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#1 Mary Kessell
Mary Merlin Kessell (13 November 1914 – 1977) [1] was a British figurative painter, illustrator, designer and war artist . Born in London, she studied at the Clapham School of Art, then later at the Central School of Arts and Crafts . At the end of the Second World War, she was commissioned to work
Chittaprosad Bhattacharya (1915-1978) was a political artist of the mid-20th century. He preferred watercolor and printmaking, avoiding oil on canvas. Chittaprosad used prints to disseminate leftist ideas and propaganda . [1] Indian leftist political artist and writer Chittaprosad Bhattacharya Born
#3 Jessicka
Jessicka Addams (born Jessica Fodera on October 23, 1975) is an American singer and visual artist. Best known by her stage name Jessicka , she was the frontwoman of Florida-based band Jack Off Jill and current front for the Los Angeles-based band Scarling. American singer Jessicka Jessicka in 2004 B
Roy Thomas (1949–2004) was one of the most influential 20th-century Anishinaabe painters in Canada, and was famous for paintings of colourful totemic animals. Like Norval Morrisseau , he became well known when Indigenous art gained mainstream popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s. [1] For oth
#5 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 (
#6 Tracey Emin
Tracey Karima Emin , CBE , RA ( / ˈ ɛ m ɪ n / ; born 3 July 1963) [2] [3] is a British artist known for her autobiographical and confessional artwork. Emin produces work in a variety of media including drawing , painting , sculpture , film , photography , neon text and sewn appliqué . [4] Once the "
Uriel Birnbaum (November 13, 1894, in Vienna − December 9, 1956, in Amersfoort , Netherlands ) was an Austrian painter , caricaturist , writer and poet . Austrian artist (1894–1956) Birnbaum was the youngest son of Nathan Birnbaum , a Jewish philosopher, and Rosa Korngut. Reportedly, his art educati
#8 Jacob Kassay
Jacob Kassay (born 1984 in Lewiston, New York ) is a post-conceptual artist best known for his work in painting, filmmaking, and sculpture. [1] Critics have noted the influence of minimalist music and composition on his work, [2] which applies a structural approach to the biological mechanisms of si
Albert Aereboe (31 January 1889 – 6 August 1970) was a German painter of the modernity . German painter
#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 Lillian B. Allen
Lillian Beatrice Allen (November 9, 1904 – November 13, 1994) [1] was a Canadian painter, teacher and nature photographer. She is known for her photographs which had been shown at the University of Manitoba and the publication of Frost: Photographs by Lillian Allen in 1990. Canadian academic and pho
#12 Camille Pissarro
Camille Pissarro ( / p ɪ ˈ s ɑːr oʊ / piss- AR -oh , French: [kamij pisaʁo] ; 10 July 1830 – 13 November 1903) was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of St Thomas (now in the US Virgin Islands , but then in the Danish West Indies ). His importance resi
#13 Kerim Seiler
Kerim Seiler (born 1974 in Bern) is a Swiss artist. Swiss artist and architect Kerim Seiler Born ( 1974-11-13 ) November 13, 1974 Bern Occupation Artist Years active 1999–present Partner Claire Dugan Website kerimseiler.com
John Hartman CM RCA (born 1950) is an Ontario-based painter and printmaker. Canadian artist (born 1950) John Hartman Born ( 1950-04-13 ) April 13, 1950 Midland, Ontario Education B.A., McMaster University , Hamilton (1973), courses in fine art with George Wallace Known for painter , graphic artist
#15 Emily Waheneka
Emily Waheneka (1919-2008) was a Native American artist, of Warm Springs , Wasco and Paiute tribal heritage. [1] Native American beadwork artist Emily Waheneka Kis-Sun-Y Emily Waheneka in 2002 Born ( 1919-02-11 ) February 11, 1919 Simnasho, Oregon Died January 28, 2008 (2008-01-28) (aged 88) Resti
#16 Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia ( Russian : О́льга Алекса́ндровна ; 13 June [ O.S. 1 June ] 1882 – 24 November 1960) was the youngest child of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and younger sister of Emperor Nicholas II . Last Grand Duchess of Imperial Russia For other people with the sam
#17 Berenice Wyer
Annie Berenice Crumb Wyer (October 5, 1873-29 January 1960) was a St. Louis, Missouri , pianist, composer, and lecturer. [1] Wyer composed for both piano and organ, and wrote art song and works for violin. She collaborated with Ethan Allen Taussig in performances of spoken recitation accompanied by
