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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
Giuseppe Riva (4 November 1834 in Ivrea – 10 November 1916 [1] ) was an Italian lawyer and painter, known for portraits, historical paintings, and landscapes. Italian painter (1834–1916) He was a resident of Milan. One of his masterworks was While reading a memorial plaque for the Calvinist Covenant
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
#4 Adolf Schill
Adolf Schill , often also Adolph Schill (14 May 1848 – 10 November 1911), was a German architect, interior designer , artisan , illustrator and painter of the historism . As a university lecturer he worked at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf between 1880 and 1911, thus helping to shape the later phase o
Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA FRS FRSA (16 July 1723 – 23 February 1792) was an English painter, specialising in portraits . John Russell said he was one of the major European painters of the 18th century. [1] He promoted the "Grand Style" in painting which depended on idealization of the imperfect. He wa
Ludwig Wieden (10 November 1869 – 20 August 1947) was an Austrian painter . His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics . [1] Austrian painter Ludwig Wieden Born ( 1869-11-10 ) 10 November 1869 Květná , Austria-Hungary Died 20 August 1947 (1947-08-20) (
Tula Marina di Vista (1888-1969) was the pseudonym for Luisa Suzanna Kamerman , a Dutch artist and writer. Dutch artist Tula Marina di Vista Born Luisa Suzanna Kamerman ( 1888-04-26 ) 26 April 1888 Caconda, Huíla, Angola Died 10 November 1969 (1969-11-10) (aged 81) Hilversum, Netherlands Nationali
#8 Gert Marcus
Gert Olof Marcus (1914-2008) was a Swedish painter and sculptor. He was born 10 November 1914 in the Groß Borstel district of Hamburg and died in Stockholm on 23 December 2008. [1] Swedish artist This article includes a list of general references , but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citati
Kazimierz Stabrowski (November 21, 1869, Kruplyany – June 10, 1929, Garwolin ) was a Polish painter, and director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw . [1] He also founded the first lodges of the Theosophical Society in Poland. [2] Kazimierz Stabrowski Born Kazimierz Stabrowski ( 1869-11-10 ) 10 N
#10 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
#11 Marie Z. Chino
Marie Zieu Chino (1907–1982) was a Native American potter from Acoma Pueblo , New Mexico . Marie and her friends Lucy M. Lewis and Jessie Garcia are recognized as the three most important Acoma potters during the 1950s. [1] Along with Juana Leno, they have been called "The Four Matriarchs" who "revi
#12 Gertrude Colburn
Gertrude Biggs Colburn (1885 – November 10, 1968) was an American dancer, dance teacher and sculptor. American dancer, dance teacher and sculptor Colburn was born in Baltimore , the third of four daughters born to artist Alfred Bland Biggs (1856–1887) of Winchester, Virginia and Martha Virginia Duma
#13 Roger von Gunten
Roger von Gunten (born 1933) is an artist and sculptor, originally from Zurich , but in 1980 became a naturalized Mexican citizen. He was the subject of a 1978 essay by Jomí García Ascot and was part of the Breakaway Generation which emerged after World War II ending the Mexican Muralist era. For ov
Sixtus Armin Thon (10 November 1817, Eisenach - 26 September 1901, Weimar ) was a German painter, etcher and lithographer . There is widespread disagreement over whether his name was Sixtus or Sixt , even though his gravestone says "Sixtus". [1] German painter, etcher and lithographer Self-portrait
#15 John Lundberg
John Lundberg (born 5 December 1968) is an English artist and documentary filmmaker. His work is concerned with ostension . [1] Underpinning all of his work is an interest in how myth and artifice can shape and alter reality, especially regarding crop circles , UFOlogy , and other examples of urban
#16 Carlos Maturana
Carlos Eduardo Maturana Piña , better known by his artistic pseudonym Bororo , is Chilean artist born in Santiago , Chile , on November 10, 1953. Along with Samy Benmayor , Omar Gatica, Matías Pinto D'Aguiar and Ismael Frigerio among others, he formed part of Chilean art ’s 80s Generation. Bororo wa
#17 Carolyn George
Carolyn George (September 6, 1927 – February 10, 2009) was an American ballerina , photographer , and dance instructor. Carolyn George Born ( 1927-09-06 ) September 6, 1927 Died February 10, 2009 (2009-02-10) (aged 81) New York City , U.S. Nationality American Education School of American Ballet a
#18 Gun Lanciai
Gun Lanciai (born Gunvor Westerberg on 10 November 1920 in Borgå , Finland ; died 15 March 2013 in Helsingør , Denmark ), was a Swedish-Finnish sculptor. She was also the illustrator of the Swedish-language school book Vi på Solgård , [1] for reading for the lower levels in Finland by the suggestion
#19 Fernando Bujones
