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Augustus Vincent Tack (1870–1949) was an American painter of portraits, landscapes and abstractions. American painter Augustus Vincent Tack Time and Timelessness, (the Spirit of Creation) , 1943-1944, oil on canvas, Phillips Collection Washington DC Born ( 1870-11-09 ) November 9, 1870 Pittsburgh, P
Rafael Mijares Alcérreca (23 September 1924 – 9 November 2015) was a Mexican architect and painter. [1] [2] Rafael Mijares Alcérreca Born ( 1924-09-23 ) 23 September 1924 Mexico City Died 9 November 2015 (2015-11-09) (aged 91) Nationality Mexican Alma mater Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxic
Frederik Kastrud Petersen (9 November 1759 – 22 August 1825) was a Norwegian painter known primarily for his portraits. [1] Norwegian painter For the Danish Olympic athlete, see Frederik Petersen (athlete) For the Swedish handballer, see Fredrik Petersen Self-portrait (c.1810/20) Portrait of the art
Margarete Scheel (28 september 1881 – 9 november 1969) was a German artist, specializing in sculpture and ceramics. [1] German artist Scheel was born in Rostock to a family involved professionally in medicine. She, however, took a different path, pursuing her secondary education at an all-girls, pri
#5 Wolf Vostell
Wolf Vostell (14 October 1932 – 3 April 1998) was a German painter and sculptor, considered one of the early adopters of video art and installation art and pioneer of Happenings and Fluxus . Techniques such as blurring and Dé-coll/age are characteristic of his work, as is embedding objects in concre
Pavel Fyodorovich Pleshanov (Russian: Павел Фёдорович Плешанов; (1829—1882) was a Russian portrait and history painter. Member of the Imperial Academy of Arts . Russian painter Pavel Pleshanov Павел Фёдорович Плешанов Pavel Pleshanov, from Vsemirnaya Illyustratsiya Born ( 1829-05-18 ) May 18, 1829 [
#7 Mark Crowe
Mark Crowe is an American video game designer , artist, and writer who developed several adventure games , mostly for Sierra On-Line and its subsidiary Dynamix . He later worked at Pipeworks Software as Studio Design Director. Crowe is best known for creating the Space Quest series, mostly with his
#8 Louis Faurer
Louis Faurer (August 28, 1916 – March 2, 2001) was an American candid or street photographer . He was a quiet artist who never achieved the broad public recognition that his best-known contemporaries did; however, the significance and caliber of his work were lauded by insiders, among them Robert Fr
#9 James Best
Jewel Franklin Guy (July 26, 1926 – April 6, 2015), known professionally as James Best , was an American television, film, stage, and voice actor, as well as a writer, director, acting coach, artist, college professor, and musician. During a career that spanned more than 60 years, he performed not
#10 Fateh Moudarres
Fateh al-Moudarres ( Arabic : فاتح المدرس ) (1922 – 1999) was a Syrian painter and one of the leaders of the modern art movement in Syria. Moudarres studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome , where he was influenced by Surrealism . After he completed his studies, he returned to Syria where he
#11 Tristram Hillier
Tristram Paul Hillier RA (11 April 1905 – 18 January 1983) was an English surrealist painter. He was a member of the Unit One group led by Paul Nash . British painter Tristram Hillier Born Tristram Paul Hillier 11 April 1905 Beijing , China Died 18 January 1983 Bristol , England Nationality British
Jerzy Luczak-Szewczyk (2 January 1923, Lublin , Poland - 12 April 1975, Örebro , Sweden ) was a Polish-born Swedish painter, drawer and sculptor. Jerzy Luczak-Szewczyk Jerzy Luczak-Szewczyk, 1974 Born Wojciech Stanisław Szewczyk ( 1923-01-02 ) 2 January 1923 Lublin , Poland Died 12 April 1975 (1975-
Mychajlo Serhiyovych Dmytrenko ( Ukrainian : Михайло Сергійович Дмитренко ; November 9, 1908, Lokhvytsi , Poltava , Russian Empire – March 8, 1997) [1] was a Ukrainian - American painter of world recognition. Dmytrenko settled in Detroit and examples of his work can be found there. Along with his ot
#14 Matteo Ponzone
Matteo Ponzone (17th century) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active between 1630 and 1700 mainly in Venice . He was a pupil of Santo Peranda . Several of his works are in the churches and public buildings of Venice , particularly in San Giorgio Maggiore , and in the church of the "Pad
#15 Mitchell Siporin
Mitchell Siporin (1910–1976) was a Social Realist American painter. [1] [2] American painter
#16 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
#17 Giuseppe Bossi
