tribute to Corporal Daphne Pearson , who had been involved in the rescuing of a pilot of a crashed airplane the same year. It is held at the Imperial War Museum
#1 Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar
Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar (31 May 1933 [1] – 13 July 2019) was an Indian writer, [2] [3] [4] art critic, historian, museologist [5] and a director of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, erstwhile Prince of Wales Museum , Mumbai. He is credited with the restoration of Lakshmibai P
Carl Jacob Reinhold Gardberg (16 November 1926 – 31 May 2010) was a Finnish art historian and archaeologist. Finnish art historian and archaeologist Carl Jacob Gardberg in the mid-1960s He was born in Helsinki . Having worked with restoration of Turku Castle since 1949, he became an associate profes
Charlotte Klonk is a German art historian . [1] Klonk is most notable for her work on English landscape art in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, as well as for her work on museum interiors, particularly the white cube. She is currently a professor of art history at the Humboldt Unive
#4 Asta Vrečko
Asta Vrečko (born 13 August 1984 in Celje ) is a Slovenian art historian and politician . She serves as the minister of culture of the Republic of Slovenia since 2022. [1] Slovenian politician Asta Vrečko Minister of Culture Incumbent Assumed office 1 June 2022 Preceded by Vasko Simoniti Personal de
James Alastair Stourton , (born 3 July 1956 in York , England) is a British art historian and a former chairman of Sotheby's UK . [1] This article uses bare URLs , which are uninformative for readers and may be threatened by link rot . ( August 2022 ) This article is an orphan , as no other articles
Eleanor Sherman Font (May 31, 1896-Sept. 8, 1982) [1] was hired as prints curator at the Hispanic Society of America before expanding into iconography. [2] [3] She was one of six women chosen by Archer Milton Huntington to deepen their knowledge in art curation for the Society after graduating from
Ralph Keuning (born 20 December 1961) is a Dutch art historian. He has been director of Museum de Fundatie in Zwolle since 2007. Dutch art historian This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and when to remove these template messa
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
#9 Guy McElroy
Guy Clinton McElroy (1946 – May 31, 1990) was an African American art historian and curator . Most notably, McElroy curated the major exhibition titled Facing History: The Black Image in American Art, 1710-1940 . He died during the run of the show in 1990. American art historian Guy McElroy Born Guy
Anton Heinrich Springer (13 July 1825 – 31 May 1891) was a German art historian and writer. German art historian and writer Anton Heinrich Springer.
#11 Roy Strong
Sir Roy Colin Strong , CH , FRSL (born 23 August 1935) is an English art historian , museum curator , writer, broadcaster and landscape designer . He has served as director of both the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Strong was knighted in 1982. British art hi
#12 Nels Jacobson
Jagmo , born Nels Jacobson , is a US artist and poster art historian born in Chicago in 1949. He moved to Austin, Texas in 1978 and began creating rock posters in 1981. For three years during the early 1980s Jacobson served as bar manager and promotional director for Austin’s Club Foot . He has desi
#13 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
#14 Claire Renkin
Claire Renkin is an Australian art historian and academic who has had a distinguished career as a scholar specialising in the areas of art history and spirituality. Australian art historian and academic Claire Renkin Nationality Australian Alma mater Rutgers University Occupation art historian aca
#15 Annie Nicolette Zadoks Josephus Jitta
Annie Nicolette Zadoks Josephus Jitta (December 1904 – 31 May 2000) was a Dutch numismatist and archaeologist . Dutch numismatist Annie Nicolette Zadoks Josephus Jitta portrait in oils by Hendrik Maarten Krabbé Born Annie Nicolette Josephus Jitta 1904 ( 1904 ) Amsterdam , Netherlands Died ( 2000-0
#16 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
#17 Helga Pakasaar
Helga Pakasaar is a contemporary art curator and writer based in Vancouver , Canada. She has worked as curator at Polygon Gallery (formerly Presentation House Gallery) since 2003 and is now the Audain Chief Curator of Polygon. [1] [2] She has also curated exhibitions for Griffin Art Projects in Nort
Matthew Pilkington (1701–1774), Church of Ireland priest, writer, and art historian, was the author of a standard text on painters that became known as Pilkington's Dictionary . His first wife was the poet and memoirist Laetitia Pilkington and their second son was the singer and writer John Carteret
#19 Friedrich Sarre
Friedrich Paul Theodor Sarre (22 June 1865, in Berlin – 31 May 1945, in Neubabelsberg ) was a German Orientalist , archaeologist and art historian who amassed a collection of Islamic art . In 1895-96, inspired by Carl Humann , he conducted archaeological research in Phyrgia , Lycaonia , and Pisidia
#20 J. P. Morgan
John Pierpont Morgan Sr. (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913) [1] was an American financier and investment banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age . As the head of the banking firm that ultimately became known as J.P. Morgan and Co. , he was the driving force beh
#1 Anglo-Boer War Memorial (Johannesburg)
The Anglo-Boer War Memorial was originally called the Rand Regiments Memorial and dedicated to the men of the Witwatersrand who joined as British soldiers in the Rand Regiments and who had lost their lives during the Second Boer War (1899–1902). The memorial is now next door to the South African Nat