Fernando Bujones (March 9, 1955 – November 10, 2005) was an American dancer . Fernando Bujones Born ( 1955-03-09 ) March 9, 1955 Died ( 2005-11-10 ) November 10, 2005 Born in Miami, Florida to Cuban parents, Bujones is regarded as one of the finest male dancers of the 20th century and hailed as one
Cynthia Plaster Caster (born Cynthia Dorothy Albritton ; May 24, 1947 – April 21, 2022) was an American visual artist and self-described "recovering groupie " who gained fame for creating plaster casts of celebrities' erect penises . American artist (1947–2022) Cynthia Plaster Caster Born Cynthia Do
#1 Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum
The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum (colloquially MSU Broad ), is a contemporary art museum at Michigan State University in East Lansing , Michigan. It opened on November 10, 2012. [2] [3] Broad Art Museum from Grand River Ave Art museum in East Lansing, Michigan Not to be confused with The Broad in
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 Museo Canova
The Museo Canova is a museum established in 1833 at the birthplace of the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova (1757-1822) in Possagno in the province of Treviso in the Veneto , Italy. The museum is dedicated to the life and work of the sculptor and is composed of several parts. This article uses bare UR
#4 MUŻA
MUŻA is an art museum located at Auberge d'Italie in Valletta , Malta . It was formerly located at Admiralty House between 1974 and 2016, when it was known as the National Museum of Fine Arts ( Maltese : Mużew Nazzjonali tal-Arti ). Art museum in Valletta, Malta MUŻA Mużew Nazzjonali tal-Arti Façade
The Asiatic Society is a government of India organisation founded during the Company rule in India to enhance and further the cause of "Oriental research", in this case, research into India and the surrounding regions. It was founded by the philologist William Jones on 15 January 1784 in a meeting p
#6 National Gallery of Australia
The National Gallery of Australia ( NGA ), formerly the Australian National Gallery , is the national art museum of Australia as well as one of the largest art museums in Australia, holding more than 166,000 works of art. Located in Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory , it was established i
#7 Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara
The Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB) , a contemporary art museum, is at Santa Barbara , United States. [1] Not to be confused with Santa Barbara Museum of Art . Art museum; contemporary museum for the 21st century in CA , United States Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB)
The Parrish Art Museum is an art museum designed by Herzog & de Meuron Architects and located in Water Mill, New York , whereto it moved in 2012 from Southampton Village . The museum focuses extensively on work by artists from the artist colony of the South Shore (Long Island) and North Shore (Long
#9 Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art
The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art is located on the fourth floor of the Brooklyn Museum , New York City , United States.
The Tokyo National Museum ( 東京国立博物館 , Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan ) or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the Taitō ward of Tokyo , Japan . It is one of the four museums [lower-alpha 1] operated by the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage ( ja:国立文化財機構 ), is considered the oldest national mus
#11 Musée de la Révolution française
The Musée de la Révolution française ( Museum of the French Revolution ) is a departmental museum in the French town of Vizille , 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Grenoble on the Route Napoléon . It is the only museum in the world dedicated to the French Revolution . Art museum, design/textile muse
#12 Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery
Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery ( 聖徳記念絵画館 , Seitoku Kinen Kaigakan ) is a gallery commemorating the "imperial virtues" of Japan's Meiji Emperor , installed on his funeral site in the Gaien or outer precinct of Meiji Shrine in Tōkyō . The gallery is one of the earliest museum buildings in Japan and it
291 is the commonly known name for an internationally famous art gallery that was located in Midtown Manhattan at 291 Fifth Avenue in New York City from 1905 to 1917. Originally called the " Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession ", the gallery was established and managed by photographer Alfred Sti
#14 Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno "Carlos Mérida"
The Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno "Carlos Mérida" is a national museum of modern art in Guatemala City , named after Carlos Mérida . This article needs additional citations for verification . ( July 2022 )
#15 Towneley Park
Towneley Park is owned and managed by Burnley Borough Council and is the largest and most popular park in Burnley , Lancashire , England. [1] The main entrance to the park is within a mile of the town centre and the park extends to the south east, covering an area of some 180 hectares (440 acres) .