Giuseppe Bossi (11 August 1777 – 9 November 1815) was an Italian painter , arts administrator and writer on art. He ranks among the foremost figures of Neoclassical culture in Lombardy, along with Ugo Foscolo , Giuseppe Parini , Andrea Appiani or Manzoni . Italian painter Giuseppe Bossi, bust by Cam
#18 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
#19 Miriam Ibling
Miriam Ibling (February 17, 1895 – November 9, 1985) was an American muralist who worked on art projects for the New Deal 's Section of Painting and Sculpture creating public art in Minnesota. Her lithograph Sheep Resting is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Americ
#20 Magnus Enckell
Knut Magnus Enckell (9 November 1870 in Hamina – 27 November 1925 in Stockholm ) [1] was a Finnish symbolist painter. At first he painted with a subdued palette, but from 1902 onwards used increasingly bright colors. He was a leading member of the Septem group of colorist painters. In Finland, Encke
#1 Ethnographic Museum of Kraków
The Seweryn Udziela Ethnographic Museum of Kraków ( Polish : Muzeum Etnograficzne im. Seweryna Udzieli w Krakowie ) is a museum in Kazimierz , Kraków , Poland . It was established in 1902. This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Polish . (July 2010) Click
The Sabah Art Gallery ( BSLS ; Malay : Balai Seni Lukis Sabah ) is an art gallery in Kota Kinabalu , Sabah , Malaysia . Art gallery in Sabah, Malaysia Sabah Art Gallery Balai Seni Lukis Sabah General information Type art gallery Location Kota Kinabalu , Sabah , Malaysia Opened 1984 Cost MYR16 millio
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
#4 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
The Bucerius Kunst Forum is an international exhibition centre in Hamburg , Germany, founded in 2002 through the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius foundation. It is named after Gerd Bucerius and his wife, and located directly beside the Hamburg Rathaus . The exhibition centre shows 3 - 4 exhibi
#6 Tom Jancar
Tom Jancar (born November 9, 1950, Pasadena, CA ) is a contemporary art dealer who owns Jancar Gallery (2006-2016) located in Los Angeles , CA. Art dealer Jancar studied Art History (BA 1974 - University of California, Irvine ) and Studio Art (MFA 1976 - University of California, Irvine ). During hi
#7 Sam and Alfreda Maloof Compound
The Sam and Alfreda Maloof Compound is a historic residential complex located at 5131 Carnelian Street in Alta Loma , California . The complex includes the house and workshop of woodworker and furniture designer Sam Maloof , who designed the buildings himself. Maloof's house includes hand-carved red
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
The Willard Gallery was a contemporary art gallery operating in New York City from 1940 until 1987. It was founded by Marian Willard Johnson. [1]
#10 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts , which houses significant examples of European , Asian , and American art . Its collection includes paintings, sculpture, tapestries, and decorative arts. It was founded by Isabella Stewart Gardner , whose will called for
The Huntington Museum of Art is a nationally accredited art museum located in the Park Hills neighborhood above Ritter Park in Huntington, West Virginia . Housed on over 50 acres of land and occupying almost 60,000 square feet, it is the largest art museum in the state of West Virginia. The museum's
#12 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is an art museum beside the National Mall , in Washington, D.C. , the United States . The museum was initially endowed during the 1960s with the permanent art collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn . It was designed by architect Gordon Bunshaft and is part of the
#13 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
#14 Revue virtuelle
Revue virtuelle (1992–1996) was an exhibition project for early new media , virtual art technologies, computer graphics , virtual reality , hypermedia and digital art projects that was housed in the Musée National d'Art Moderne , Centre Pompidou from1992 to 1996. [1] This article has multiple issues
#15 Ternopil Regional Art Museum
Ternopil Regional Art Museum is a museum in the north-central part of Ternopil , Ukraine. It was founded on 1 May 1991 on the base of the former art gallery — a department of museum of regional ethnography . [1] The museum aims to research the stock, education (lectures and excursions), exposition,
#16 Belgrave St Ives