John Harvard is a sculpture in bronze by Daniel Chester French in Harvard Yard , Cambridge, Massachu setts honoring clergyman John Harvard (1607–1638), whose deathbed [2] bequest to the "schoale or Colledge" recently undertaken by the Massachu setts Bay Colony was so gratefully received that it
Liberty Arming the Patriot , sometimes called Freedom Arming the Patriot , [2] is a bronze sculpture at Park Place in Pawtucket, Rhode Island , commemorating the participation of the city's citizens in the American Civil War . It was designed by William Granville Hastings and cast by the Gorham Manu
Pillar of Shame is a series of sculptures by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt memorialising the loss of life during specific events or caused by specific circumstances in history. Each sculpture is an eight metres (26 ft) tall statue of bronze , copper or concrete . Sculpture series by Jens Galschiot
#5 Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
The Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument is a Civil War monument located in Downtown Detroit , Michigan . This example of civic sculpture stands in a prominent location on the southeast tip of Campus Martius Park , where five principal thoroughfares—Michigan Avenue, Monroe Street, Cadillac Squar
#6 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
#7 Lincoln Monument (Wabash, Indiana)
The Lincoln Monument of Wabash, Indiana or The Great Emancipator is a public sculpture by Charles Keck (September 9, 1875 – April 23, 1951), a sculptor who was born in New York City. The cast bronze sculpture was commissioned by Wabash-native Alexander New and donated to the city of Wabash, Indiana
#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
Playing the Building was an art installation by David Byrne , ex singer of Talking Heads , and Färgfabriken , an independent art venue in Stockholm . It originally ran from October 8 to November 13, 2005, at Färgfabriken. The concept would later be realized in New York City in the Battery Maritime B
#10 Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
The Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-Fourth Regiment is a bronze relief sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens opposite 24 Beacon Street, Boston (at the edge of the Boston Common ). It depicts Colonel Robert Gould Shaw leading members of the 54th Regiment Massachusetts Voluntee
#11 Monuments and memorials in Canada removed in 2020–2022
A number of monuments and memorials in Canada were removed as a result of protests between 2020 and 2022. These included six sculptures of Sir John A. Macdonald , the first prime minister of Canada , three of other figures connected to the Canadian Indian residential school system ( Alexander Wood ,
#12 Manneken Pis
Manneken Pis ( Dutch: [ˌmɑnəkə(m) ˈpɪs] ( listen ) ; Dutch for ' Little Pissing Man ' ) is a landmark [1] 55.5 cm (21.9 in) [lower-alpha 1] bronze fountain sculpture in central Brussels , Belgium, depicting a puer mingens ; a naked little boy urinating into the fountain's basin. Though its exi
#13 Statue of Abraham Lincoln (Hodgenville, Kentucky)
The Abraham Lincoln Statue is a historic statue in the Hodgenville Commercial Historic District's public square in Hodgenville, Kentucky . Adolph Alexander Weinman sculpted the statue, as he also did the Lincoln statue at the capitol rotunda at Frankfort, Kentucky . [2] [3] The Abraham Lincoln Birth
#14 Boyne Obelisk
The Boyne Obelisk , also known as King William's Obelisk , was an obelisk located in Oldbridge , near Drogheda , County Louth , Ireland. Boyne Obelisk The obelisk in 1890 Coordinates 53°43′31.4″N 6°25′.2″W Location Oldbridge , County Louth , Ireland Type Obelisk Material Granite Height 53 m (174
Rubber Duck is a series of several giant floating sculptures of yellow rubber ducks , designed by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman , which have appeared in many cities around the world, including Hong Kong , Pittsburgh , Toronto , Kaohsiung , Baku , and Sydney . Each Rubber Duck is recreated anew loca
#16 Stone Mountain Memorial half dollar
The Stone Mountain Memorial half dollar was an American fifty-cent piece struck in 1925 at the Philadelphia Mint . Its main purpose was to raise money on behalf of the Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental Association for the Stone Mountain Memorial near Atlanta, Georgia . Designed by sculptor Gutzo
#17 Equestrian statue of John Brown Gordon
The equestrian statue of John Brown Gordon is a monument on the grounds of the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta , Georgia , United States . The monument, an equestrian statue , honors John Brown Gordon , a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War who later become a politi
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
#19 Frederic Chopin Monument, Warsaw
The Frederic Chopin Monument in Warsaw ( Polish : Pomnik Fryderyka Chopina w Warszawie ) is a large bronze statue of Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) that now stands in the upper part of Warsaw 's Royal Baths Park (also known as Łazienki Park), adjacent to Aleje Ujazdowskie ( Ujazdów Avenue ). Frederic C
#20 South African War Memorial (South Australia)
The South African War Memorial (also known as the Boer War Memorial or, prior to 1931, the National War Memorial ) is an equestrian memorial dedicated to the South Australians who served in the Second Boer War of 11 October 1899 to 31 May 1902. It was the first war in which South Australians fought,