#16 American Center for Art and Culture
Through a multidisciplinary program of exhibitions, events, and educational outreach, the American Center for Art and Culture's (formerly Mona Bismarck American Center) mission is to engage visitors in a dialogue with the depth and diversity of the current American cultural scene. [1] This article m
Graves Art Gallery is an art gallery in Sheffield , England . The gallery is located above the Central Library in Sheffield city centre. It houses permanent displays from the city’s historic and contemporary collection of British and European art along with a programme of temporary exhibitions. Grav
Palace of Fontainebleau ( / ˈ f ɒ n t ə n b l oʊ / ; [1] French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tɛnblo] ) [1] or Château de Fontainebleau , located 55 kilometers (34 miles) southeast of the center of Paris , in the commune of Fontainebleau , is one of the largest French royal châteaux . The medieval castle a
The Tokugawa Art Museum ( 徳川美術館 , Tokugawa Bijutsukan ) is a private art museum , located on the former Ōzone Shimoyashiki compound in Nagoya , central Japan . Its collection contains more than 12,000 items, including swords , armor , Noh costumes and masks, lacquer furniture, Chinese and Japanese c
#20 Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center
The Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center ( Lithuanian : Jono Meko Vizualiųjų Menų Centras ) is an avant-garde arts centre in Vilnius , Lithuania . 2012 exhibition at the Center The Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center was opened on November 10, 2007, by acclaimed Lithuanian filmmaker Jonas Mekas . The premiere
#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
#2 Glory of Sant'Andrea Avellino
The Glory of Sant'Andrea Avellino is a painting by the Italian Baroque painter Giovanni Lanfranco , executed in 1624. It is the main altarpiece of the chapel of Sant'Andrea Avellino in the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle in Rome , Italy. Glory of Sant'Andrea Avellino Artist Giovanni Lanfranco (and
#3 Glory of Sant 'Andrea Avellino
The Glory of Sant'Andrea Avellino is a painting by the Italian Baroque painter Giovanni Lanfranco , executed in 1624. It is the main altarpiece of the chapel of Sant'Andrea Avellino in the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle in Rome , Italy. Glory of Sant'Andrea Avellino Artist Giovanni Lanfranco (and
John Clerk, Lord Eldin FRSE FSA (1757– 30 May1832) was a Scottish judge based in Edinburgh . Lord Eldin John Clerk, Lord Eldin, portrait by Henry Raeburn , c.1815. Solicitor General for Scotland In office 1806–1807 Preceded by Robert Blair Succeeded by David Boyle Lord of Session In office 10 Novemb
#5 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
The Trinity ( Russian : Троица , tr. Troitsa , also called The Hospitality of Abraham ) is an icon created by Russian painter Andrei Rublev in the 15th century. [1] It is his most famous work [2] and the most famous of all Russian icons, [3] and it is regarded as one of the highest achievements of R
The Weeping Woman (French: La Femme qui pleure [1] ) is a series of oil on canvas [2] paintings by Pablo Picasso , the last of which was created in late 1937. The paintings depict Dora Maar , Picasso's mistress and muse. The Weeping Woman paintings were produced by Picasso in response to the bombing
Mountains and Clouds is a sculpture by Alexander Calder located in the Hart Senate Office Building . [1] This article needs additional citations for verification . ( April 2016 ) Mountains and Clouds Artist Alexander Calder Year 1986 Type sculpture Dimensions 16 m × 23 m (51 ft × 75 ft)
Mr and Mrs Andrews is an oil on canvas portrait of about 1750 by Thomas Gainsborough , now in the National Gallery, London . Today it is one of his most famous works, but it remained in the family of the sitters until 1960 and was very little known before it appeared in an exhibition in Ipswich in 1
#10 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
#11 A Woman Weeping
A Woman Weeping , also known as A Weeping Woman or Study of a Weeping Woman , is a 1644 oil on oak panel painting, now in the Detroit Institute of Arts . It almost exactly corresponds to the kneeling woman in Rembrandt 's The Woman Taken in Adultery ( National Gallery, London ) and is thought to be
#12 Gabrielle Cot
Gabrielle Cot ( French pronunciation: [ɡabʁijɛl kɔt] ) [1] is a portrait oil on canvas painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau from 1890. Gabrielle Cot was the daughter of the French painter Pierre Auguste Cot , the most notable pupil of Bouguereau. This painting was one of the only non-commissio