#18 Jan Groover
Jan Groover (April 24, 1943 – January 1, 2012) was an American photographer . She received numerous one-person shows, including at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, which holds some of her work in its permanent collection. American photographer Jan Groover Born ( 1943-04-24 ) April 24, 1943 Plai
Eduardo González Viaña (born November 13, 1941 in Chepén , La Libertad , Peru ) is a writer and professor of Spanish at Western Oregon University . Eduardo González Viaña Peruvian writer Eduardo González Viaña Born Eduardo González Viaña November 13, 1941 Chepén , La Libertad – Peru Nationality Unit
#20 Sophie Pemberton
Sophia Theresa "Sophie" Pemberton or Sophie Pemberton Deane-Drummond (13 February 1869 - 31 October 1959) was a Canadian painter [1] considered to be British Columbia's first professional woman artist. [2] Despite the social limitations placed on female artists at the time, she made a noteworthy con
#1 Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute
The Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute , usually referred to as Tandanya , is an art museum located on Grenfell Street in Adelaide , South Australia . It specialises in promoting Indigenous Australian art , including visual art, music and storytelling . It is the oldest Aboriginal -owne
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
Museo de Arte de Ponce ( MAP ) is an art museum located on Avenida Las Américas in Ponce, Puerto Rico . [6] [7] [8] [9] It houses a collection of European art , [7] as well as works by Puerto Rican artists. The museum contains one of the most important Pre-Raphaelite collections in the Western Hemis
#4 Grand Central Art Galleries
The Grand Central Art Galleries were the exhibition and administrative space of the nonprofit Painters and Sculptors Gallery Association, an artists' cooperative established in 1922 by Walter Leighton Clark together with John Singer Sargent , Edmund Greacen , and others. [1] Artists closely associat
The Australian Queer Archives ( AQuA ) (formerly the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives - ALGA) is a community-based non-profit organisation committed to the collection, preservation and celebration of material reflecting the lives and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex
The Walter Phillips Gallery (WPG) is a contemporary art gallery in Banff, Alberta . It was established in 1976 as a part of The Banff Centre in Banff National Park . This article needs additional citations for verification . ( January 2021 ) Art museum in Alberta, Canada Walter Phillips Gallery Walt
#7 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ( MFAH ), is an art museum located in the Houston Museum District of Houston, Texas . With the recent completion of an eight-year campus redevelopment project, including the opening of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building in 2020, it is the 12th largest art museum in t
#8 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 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
#10 Children's Museum of Los Angeles
The Children's Museum of Los Angeles opened to the public on June 11, 1979, and operated for 21 years. It was located at the Los Angeles Mall in the Los Angeles Civic Center . It specifically catered to children, with the purpose of educating, entertaining, and enriching children's lives in the grea
#11 Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is a museum of American art in Bentonville, Arkansas . The museum, founded by Alice Walton and designed by Moshe Safdie , officially opened on 11 November 2011. It offers free public admission. Art museum in Bentonville, Arkansas Crystal Bridges Museum of Ameri
The George Eastman Museum , also referred to as George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film , [3] [4] [5] the world's oldest museum dedicated to photography [6] [7] and one of the world's oldest film archives , opened to the public in 1949 in Rochester, New York . Museum in Ro
#13 Willard Gallery
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]
#14 Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Art Gallery of New South Wales ( AGNSW ), founded as the New South Wales Academy of Art in 1872 and known as the National Art Gallery of New South Wales between 1883 and 1958, is located in The Domain, Sydney , Australia. It is the most important public gallery in Sydney and one of the largest i
