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Edward Wallowitch (May 5, 1932 – March 25, 1981) was an American art photographer who at age 17 had three prints in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the youngest photographer to be so honored, and who collaborated with Andy Warhol . He was active from the 1940s to the 1970s. E
Néjib Belkhodja (Arabic : نجيب بلخوجة) (born Tunis , 1933 - died May 8, 2007) was a Tunisian painter. He was the brother-in-law of economist Ali Zouaoui ; among his works were the designs for several Tunisian stamps. Tunisian artist This article may be expanded with text translated from the corres
Porferio Tirador "Gopher" Armstrong (May 8, 1935 – March 17, 2010), sometimes called Theodore Armstrong , was a Cheyenne - Caddo painter from Clinton, Oklahoma . [1] [2] Armstrong had a keen interest in art since elementary school. He studied at the Concho Indian School and has exhibited his work ac
Henning Koppel (8 May 1918 - 27 June 1981) was a Danish artist and designer. He is most known for his work for Georg Jensen in the years after World War II . [1] He also designed porcelain ( Bing & Grøndahl ), glass ( Holmegaard ) and lamps ( Louis Poulsen & Co ). Henning Koppel Danish designer and
Mária Balážová (born 31 August 1956 in Trnava , Slovakia, former Czechoslovakia) is a contemporary Slovak artist. Her practise as an artist is usually associated with new geometry, post-geometry and postmodern. Mária Balážová Born ( 1956-08-31 ) 31 August 1956 (age 66) Trnava , Slovakia Nationalit
Massimo Taparelli, Marquess of Azeglio (24 October 1798 – 15 January 1866), commonly called Massimo d'Azeglio ( Italian: [ˈmassimo tapaˈrɛlli dadˈdzeʎʎo] ), was a Piedmontese -Italian statesman , novelist and painter. He was Prime Minister of Sardinia for almost three years, until his rival Camill
Anthelme Claude Honoré Trimolet (8 May 1798 - 17 December 1866) was a French painter, notable for portraits and interiors with figures. French painter (1798–1866) This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline c
#8 List of works by Louis Davis
This is a list of the stained glass works of Louis Davis (1860–1941). List of works by Louis Davis Born 1861 Abingdon. Oxfordshire Died 1941 Nationality English Education Attended Abingdon School Known for Stained Glass Of Davis' legacy, it was said: "His colour and design satisfy the sense of bea
Garcia Frankowski is an artist duo formed by Cruz García (born 1983 in San Juan, Puerto Rico ) and Nathalie Frankowski (born 1985, Dundee , Scotland ). Garcia and Frankowski worked in Beijing where they also direct WAI Think Tank and Intelligentsia Gallery, where they also work as curators. Currentl
Carlo Antonio Porporati ( Volvera , 18 November 1741 – Turin , 16 June 1816) was an Italian engraver and painter. Italian painter (1741–1816) Carlo Antonio Porporati, self-portrait Born in Volvera , near Turin, [1] he came to Paris as young boy, and became a pupil of Chevillet , Beauvarlet and Johan
#11 Wieland Förster
Wieland Förster (born 12 February 1930) is a German sculptor, artist and writer. [1] [2] A recurring theme of his work is victimhood, reflecting his own youthful experiences during the incineration of Dresden in February 1945 and of the Soviet justice system between 1946 and 1950. [3] German sculpto
#12 Tito Salas
Británico Antonio Salas Díaz , better known as Tito Salas (8 May 1887 – 18 March 1974), was a Venezuelan painter, considered a significant contributor in the development of Venezuelan modern art. [1] [2] [3] Venezuelan painter (1887–1974) Tito Salas Tito Salas in the mid-1930s Born Británico Antonio
Edward Dickson Reeder (6 February 1912 – 8 May 1970) was an American artist and member of the Fort Worth Circle . [1] American painter Edward Dickson Reeder Born ( 1912-02-06 ) February 6, 1912 Fort Worth , Texas U.S. Died May 8, 1970 (1970-05-08) (aged 58) Fort Worth , Texas U.S. Nationality Amer
Kurt von Holleben (7 March 1894 – 14 January 1947) was a German chemist working for Agfa-Gevaert Technical-Scientific Laboratory as the head of the colour screen research group, overseeing development of Additive color screens (kornraster) for the Agfa-Farbenplatte glass plates (1916), and film base
#15 Anne Killigrew
Anne Killigrew (1660 – 1685) was an English poet and painter, described by contemporaries as "A Grace for beauty, and a Muse for wit." Born in London, she and her family were active in literary and court circles. Killigrew's poems were circulated in manuscript and collected and published posthumousl
#16 Daniel Rhodes