Belgrave St Ives is a commercial art gallery, [1] specialising in modern British and contemporary art in St Ives , Cornwall, southwest England. [2] It gives emphasis to work produced in Cornwall from the 1930s onwards, when the town of St Ives became an internationally important modernist artistic c
#17 Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters
The Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters ( Croatian : Strossmayerova galerija starih majstora ) is a fine art museum in Zagreb , Croatia exhibiting the collection donated to the city by Bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer in 1884. Located at 11 Nikola Šubić Zrinski Square , it forms part of the Croatian Ac
#18 Stralsund Museum
The Stralsund Museum (until 2015: Stralsund Museum of Cultural History , Kulturhistorisches Museum ) is museum in the Hanseatic city Stralsund , Germany. [1] It is headquartered in a former convent of the Dominicans , the St. Catherine's Monastery . Stralsund Museum Entrance to the Museum of Cultura
Ludwigsburg Palace , nicknamed the " Versailles of Swabia ", [1] is a 452-room palace complex of 18 buildings located in Ludwigsburg , Baden-Württemberg , Germany. Its total area, including the gardens, is 32 ha (79 acres) – the largest palatial estate in the country. The palace has four wings:
#20 Deichtorhallen
The Deichtorhallen in Hamburg , Germany , is one of Europe's largest art centers for contemporary art and photography . [1] The two historical buildings dating from 1911 to 1913 are iconic in style [ clarification needed ] , with their open steel-and-glass structures. Their architecture creates a ba
#1 Along the River During the Qingming Festival
Along the River During the Qingming Festival ( Qingming Shanghe Tu ) is a handscroll painting by the Song dynasty painter Zhang Zeduan (1085–1145). It captures the daily life of people and the landscape of the capital, Bianjing (present-day Kaifeng ) during the Northern Song . The theme is often sai
#2 Le Boulevard de Montmartre, Matinée de Printemps
Le Boulevard de Montmartre, Matinée de Printemps is a painting of Paris' Boulevard Montmartre by Camille Pissarro . Painting by Camille Pissarro Le Boulevard de Montmartre, Matinée de Printemps Artist Camille Pissarro Year 1896 or 1897 (disputed) Catalogue JP and CD-RS 1171 Medium oil on canvas Dime
Nude in a Black Armchair (French: Nu au Fauteuil Noir ) is an oil on canvas painting by Pablo Picasso . Painted on 9 March 1932, a time at which Picasso lived in Boisgeloup outside Paris, [1] it is the first and largest of a series of paintings Picasso completed that year of his mistress Marie-Thérè
The monument to Jovan Cvijić is a monument dedicated to Jovan Cvijić in Belgrade , Serbia, located in the Academy Park in the neighborhood of the University of Belgrade . This article is an orphan , as no other articles link to it . Please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the
#5 Regional Art exhibition (Leningrad, 1980)
The Regional Art Exhibition of 1980 ( Russian : Зональная выставка произведений ленинградских художников 1980 года ) became one of the most important and largest Soviet Art exhibition of the end of 1970s. [1] The Exhibition took place in the Manezh Central Exhibition Hall , which was handed over to
#6 Nu couché
Nu couché (also known in English as Red Nude [1] or Reclining Nude [2] ) is a 1917 oil on canvas painting by the Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani . It is one of his most widely reproduced and exhibited paintings. [ citation needed ] Painting by Amedeo Modigliani Not to be confused with Nu couché (su
Le Lit ('The Bed') (also known as Dans le lit , 'In Bed') is a painting by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec from around 1892 which depicts two people sharing a bed. The painting has been held by public collections in France since 1937, and by the Musée d'Orsay in Paris since 1986. Painting by Henri de Toul
#8 The Aviator (Charlottesville, Virginia)
The Aviator is a historical sculpture located on the University of Virginia campus near Charlottesville , Albemarle County, Virginia . Sculpture on the campus of the University of Virginia, USA The Aviator Artist Gutzon Borglum Year 1918 Type Bronze Dimensions 4,400 cm × 3,400 cm (144 ft ×
#9 Willy Brandt Memorial (Nuremberg)
The Willy Brandt Memorial at the Willy Brandt Place in Nuremberg remembers the former Federal Chancellor and Nobel Peace Prize winner Willy Brandt . The bronze sculpture, which is sitting on a bench, was opened on 9 November 2009 in Anwesenheit by Ulrich Maly , Josef Tabachnyk and numerous contempor
#10 Nasturtiums (E. Phillips Fox)