The White Crucifixion is a painting by Marc Chagall depicting the Crucifixion of Jesus . It was painted in 1938 after Chagall had visited Europe, and is in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago . [1] Painting by Marc Chagall White Crucifixion Artist Marc Chagall Year 1938 ( 1938
#14 L'Asie
L'Asie (English title: Asia ) [1] is a painting by Henri Matisse . It is an oil on canvas painting from 1946. 1946 painting by Henri Matisse L'Asie Artist Henri Matisse Year 1946 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 116 cm × 81 cm (45.7 in × 31.9 in) Location Kimbell Art Museum The painting i
#15 Playground (3/3)
Playground is a public artwork by American artist Tony Smith , located at Beverly Gardens Park in Beverly Hills , California . It is a welded steel sculpture surfaced with black paint. The sculpture was conceived in 1962 and cast in 2003. Situated on the edge of Beverly Gardens Park and visible from
#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
Femme à l'Éventail (also known as L'Éventail vert , Woman with a Fan , and The Lady ) is an oil painting created in 1912 by the French artist and theorist Jean Metzinger (1883–1956). The painting was exhibited at the Salon d'Automne , 1912, Paris (hung in the decorative arts section inside the Salon
#18 Beethoven Frieze
The Beethoven Frieze is a painting by Gustav Klimt on display in the Secession Building , Vienna, Austria. 1901 painting by Gustav Klimt Artist Gustav Klimt Year 1901-1902 [1] Medium Charcoal , graphite , black, red and coloured chalk, pastel, casein colours, gold, silver, gilt stucco, applications
#19 Girl in Mirror
Girl in Mirror (sometimes Girl in the Mirror ) is a 1964 porcelain-enamel-on-steel pop art painting by Roy Lichtenstein that is considered to exist in between eight and ten editions. One edition was part of a $14 million 2012 lawsuit regarding a 2009 sale, while another sold in 2010 for $4.9 million
In 2020, a mural of footballer Marcus Rashford by street artist Akse P19 was painted in the Withington area of Manchester , United Kingdom. The mural was created in recognition of the work Rashford did during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom to help tackle child food poverty . Mural in Wi
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–
#2 Ida Caroline Eugenie Peelen
Ida Caroline Eugenie Peelen (1882 – 1965) [1] was a Dutch art historian and museum director. She was the first female director of a national museum in the Netherlands , the Museum Lambert van Meerten [ nl ] in Delft. Dutch art historian and museum director Ida Caroline Eugenie Peelen Born ( 1882-1
Jacques-Édouard Berger (24 May 1945 – 10 November 1993) was a Swiss Egyptologist. This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in French . (May 2012) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the French article. Mach
Pinkney Near (1927 - 1990) was curator of the Cincinnati Museum of Art and afterward curator of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts for thirty years. He was responsible for the VMFA 's acquisition of many treasured works of art, including arranging for the museum to purchase from John Lee Pratt the Fra
Ranjit Hoskote (born 29 March 1969) is an Indian poet, art critic , cultural theorist and independent curator . He has been honoured by the Sahitya Akademi , India's National Academy of Letters, with the Sahitya Akademi Golden Jubilee Award and the Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation . Ranjit Hosk
#6 Lucy Baxter
Lucy Emily Baxter (21 January 1837 – 10 November 1902) was an English writer on art, chiefly under the pseudonym of Leader Scott . She was born at Dorchester , the third daughter of William Barnes , the Dorsetshire poet, by his wife Julia Miles. She began writing at eighteen, and from the small prof
Elena Ochoa, Baroness Foster of Thames Bank (born Elena Fernández-Ferreiro López de Ochoa ; 1958) is a Spanish publisher and art curator, and formerly a professor of psychopathology. She is the founder and chief executive officer of Ivorypress . Spanish publisher and art curator, and former professo
Louis Viardot ( pronounced [lwi vjaʁ.do] ; 31 July 1800 in Dijon , France – 5 May 1883 in Paris, France) was a French writer, art historian, art critic, theatrical figure, and translator. As a translator, he mostly contributed to the development of Russian and Spanish literature in France. [1] H