Daniel Rhodes (May 8, 1911 – July 23, 1989) was an American artist, known as a ceramic artist , muralist , sculptor , author and educator. During his 25 years (1947–1973) on the faculty at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University , in Alfred, New York (a division of the State Univ
#17 Joseph Else
Joseph Else FRBS (8 February 1874 – 8 May 1955) was a sculptor from Nottingham [1] best known for his work on Nottingham Council House . Joseph Else From The Graphic, 22 March 1930 Born ( 1874-02-08 ) February 8, 1874 Died May 8, 1955 (1955-05-08) (aged 81) Education Nottingham School of Art and R
LeRoy Foster (1925 – 1993) was an American painter from Detroit, Michigan. He is best known for the large murals he painted on the walls of Detroit institutions, such as “The Life & Times of Frederick Douglass,” at the Detroit Public Library’s Frederick Douglass Branch, and “Renaissance City,” at Ca
#19 Merton Clivette
Merton Clive Cook (11 June 1868 - 8 May 1931), also known as Merton Clivette , was an American painter, magician, writer, vaudevillian and entertainer who spent most of his early life traveling the world entertaining before settling in New York to paint permanently. As a very highly regarded America
Barnett Samuel Marks (Cardiff 1827–London 1916) R.C.A. (Royal Cambrian Academician) was a Welsh-Jewish portrait painter who was also noted for his social realism paintings. British painter Barnett Samuel Marks [1]
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
Château de Linardié is the name for a once active cultural center located in the South West area of France seven kilometres from Gaillac in the Tarn, France . It operated for 10 years, from 1996 to 2006. Château de Linardié
#3 303 Gallery
303 Gallery is an art gallery in Manhattan , New York. It was established in 1984 by owner and director Lisa Spellman, described by art critic Jerry Saltz as "one of the greatest New York gallerists of our time". [1] The gallery hosts contemporary works by contemporary American artists, including fi
#4 Cooper Union
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art ( Cooper Union [10] ) is a private college at Cooper Square in New York City . Peter Cooper founded the institution in 1859 after learning about the government-supported École Polytechnique in France. [11] [12] The school was built on a radical
The Design Museum of Chicago or "DMoC" (formerly Chicago Design Museum) is a museum of design in the Chicago loop . It was founded by Tanner Woodford in 2012 as a pop-up museum , [1] and hosted exhibitions in different venues around Chicago in 2012 and 2013. [2] [3] [4] Following a successful Kickst
The Willard Gallery was a contemporary art gallery operating in New York City from 1940 until 1987. It was founded by Marian Willard Johnson. [1]
Murray Art Museum Albury (abbreviated MAMA) is a contemporary art museum located in Albury , Australia . Formerly known as the Albury Regional Art Gallery it was renamed as part of a $10.5 million refurbishment which included renovations to the former gallery building, the neighbouring burrows house
The Mattress Factory is a contemporary art museum located in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . It was a pioneer of site-specific installation art and features permanent installations by artists Yayoi Kusama , [3] James Turrell , [4] and Greer Lankton . [5] The museum's roof itself is a light art installat
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
Musée Saint-Raymond (in English, Saint-Raymond museum ) is the archeological museum of Toulouse , opened in 1892. The site originally was a necropolis, and in later constructions was a hospital for the poor and pilgrims, prison, student residence, stables, barracks and presbytery, eventually becomin
#11 Transfer Gallery
Transfer (stylized as TRANSFER ) is an art gallery. It was created in Brooklyn , New York in 2013; the Brooklyn location closed in 2019, and it is now a "fully virtual" gallery. Transfer was co-founded by Kelani Nichole. [1] [2] Nichole, an independent curator, currently serves as the gallery's dire
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
#13 National Museum of Wildlife Art
The National Museum of Wildlife Art (NMWA) is a museum located in Jackson Hole, Wyoming , United States that preserves and exhibits wildlife art . The 51,000 square foot building with its Idaho quartzite façade was inspired by the ruins of Slains Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland and echoes the hill
#14 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
#15 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
#16 Museum of the African Diaspora