Nasturtiums is an oil painting by the Australian Impressionist painter Emanuel Phillips Fox painted in 1912 during a period of great creativity for the artist in which he produced some of his finest works. [1] It shows a woman, Edith Susan Gerard Anderson , wearing a printed mauve dress, black hat a
#11 We Choose Love
We Choose Love is a 2018 memorial painted along the ramp walls of the Hollywood/Northeast 42nd Avenue Transit Center , in northeast Portland, Oregon , to commemorate victims of the 2017 Portland train attack . The memorial is temporary, as the station is slated for renovation. Memorial painting in P
#12 Brig "Mercury" Attacked by Two Turkish Ships
Brig "Mercury" Attacked by Two Turkish Ships (Russian: Бриг "Меркурий", атакованный двумя турецкими кораблями) is an 1892 oil on canvas painting by Russian painter Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900). Aivazovsky painted over 6,000 works, more than half of which are seascapes . [1] Brig "Mercury" Attacked by
The Marie de' Medici Cycle is a series of twenty-four paintings by Peter Paul Rubens commissioned by Marie de' Medici , widow of Henry IV of France , for the Luxembourg Palace in Paris. Rubens received the commission in the autumn of 1621. After negotiating the terms of the contract in early 1622, t
#14 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
#15 Vase with White and Red Carnations
Vase with White and Red Carnations is a work by Vincent van Gogh . It is an oil on canvas painting in a private collection, painted in the summer of 1886 in Paris. [1] The painting depicts white and red carnation flowers in a gold and dark brown vase. Painting by Vincent van Gogh Vase with White and
#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 Thankful Poor is an 1894 genre painting by the African-American painter Henry Ossawa Tanner . It depicts two African Americans praying at a table, and shares common themes with Tanner's other paintings from the 1890s including The Banjo Lesson (1893) and The Young Sabot Maker (1895). The work is
#18 Le Chemin, Paysage à Meudon
Le Chemin, Paysage à Meudon also known as Paysage avec personage , is an oil on canvas painted in 1911 by the artist, theorist and writer Albert Gleizes . The work was exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants during the spring of 1911, Paris; Les Indépendants, Musée moderne de Bruxelles, 1911; Galeri
#19 Napoleon Crossing the Alps
Napoleon Crossing the Alps (also known as Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass or Bonaparte Crossing the Alps ; listed as Le Premier Consul franchissant les Alpes au col du Grand Saint-Bernard ) is a series of five oil on canvas equestrian portraits of Napoleon Bonaparte painted by the French artist J
Femme nue couchée ( French : Nude Reclining Woman ) is an 1862 painting by French Realist painter Gustave Courbet (1819–1877). It depicts a young dark-haired woman reclining on a couch, wearing only a pair of shoes and stockings . Behind her, partly drawn red curtains reveal an overcast sky seen thr
Chauncey Devereux Stillman (November 9, 1907 – January 24, 1989) was a philanthropist , art collector, conservationist , and banking heir. [1] [2] As one biographer noted, "He was one of the richest men of his generation, but he was never idle of indolent." [3] American philanthropist and art collec
Vivien Margaret Knight (9 November 1953 – 18 December 2009), was a British art historian and gallerist, and the head of the Guildhall Art Gallery , from 1983 until her death. British art historian and gallery director Vivien Knight Born Vivien Margaret Knight ( 1953-11-09 ) 9 November 1953 Birmingha
Just in Mathias Thiele (13 December 1795 – 9 November 1874) was a Danish scholar and librarian. A central personage during the Danish Golden Age , he contributed to Danish cultural life in a number of capacities. He collected and published Danish folk tales with inspiration from the Brothers Grimm a
Andrew Michael Graham-Dixon (born 26 December 1960) is a British art historian and broadcaster. British art historian and broadcaster (born 1960) Andrew Graham-Dixon Graham-Dixon in 2012 Born ( 1960-12-26 ) 26 December 1960 (age 61) London , England Education Westminster School Alma mater Christ
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
Gotthard Jedlicka (6 May 1899 in Zurich — 9 November 1965 in Duisburg ) was a Swiss art historian and writer. Swiss art historian and writer
Leslie Greene Bowman (born November 9, 1956) is an American museum administrator and decorative arts historian who has served as president of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation , which owns and runs Monticello , since 2008. She previously worked in progressively responsible curatorial roles at the Los