James Dafforne (29 April 1804 – 5 June 1880) was a British journalist, known for his art criticism in The Art Journal . British journalist
#10 Ricciotto Canudo
Ricciotto Canudo ( French: [kanydo] ; 2 January 1877, Gioia del Colle – 10 November 1923, Paris ) was an early Italian film theoretician who lived primarily in France . In 1913 he published a bimonthly avant-garde magazine entitled Montjoie! , promoting Cubism in particular. He saw cinema as "plas
#11 Siri Engberg
Siri Engberg is curator of visual arts at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis , Minnesota . [1] She wrote or edited a number of catalogues raisonnés , often with the artist's participation. Engberg organized about a half dozen shows before becoming assistant and then curator, which allowed her to c
#12 Gerard Vaughan (art historian)
Gerard Ronald Vaughan AM (born 27 September 1953) is an Australian art historian and curator. He was director of the National Gallery of Victoria from 1999 to 2012, and was director of the National Gallery of Australia from 2014 to 2018. Gerard Vaughan AM Director of the National Gallery of Australi
Anatoly Vasilyevich Lunacharsky ( Russian : Анато́лий Васи́льевич Лунача́рский ) (born Anatoly Aleksandrovich Antonov , 23 November [ O.S. 11 November ] 1875 – 26 December 1933) was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and the first Bolshevik Soviet People's Commissar (Narkompros) responsible for Min
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
Diana Widmaier Picasso (born March 12, 1974) is a French art historian specialized in modern art, living in Paris. French art historian Diana Widmaier Picasso Born ( 1974-03-12 ) March 12, 1974 (age 48) Marseille , France Other names Diana Widmaier–Picasso Occupation art historian , art curator
#16 Hugo Buchthal
Hugo Buchthal (August 11, 1909-November 10, 1996) was a German-Jewish art historian, best known for his standard work Miniature Painting in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem (1957). German-Jewish art historian He studied at the Warburg Institute in Germany, emigrating in 1934 when it moved to London. F
Anne Windfohr Marion (November 10, 1938 – February 11, 2020) was an American heiress, rancher, horse breeder, business executive, philanthropist, and art collector from Fort Worth, Texas . She served as the president of Burnett Ranches and the chairman of the Burnett Oil Company. She was the founder
#18 Marty Bax
Martine Theodora Bax (born 1956) is a Dutch-Canadian art historian and art critic in modern art. Her specializations are the work of Piet Mondrian and the relationship between art and Western Esotericism , especially Modern Theosophy and Anthroposophy . Dutch-Canadian art historian This article need
Patricia " Pat " Mainardi (born November 10, 1942 [1] ) is a leading authority on nineteenth-century European art and European and American modernism, and a pioneering professor of women's studies. [2]
José Augusto Rodrigues França GCIH GOIH GCIP (16 November 1922 – 18 September 2021) was a Portuguese historian, art critic, and professor. [1] [2] Portuguese historian (1922–2021) This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Portuguese . (September 2021) Click
#1 Roman Dmowski Monument, Warsaw
The Roman Dmowski Monument in Warsaw ( Polish : Pomnik Romana Dmowskiego w Warszawie ) is a bronze statue, 5 meters (16 feet) tall, of Polish politician Roman Dmowski in Warsaw, on Na Rozdrożu Square at the intersection of Szuch and Ujazdów Avenues . [1] It was unveiled on 10 November 2006. [1] The
The British grave of the Unknown Warrior (often known as 'The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior') holds an unidentified member of the British armed forces killed on a European battlefield during the First World War . [1] He was given a state funeral and buried in Westminster Abbey , London on 11 November
#3 Colorado Tribute to Veterans Monument
The Colorado Tribute to Veterans Monument is a memorial commemorating World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Persian Gulf War veterans, installed outside the Colorado State Capitol , in Denver . The monument was dedicated on November 10, 1990. [1] War memorial in Denver, Colorado, U.S. Color
#4 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
#5 National War Memorial (Canada)
The National War Memorial ( French : Monument commémoratif de guerre du Canada ), titled The Response ( French : La Réponse ), is a tall, granite memorial arch with accreted bronze sculptures in Ottawa , Ontario , Canada, designed by Vernon March and first dedicated by King George VI in 1939. Origin