The Museum of the African Diaspora ( MoAD ) is a contemporary art museum in San Francisco , California . MoAD holds exhibitions and presents artists exclusively of the African diaspora , one of only a few museums of its kind in the United States. Located at 685 Mission St. adjacent to the St. Regis
#17 Führermuseum
The Führermuseum or Fuhrer-Museum ( English : Leader's Museum ), also referred to as the Linz art gallery , was an unrealized art museum within a cultural complex planned by Adolf Hitler for his hometown, the Austrian city of Linz , near his birthplace of Braunau . Its purpose was to display a selec
#18 Dumbarton Oaks
Dumbarton Oaks is a historic estate in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was the residence and garden of wealthy U.S. diplomat Robert Woods Bliss (1875–1962) and his wife Mildred Barnes Bliss (1879–1969). The Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection was founded here by the Bli
#19 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
St Albans Town Hall , sometimes known as the Old Town Hall or The Courthouse , is a 19th-century building in St Albans , Hertfordshire , England. The building, which now accommodates the St Albans Museum, is a Grade II* listed building . [1] Municipal building in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England St
Fresh Wind. Volga [lower-alpha 1] ( Russian : Свежий ветер. Волга , romanized : Svezhiy veter. Volga ) is an oil painting by the Russian artist Isaac Levitan made between 1891 and 1895. The painting depicts the Volga river in central Russia . It has been housed in Moscow 's Tretyakov Gallery since
#2 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
Model by the Wicker Chair is a 1919–1921 painting by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch that is in the collection of the Munch Museum in Oslo . [1] [2] Painting by Edvard Munch (c. 1920) This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how an
#4 Bust of Khurshidbanu Natavan
The Bust of Khurshidbanu Natavan ( Azerbaijani : Xurşidbanu Natəvanın büstü ), also known as the Monument of Natavan, Daughter of the Khan ( Azerbaijani : Xan qızı Natəvanın abidəsi ), is a public bronze bust of Khurshidbanu Natavan displayed in Shusha , Azerbaijan . The bust, made by the Azerbaijan
Orange, Red, Yellow is a 1961 Color Field painting by Mark Rothko . On May 8, 2012, it was sold at Christie's from the estate of David Pincus for $86,882,500, [1] a record nominal price for post-war contemporary art at public auction. Painting by Mark Rothko Orange, Red, Yellow Artist Mark Rothko Ye
#6 Digital DNA
Digital DNA is a public art project commissioned by the Palo Alto Public Arts Commission for Lytton Plaza in downtown Palo Alto, California . It was created by Adriana Varella and Nilton Maltz and installed in 2005. Digital DNA addresses complicated themes of technology and public space in Silicon V
#7 Meadows near Rijswijk and the Schenkweg
Meadows near Rijswijk and the Schenkweg is a watercolor by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh that he made in January 1882, shortly after taking up residence in The Hague . [Works 1] [Letters 1] Meadows near Rijswijk and the Schenkweg Artist Vincent van Gogh Year 1882 (January) Catalogue F910 , JH99
#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 Jheronimus Bosch—Visions of Genius
Jheronimus Bosch—Visions of Genius ( Dutch : Jheronimus Bosch - Visioenen van een genie [1] ) was a 2016 art exhibition (13 February until 8 May 2016) at the Noordbrabants Museum in 's-Hertogenbosch , The Netherlands, about the work of Hieronymus Bosch , a native of 's-Hertogenbosch. [2] Death and t
#10 Past and Present (paintings)
Past and Present is the title usually given to the series of three oil paintings made by Augustus Egg in 1858, which are designed to be exhibited together as a triptych . When first exhibited at Royal Academy in 1858 the paintings were untitled, but accompanied by a fictional quotation from a diary,
#11 The Starry Night
The Starry Night is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh . Painted in June 1889, it depicts the view from the east-facing window of his asylum room at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence , just before sunrise, with the addition of an imaginary village. [1] [2] [3] It
#12 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
#13 Saint-Paul Asylum, Saint-Rémy (Van Gogh series)
Saint-Paul Asylum, Saint-Rémy is a collection of paintings that Vincent van Gogh made when he was a self-admitted patient at the Saint-Paul asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence , since renamed the Clinique Van Gogh , from May 1889 until May 1890. During much of his stay there he was confined to the grou