#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 Renwick Gallery
The Renwick Gallery is a branch of the Smithsonian American Art Museum located in Washington, D.C. that displays American craft and decorative arts from the 19th to 21st century. The gallery is housed in a National Historic Landmark building that was opened in 1859 on Pennsylvania Avenue and origina
#17 Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art and Science
The Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art and Science was a Smithsonian Institution Affiliate and American Alliance of Museums accredited museum located in downtown Fresno, California , in the San Joaquin Valley . The Museum was established in 1984 and was one of the largest museums between San Francisc
#18 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
#19 Carrick Hill
Carrick Hill is a publicly accessible historic property at the foot of the Adelaide Hills , in the suburb of Springfield , in South Australia . It was the Adelaide home of Sir Edward "Bill" Hayward and his wife Ursula (née Barr-Smith), and contains a large collection of drawings, sculptures, antique
#20 Amber Room
The Amber Room ( Russian : Янтарная комната , tr. Yantarnaya Komnata , German : Bernsteinzimmer , Polish : Bursztynowa komnata ) was a chamber decorated in amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors , located in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg . Decorated royal chamb
#1 One Hundred Years: History of the Chinese in America
One Hundred Years: History of the Chinese in America is a 1952 mural painting by James Leong . Mural by James Leong in San Francisco, California One Hundred Years: History of the Chinese in America Artist James Leong Year 1952 Type Egg tempera and casein on masonite Dimensions 154 cm × 533.4 c
#2 Salon Pedal
Salon Pedal is a color lithograph on paper designed in 1897 by the Catalan artist Alexandre de Riquer . The print's design evokes the decorative style seen in Modernisme art. The artwork is in the collection of Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya , in Barcelona . [1] This article is an orphan , as no
#3 In the Car
In the Car (sometimes Driving ) [1] is a 1963 pop art painting by Roy Lichtenstein . The smaller, older of the two versions of this painting formerly held the record for highest auction price for a Lichtenstein painting. The larger version has been in the collection of the Scottish National Gallery
#4 Murasaki Shikibu Nikki Emaki
The Murasaki Shikibu Nikki Emaki ( 紫式部日記絵巻 ) is a mid-13th century emaki (Japanese picture scroll) inspired by the private diary ( nikki ) of Murasaki Shikibu , lady-in-waiting at the 10th–11th century Heian court and author of The Tale of Genji . This emaki belongs to the classical style of Japanes
#5 Construction Fence (Keith Haring)
Construction Fence or Milwaukee Mural is mural by American artist Keith Haring . The mural was commissioned in 1983 in celebration of the groundbreaking of the Haggerty Museum of Art in Milwaukee , Wisconsin . It originally decorated a fence surrounding the construction site of the museum and is cur
Happy Tears is a 1964 pop art painting by Roy Lichtenstein . It formerly held the record for highest auction price for a Lichtenstein painting. Painting by Roy Lichtenstein Happy Tears Artist Roy Lichtenstein Year 1964 ( 1964 ) Movement Pop art Dimensions 96.5 cm × 96.5 cm (38 in × 38
#7 Harriet Tubman Memorial (New York City)
The Harriet Tubman Memorial, also known as Swing Low , [1] located in Manhattan in New York City , honors the life of abolitionist Harriet Tubman . [2] The intersection at which it stands was previously a barren traffic island, and is now known as "Harriet Tubman Triangle". [1] [3] As part of its re
An outdoor life-size sculpture of Chief Seattle by local artist James Wehn is installed in Tilikum Place in Seattle , Washington , in the United States. [2] [3] [4] [5] Statue in Seattle, Washington, U.S. Not to be confused with Chief of the Suquamish – Chief Seattle . Statue of Chief Seattle The st
Young Woman with a Serpent ( French : Jeune Fille au Serpent ) is a c. 1885 sculpture by Auguste Rodin , realised in several media. The artist later used the figure in his 1905 Adam and Eve . [2] Young Woman with a Serpent The Museo Soumaya cast. Artist Auguste Rodin Year c. 1885 [1]
#10 List of works by Thomas Eakins
This is a list of professionally authenticated paintings, drawings, and sculptures by Thomas Eakins (1844–1916). As there is no catalogue raisonné of Eakins' works, [1] this is an aggregation of existing published catalogs. Photograph of Thomas Eakins c. 1882