#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
The Armed Forces Memorial is a national memorial in the United Kingdom , dedicated to the 16,000 servicemen and women of the British Armed Forces killed on duty or through terrorist action since after the Second World War . It is within the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire . Armed Forces
The Schiller Monument is located in central Berlin ( Berlin-Mitte ) on Gendarmenmarkt , in front of the flight of steps leading up to the former royal theater , today a concert hall . It honors the poet, philosopher and historian Friedrich Schiller , who is also regarded as one of the most significa
Leeds War Memorial stands on Victoria Square on the Headrow , to the east of Town Hall and to the south of Leeds City Art Gallery in Leeds, England. It was erected as a memorial to those who had fallen in the First World War. The memorial was designed by Henry Charles Fehr (1867–1940) and unveiled o
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C. , honoring service members of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam War . The two-acre (8,100 m 2 ) site is dominated by two black granite walls engraved with the names of those service members who died or rema
#11 The Cenotaph
The Cenotaph is a war memorial on Whitehall in London, England. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens , it was unveiled in 1920 as the United Kingdom's national memorial to the British and Commonwealth dead of the First World War , was rededicated in 1946 to include those of the Second World War , and has s
Oldham War Memorial is a war memorial in Oldham , England, comprising a large bronze sculpture group on a granite plinth. It was built to commemorate the men of Oldham who were killed in the First World War . Bronze plaques on the wall of the churchyard nearby list the fallen, including Mabel Drinkw
#13 Maritime Monument, Copenhagen
The Maritime Monument ( Danish Søfartsmonumentet), located at Langelinie , close to Langelinie Marina, is a maritime memorial in Copenhagen , Denmark , commemorating civilian Danish sailors who lost their lives during the First World War . The monument consists of a bronze sculpture of a winged fema
#14 National War Memorial (South Australia)
The National War Memorial is a monument on the north edge of the city centre of Adelaide , South Australia , commemorating those who served in the First World War . Opened in 1931, the memorial is located on the corner of North Terrace and Kintore Avenue, adjacent to the grounds of Government House
#15 Cubi
The Cubi series is a group of stainless steel sculptures built from cubes, rectangular solids and cylinders with spheroidal or flat endcaps. These pieces are among the last works completed by the sculptor David Smith . The artist died in a car accident on May 23, 1965, soon after the completion of C
#16 Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red
Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red was a public art installation created in the moat of the Tower of London , England, between July and November 2014. It commemorated the centenary of the outbreak of World War I and consisted of 888,246 ceramic red poppies , each intended to represent one British or
#17 George Washington (Canova)
George Washington was a life-size marble statue of George Washington , done in the style of a Roman general , by the Italian Neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova . Commissioned by the State of North Carolina in 1815, it was completed in 1820 and installed in the rotunda of the North Carolina State H
The United States Marine Corps War Memorial ( Iwo Jima Memorial ) is a national memorial located in Arlington County , Virginia . The memorial was dedicated in 1954 to all Marines who have given their lives in defense of the United States since 1775. [1] It is located in Arlington Ridge Park within
#19 Stefan Starzyński Monument
The Stefan Starzyński monument (Pomnik Stefana Starzyńskiego) in Bank Square in Warsaw is one of two Warsaw monuments dedicated to the memory of the former President of Warsaw , Stefan Starzyński . It is the work of sculptor Andrzej Renes. Stefan Starzyński monument Pomnik Stefana Starzyńskiego The
Liverpool Cenotaph stands on St George's Plateau, to the east of St George's Hall in Liverpool, England. It was erected as a memorial to those who had fallen in the First World War. The dates of the Second World War were subsequently added. The cenotaph consists of a rectangular block of stone on a