The Sistine Chapel ceiling ( Italian : Soffitto della Cappella Sistina ), painted in fresco by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is a cornerstone work of High Renaissance art . The Sistine Chapel is the large papal chapel built within the Vatican between 1477 and 1480 by Pope Sixtus IV , for whom
#15 The Card Players
The Card Players is a series of oil paintings by the French Post-Impressionist artist Paul Cézanne . Painted during Cézanne's final period in the early 1890s, there are five paintings in the series. The versions vary in size, the number of players, and the setting in which the game takes place. Céza
#16 List of most expensive paintings
This is a list of the highest known prices paid for paintings . The current record price is approximately US$ 450.3 million (which includes commission), paid for Leonardo da Vinci 's Salvator Mundi in November 2017. [1] [2] Salvator Mundi by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci ( c. 1500) is the most ex
The bust of Edward Snowden , called Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument 2.0 by its creators, [1] was an ephemeral , illegally installed public sculpture of Edward Snowden , an American whistleblower who leaked classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) and was charged with federal crim
Guernica ( Spanish: [ɡeɾˈnika] ; Basque: [ɡernika] ) is a large 1937 oil painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso . [1] [2] It is one of his best-known works, regarded by many art critics as the most moving and powerful anti-war painting in history. [3] Guernica is exhibited in the Museo Reina S
#19 Young Girl with a Flower Basket
Young Girl with a Flower Basket (French: Fillette à la corbeille fleurie or Jeune fille nue avec panier de fleurs or Fillette nue au panier de fleurs or Le panier fleuri ) is a 1905 oil on canvas painting by Pablo Picasso from his Rose Period . The painting depicts a Parisian street girl, named "Lin
The Rommelpot Player is a painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals , painted in 1618-1620 and now in the Kimbell Art Museum . It is considered the best of several versions of a Rommelpot player by Frans Hals. Painting by Frans Hals The Rommelpot Player The Rommelpot Player , circa 1618-16
Patricia E. Bovey (born May 15, 1948) is a Canadian art historian from Manitoba . Bovey was the director of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (1980–1999) and the Winnipeg Art Gallery (1999–2004); art consultant (2004–2016); founder and director/curator, Buhler Gallery , St Boniface Hospital (2007–
Christopher M. S. Johns (13 April 1955 – 8 May 2022) was an American art historian, and the Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Professor of History of Art at Vanderbilt University , who specialized in eighteenth-century Italian art, decorative art, material culture, and architecture. [1] He was a lea
Francesco Maria Niccolò Gabburri (16 January 1676 – 1742) was a Florentine diplomat, painter, art collector, and biographer of artists. Niccolò Gabburri Portrait of Cavaliere Francesco Maria Niccolò Gabburri by Giovanni Domenico Ferretti Born 17 December 1675 Florence Died 8 May 1742 (aged 66)
#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
Nina Howell Starr (1903–2000) was an American photographer, art historian , and art dealer . [1] She is known for her influence in the career of artist Minnie Evans , and her photo-documentation of American roadside attractions and folk art culture. [2] [3] Nina Howell Starr Born Cornelia Margaret H
Michael Kimmelman (born May 8, 1958 [1] ) is the architecture critic for The New York Times and has written about public housing, public space, landscape architecture, community development and equity, infrastructure and urban design. He has reported from more than 40 countries and twice been a Puli
Alfred Hamilton Barr Jr. (January 28, 1902 – August 15, 1981) was an American art historian and the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. From that position, he was one of the most influential forces in the development of popular attitudes toward modern art ; for example, his
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
Laurence Bertrand Dorléac (born January 14, 1957) is a French art historian specializing in contemporary art, a professor and an author. [1] She was elected president of the Fondation nationale des sciences politiques in May 2021. She is located in Boulogne-Billancourt , France .