#11 The Three Graces (Cranach)
The Three Graces is a 1531 oil on beech panel painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder . [1] [2] Other versions of the subject by the artist from 1530 and 1535 are in a private collection and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art , Kansas City respectively. Painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder (Louvre) It remai
#12 Le Pont aux Anglais, soleil couchant
Le Pont aux Anglais, soleil couchant is an oil painting created in 1905 by the French artist Robert Antoine Pinchon (1886–1943). Associated with the new generation of l'École de Rouen [1] [2] [3] Pinchon executed this work in a Post-Impressionist style with a subdued Fauve or Neo-Impressionist palet
#13 Femme au Chien
Femme au Chien (English: Woman with dog ) is an oil on canvas painting by Pablo Picasso , which he painted in 1962. It is a portrait of Picasso's second wife, Jacqueline Roque , and their dog Kaboul, an Afghan Greyhound. The painting is an illustration of the great affection that Picasso displayed f
#14 First Lady Michelle Obama (painting)
First Lady Michelle Obama , initially titled Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama , is a portrait of former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama , painted by the artist Amy Sherald . Unveiled in 2018, it hangs in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in Washington, D.C. The six-by-five-foot (1.8
#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 List of large triptychs by Francis Bacon
The Irish-born British artist Francis Bacon (1909–1992) painted 28 known large triptychs between 1944 and 1985–86. [1] He began working in the format in the mid-1940s with a number of smaller scale works before graduating to large examples in 1962. He followed the larger style for 30 years, although
The Wrestlers is an oil painting on millboard by English artist William Etty , painted around 1840 and currently in the York Art Gallery , in York , England. It depicts a wrestling match between a black man and a white man, both glistening with sweat and under an intense light emphasising their curv
#18 Grand Master Philippe Villiers de l'Isle Adam Taking Possession of Mdina
Grand Master Philippe Villiers de l'Isle Adam Taking Possession of Mdina is a painting by the French artist Antoine de Favray from c. 1750. It depicts Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam , a Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller , entering the city of Mdina and taking possession of it in a ceremony k
#19 Andy Mouse
Andy Mouse is a series of silkscreen prints created by American artist Keith Haring in 1986. The character Andy Mouse is a fusion between Disney 's Mickey Mouse and Andy Warhol . The series consists of four silkscreen prints on wove paper , all signed and dated in pencil by Haring and Warhol. 1986 s
#1 Jack Burnham
Jack Wesley Burnham Jr. (born New York City, November 13, 1931 - February 25, 2019) was an American writer on art and technology, who taught art history at Northwestern University and the University of Maryland . He is one of the main forces behind the emergence of systems art in the 1960s. [1] Amer
Tricia Collins is an American art critic , art gallerist and curator of contemporary art. She was half of the curatorial team Collins & Milazzo , with Richard Milazzo , who together co-published and co-edited Effects : Magazine for New Art Theory from 1982 to 1984. [1] She later ran the art galler
#3 Andréi Nakov
Andréi Borisov Nakov ( Bulgarian : Андрей Борисов Наков ; 13 November 1941 – 19 May 2022) [1] was a Bulgarian-born French art historian engaged principally in research on Russian non-objective art , Cubo-futurism , Dada , and Constructivism , where his work as a precursor in these areas gained him a
#4 Billy Klüver
Johan Wilhelm Klüver (November 11, 1927 – March 20, 2004) was an electrical engineer at Bell Telephone Laboratories who founded Experiments in Art and Technology . Klüver lectured extensively on art and technology and social issues to be addressed by the technical community. He published numerous ar
Elizabeth Kridl Valkenier (born 13 November 1926) is a Polish-American art historian and a specialist in nineteenth century Russian art . Her work on the Peredvizhniki , first published in 1977, was part of a re-evaluation of their aims in breaking away from the Russian academy.