William Bryan Jordan Jr. (May 8, 1940 – January 22, 2018) was an American art historian who facilitated acquisitions, curated exhibitions, and authored publications on Spanish artists and still life paintings, particularly from the Golden Age . American art historian For people with a similar
Christa Grössinger (8 May 1942 – 14 March 2008) [1] was a German academic specialising in late medieval and early Renaissance art in northern Europe. She was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London . [2] Grössinger was an expert on misericords and medieval church furniture. Her work inclu
#12 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
#13 Françoise Cachin
Françoise Cachin (8 May 1936, Paris – 4 February 2011, Paris) was a French art historian and curator . She was the founding director of the Musée d’Orsay and the author of numerous books on 19th-century French painting. French art historian Françoise Cachin Françoise Cachin in 1996 Born 8 May 1936 P
#14 Arnold Hauser (art historian)
Arnold Hauser (8 May 1892 in Timișoara – 28 January 1978 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian-German art historian and sociologist who was perhaps the leading Marxist in the field. He wrote on the influence of change in social structures on art. Hungarian art historian Arnold Hauser Born ( 1892-05-08 ) 8 M
#15 Hamid Dabashi
Hamid Dabashi ( Persian : حمید دباشی ; born 1951) is an Iranian-American professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York City . [2] American academic Some of this article's listed sources may not be reliable . ( July 2013 ) Hamid Dabashi Born ( 1951-06-15 )
#16 Ernst Benkard
Ernst Benkard (27 February 1883 – 8 May 1946) was a German art historian and private lecturer. German art historian
#17 James Duncan (art collector)
James Duncan (4 April 1834 — 8 May 1905) was a Scottish sugar refiner and businessman, who then became a philanthropist and art collector. His house and grounds on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll became Benmore Botanic Garden , now managed by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh . James Duncan Born ( 18
#18 Fritz Neugass
Fritz Neugass (March 28, 1899, Mannheim –June 1979, New York City ) was a German art critic and photographer. German art critic and photographer
Mildred Barnes Bliss (September 9, 1879 – January 17, 1969) was an American art collector , philanthropist , and one of the cofounders of the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in Washington, D.C. American art collector and philanthropist Mildred Barnes Bliss Born ( 1879-09-09 ) Septembe
Margaret Scolari Barr (1901–1987) was an art historian , art critic, educator, translator, and curator. American art historian
#1 Kun ystävyyssuhteet solmitaan
Kun ystävyyssuhteet solmitaan ( Finnish ) or När vänskapsbanden knytes ( Swedish , "When Friendships are Made") is a sculpture erected by Wäinö Aaltonen , located in the Puutori market square in Turku , Finland . It symbolises the twin town partnership of Turku and Gothenburg . [1] There are two scu
#2 Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Cleveland)
The Cuyahoga County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument is a major Civil War monument in Cleveland , Ohio , honoring the more than 9,000 individuals from Cuyahoga County who served the Union throughout the war. [1] It was dedicated on July 4, 1894, and is located on the southeast quadrant of Public Squa
#3 Sculpture walk Hoher Fläming
The Kunstwanderweg Hoher Fläming (Upper Fläming sculpture walk) is a collection of sculpture walks in the Upper Fläming natural park in Brandenburg , Germany , about 100 kilometres (62 mi) , or an hour's train ride south of Berlin located between the railway stations at Bad Belzig and Wiesenburg/M
#4 Soviet War Memorial (Tiergarten)
The Soviet War Memorial is one of several war memorials in Berlin , the capital city of Germany , erected by the Soviet Union to commemorate its war dead, particularly the 80,000 soldiers of the Soviet Armed Forces who died during the Battle of Berlin in April and May 1945. [1] War memorial in Berli
The Olmec colossal heads are stone representations of human heads sculpted from large basalt boulders. They range in height from 1.17 to 3.4 metres (3.8 to 11.2 ft) . The heads date from at least 900 BC and are a distinctive feature of the Olmec civilization of ancient Mesoamerica . [1] All portra