Franz Brulliot (16 February 1780 – 13 November 1836) [1] was an art historian, specializing in engraving . He is known particularly for his work Dictionnaire des monogrammes .
Adolphe Napoléon Didron (1806–1867) was a French art historian and archaeologist . Adolphe Napoléon Didron Born 13 March 1806 Hautvillers , Marne, France Died 13 November 1867 Occupation Art historian, archeologist Relatives Édouard Didron (nephew)
Richard Edward Ion Calvocoressi CBE (b. 5 May 1951) is a British museum curator and art historian. British museum curator and art historian Richard Edward Ion Calvocoressi Born ( 1951-05-05 ) 5 May 1951 (age 71) Westerham , Kent , England Nationality British Education Eton College Alma mater Mag
Arthur Fairbanks (November 13, 1864 Hanover, New Hampshire – January 13, 1944 Cambridge, Massachusetts ) was an art historian and administrator who lived and worked in the United States. From 1908 to 1925, he was director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston . American art historian This article inclu
George Walter Thornbury (13 November 1828 – 11 June 1876) was an English author. He was the first biographer of J. M. W. Turner . British writer (1828-1876) George Walter Thornbury
#11 Ingrid Sischy
Ingrid Barbara Sischy ( /siː'sʃi/ ) [1] (March 2, 1952 – July 24, 2015) was a South African-born American writer and editor who specialized in covering art, photography, and fashion. [2] She rose to prominence as the editor of Artforum from 1979 to 1988, and was editor-in-chief of Andy Warhol 's Int
#12 Alfred Moir
Alfred Moir (14 April 1924—13 November 2010) was an art historian, collector and author of numerous books on baroque art. American art historian Alfred Moir Born ( 1924-04-12 ) April 12, 1924 Minneapolis , Minnesota Died November 13, 2010 (2010-11-13) (aged 86) Santa Barbara, California Nationalit
Richard Christian Wynne Fremantle [1] (1 May 1936 – 13 November 2018) [2] was an American art historian . [3] The focus of most of his work is the early Florentine Renaissance , and in particular, the painter Masaccio . American art historian This article needs additional citations for verification
Paul Armand Silvestre (18 April 1837 – 19 February 1901) was a 19th-century French poet and conteur born in Paris. Paul Armand Silvestre Born 18 April 1837 Paris Died 19 February 1901 (1901-02-19) (aged 63) Toulouse Occupation Chorégrapher Poet Librettist Silvestre at the peak of his career. He st
#15 Carl Ruland
Carl Ruland (15 July 1834 – 13 November 1907) was a German art and literary historian . He served as private secretary and librarian to Albert, Prince Consort , from 1859 until the prince's death in 1861. German art and literary historian Carl Ruland Dr. Ruland in 1902 Private Secretary to the Princ
Elizabeth Holmes Fisher (September 13, 1867 – November 13, 1955) was an American art collector and the first woman elected to the University of Southern California ’s board of trustees. She founded the USC Fisher Museum of Art in 1939. [1] American art collector (1867–1955) Elizabeth Holmes Fisher B
#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
#18 Peter Arrell Browne Widener
Peter Arrell Browne Widener (November 13, 1834 – November 6, 1915) was an American businessman, art collector, and patriarch of the Widener family of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . [1] American businessman For his grandson, the American racehorse owner and breeder., see Peter Arrell Browne Widener II
#19 Helen Ogilvie
Helen Elizabeth Ogilvie (4 May 1902, in Corowa – 1 August 1993, in Melbourne ) was a twentieth-century Australian artist and gallery director, cartoonist, painter, printmaker and craftworker, best known for her early linocuts and woodcuts, and her later oil paintings of vernacular colonial buildings
#1 Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth Monument and Grave
Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth Monument and Grave is a historic site within Hudson View Cemetery in Mechanicville, New York . War memorial in New York state, USA United States historic place Ellsworth, Col. Elmer E., Monument and Grave U.S. National Register of Historic Places Show map of New York Show map
#2 Statue of Joseph Stalin, Berlin
The Berlin Stalin statue ( German : Stalindenkmal ) was a bronze portrayal of the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin . A Komsomol delegation had presented the sculpture to the East Berlin government on the occasion of the Third World Festival of Youth and Students in 1951. The monument was formally dedicat