#6 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
#7 Entropa
Entropa is a sculpture by Czech artist David Černý . The project was commissioned by the Czech Republic to mark the occasion of its presidency of the Council of the European Union , and was originally designed as a collaboration for 27 artists and artist groups from all member countries of the Europ
The Saint-Gaudens double eagle is a twenty- dollar gold coin , or double eagle , produced by the United States Mint from 1907 to 1933. The coin is named after its designer, the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens , who designed the obverse and reverse . It is considered by many to be the most beautiful
#9 Statue of Our Lady of Miracles, Jaffna patao
The statue of Our Lady of Miracles , Jaffna patão is a wooden statue, now preserved in the church of São Pedro, in Bainguinim, Goa , India . The statue of Our Lady of Miracles , Jaffna patao
The Great Siege Monument ( Maltese : Il-Monument tal-Assedju l-Kbir ), also known as the Monument to the Fallen of the Great Siege , [1] is a monument commemorating the Great Siege of Malta located in Valletta , Malta. It consists of three bronze figures symbolizing Faith, Fortitude (or Valour), and
The Tritons’ Fountain ( Maltese : Il-Funtana tat-Tritoni ) is a fountain located just outside the City Gate of Valletta , Malta . It consists of three bronze Tritons holding up a large basin, balanced on a concentric base built out of concrete and clad in travertine slabs. The fountain is one of Mal
#12 Big Things
Big Things was a large-scale steel sculpture exhibition series organized by the North Edmonton Sculpture Workshop for the Royal Alberta Museum 's outdoor South Terrace. [1] [2] [3] [4] The exhibition series began as an effort to "expose the public to the richness and diversity of contemporary sculpt
#13 Statue of Thomas Brackett Reed
Thomas Brackett Reed is a monumental statue located on the Western Promenade in Portland , Maine , United States. Dedicated in 1910, the statue was designed by sculptor Burr Churchill Miller and honors Thomas Brackett Reed , a politician from Maine who served for several years as the speaker of the
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
#15 Oregon Korean War Memorial
The Oregon Korean War Memorial is a war memorial located in Wilsonville, Oregon , United States . Completed in 2000, it honors the Oregon soldiers and the Korean people from the Korean War . The memorial is located within a 5.5-acre (22,000 m 2 ) city park and features a 109-foot (33 m) -long gr
#16 Willow Man
Willow Man is a large outdoor sculpture by Serena de la Hey . It is in a field to the west of the M5 motorway , near Bridgwater in Somerset, South West England , near to the Bristol to Exeter railway line and south of junction 23 of the motorway. It stands 40 feet (12 m) , with a 16-foot (5 m) a
Streatham War Memorial is a war memorial to the war dead of the London district of Streatham in the two World Wars. It was unveiled in 1922, and is sited near the northwest corner of Streatham Common . Public sculpture by Albert Toft This article includes a list of general references , but it lacks
#18 Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials
Since the 1960s, many municipalities in the United States have removed monuments and memorials on public property dedicated to the Confederate States of America (CSA; the Confederacy), and some, such as Silent Sam in North Carolina, have been torn down by protestors. Efforts to remove Confederate me
The Mojave Memorial Cross , officially known as the White Cross World War I Memorial , is a cross formerly on public land in the Mojave desert in San Bernardino County, California that was at the center of the Salazar v. Buono legal case before the U.S. Supreme Court . [1] [2] [3] [4] The original c
#20 Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists
The Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists ( German : Denkmal des polnischen Soldaten und deutschen Antifaschisten ; Polish : Pomnik żołnierza polskiego i niemieckiego antyfaszysty ) is a war memorial in Berlin , dedicated in 1972. Built by the German Democratic Republic during the div