#3 Miss Freedom
Miss Freedom , originally named Goddess of Liberty , is the statue adorning the dome of the Georgia State Capitol since 1889. Commissioned in 1888, the hollow copper statue is painted white, weighs over 1600 lbs and is over 26 feet tall. She was sculpted with a torch in her right hand and a sword in
#4 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 Maitland Brown Memorial , also known as Explorers' Monument , is a monument located in Esplanade Park in Fremantle , Western Australia . [1] [2] Unveiled on 8 February 1913, [3] it is approximately 6 metres (20 ft) high, and consists of a head and shoulders statue of Maitland Brown sitting on
#6 National Monument (Malaysia)
The National Monument is a sculpture that commemorates those who died in Malaysia 's struggle for freedom, principally against the Japanese occupation during World War II and the Malayan Emergency , which lasted from 1948 until 1960. It is located in the Federal capital, Kuala Lumpur . The Malaysian
#7 List of statues of Vladimir Lenin
This article is a list of current and former known monuments of Vladimir Lenin . Some or all of the monuments in former Soviet republics and satellites were removed after the fall of the Soviet Union, while Russia and aligned countries (mainly Belarus) retained the thousands of Lenin monuments that
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
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 Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is a national memorial located in West Potomac Park next to the National Mall in Washington, D.C. , United States. [1] It covers four acres (1.6 ha) and includes the Stone of Hope , a granite statue of Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. carved
#11 Windsor, Ontario weeping statue
In 2010 the Canadian city of Windsor was the site of alleged miracles, centring around a statue of the Virgin Mary . [1] This article is an orphan , as no other articles link to it . Please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the Find link tool for suggestions. ( September 2022
Major John André Monument , also known as the Site of Major John André 's Hanging and Burial, is a historic monument located at Tappan in Rockland County, New York ; it's only a few yards away from the New Jersey border. It is a gray granite monument erected in 1879 and approximately 40 inches squ
#13 Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe [1] ( German : Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas ), also known as the Holocaust Memorial (German: Holocaust-Mahnmal ), is a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust , designed by architect Peter Eisenman and Buro Happold . It consis
The Monument to Nicholas I ( Russian : Памятник Николаю I ) is a bronze equestrian monument of Nicholas I of Russia on St Isaac's Square (in front of Saint Isaac's Cathedral ) in Saint Petersburg , Russia . It was created by French sculptor Auguste de Montferrand and unveiled on July 7 [ O.S. June
#15 Banality (sculpture series)
Banality is a series of sculptures by American artist Jeff Koons . The works were unveiled in 1988 and have become controversial for their use of copyrighted images. Several editions of the sculptures have sold at auction for millions of dollars. Sculpture series by Jeff Koons Jeff Koons in 2009
The Argonne Cross Memorial is a memorial to American military personnel who died fighting in France during World War I. It was erected on November 13, 1923, and stands in Section 18 of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia , in the United States. Argonne Cross United States The A
#17 Royal Naval Division War Memorial
The Royal Naval Division Memorial is a First World War memorial located on Horse Guards Parade in central London , and dedicated to members of the 63rd (Royal Naval) Division (RND) killed in that conflict. Sir Edwin Lutyens designed the memorial, which was unveiled on 25 April 1925—ten years to th
#18 Turra Coo
The Turra Coo ( Doric for "the Turriff Cow") was a white Ayrshire - Shorthorn cross dairy cow which lived near the Aberdeenshire town of Turriff in north-east Scotland in the early twentieth century. The cow became famous following a dispute between her owner, supported by local people, against the
The statue of Edward Colston is a bronze statue of Bristol -born merchant and trans-Atlantic slave trader , Edward Colston (1636–1721). It was created in 1895 by the Irish sculptor John Cassidy and was formerly erected on a plinth of Portland stone in a public park known as "The Centre" , until it w