#8 Alexander Colquhoun (artist)
Alexander Colquhoun (15 February 1862 – 14 February 1941) was a Scottish-born Federation era Victorian painter, illustrator and critic. Scottish-born Federation era Victorian painter, illustrator and critic
(Charles) David (Ogilvy) Barrie CBE (born 9 November 1953) is a former British diplomat, arts administrator and campaigner. Now an author, [1] he is the great great nephew of the playwright, Sir James Matthew Barrie . [2] British art historian Barrie served in the British Diplomatic Service and Cabi
#10 Paul Binski
Paul Binski FSA FBA (born 9 November 1956) is a British art historian and Emeritus Professor of the History of Medieval Art at the University of Cambridge . British medievalist (born 1956) Paul Binski Born 9 November 1956 ( 1956-11-09 ) (age 65) Academic background Alma mater Gonville and Caius
#11 Helen Clay Frick
Helen Clay Frick (September 2, 1888 – November 9, 1984) [1] was an American philanthropist and art collector. She was born in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , the third child of the coke and steel magnate Henry Clay Frick (1849 – 1919) and his wife, Adelaide Howard Childs (1859 – 1931). Two of her siblin
#12 Maurice Bardèche
Maurice Bardèche (1 October 1907 – 30 July 1998) was a French art critic and journalist , better known as one of the leading exponents of neo-fascism in post– World War II Europe. Bardèche was also the brother-in-law of the collaborationist novelist, poet and journalist Robert Brasillach , executed
#13 Art critic
An art critic is a person who is specialized in analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating art . Their written critiques or reviews contribute to art criticism and they are published in newspapers, magazines, books, exhibition brochures, and catalogues and on websites. Some of today's art critics use a
Hildebrand Gurlitt (15 September 1895 – 9 November 1956) was a German art historian , art gallery director who dealt in Nazi-looted art as one of Hitler's and Goering's four authorized dealers for " degenerate art ". [1] German art dealer authorized by Third Reich to sell looted art, historian Hilde
#15 Leo Stein
Leo Stein (May 11, 1872 – July 29, 1947) was an American art collector and critic. He was born in Allegheny City (now in Pittsburgh ), the older brother of Gertrude Stein . He became an influential promoter of 20th-century paintings. This article is about the American art critic. For the Polish writ
#16 François Bucher
François C. Bucher (1927- November 9, 1999) was a Swiss-born American Medievalist , art historian , writer on medieval and contemporary art, [1] and distinguished professor emeritus of medieval art and architecture at Florida State University . [2] [3] American art historian François Bucher
#17 Henk Schulte Nordholt (art historian)
Henk Schulte Nordholt (8 March 1909, in Zwolle – 9 November 1998, in Amsterdam ) was an art history professor and scholar from the Netherlands . [1] He studied German language and literature, history, and art history at the University of Amsterdam from 1932 until 1939 and then taught German and hist
#18 Umberto Baldini
Umberto Baldini (November 9, 1921 – August 16, 2006) was an art historian and specialist in the theory of art restoration . Umberto Baldini He earned a degree in art history with professor Mario Salmi , entered into service as inspector of the Soprintendenza of Florence , and in 1949 became director
Sergey Eduardovich Zuev ( Russian : Сергей Эдуардович Зуев ; born April 25, 1954) is a Russian economist, specialist in cultural management, candidate of art history (1984), professor, since 2011 Rector of the Moscow School for the Social and Economic Sciences (MSSES), Director of the Institute of S
#20 Daisaku Ikeda
Daisaku Ikeda ( 池田 大作 , Ikeda Daisaku , born 2 January 1928) is a Japanese Buddhist philosopher, educator, author, and nuclear disarmament advocate. [2] [3] [4] He served as the third president and then honorary president of the Soka Gakkai , the largest of Japan's new religious movements . [5] :
#1 Equestrian statue of John A. Logan
Major General John A. Logan , also known as the General John A. Logan Monument and Logan Circle Monument , is an equestrian statue in Washington, D.C. that honors politician and Civil War general John A. Logan . The monument is sited in the center of Logan Circle , a traffic circle and public park i
The Day the Wall Came Down are two sculptures by Veryl Goodnight honoring the spontaneous end of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989. It depicts five horses leaping over actual pieces of the broken wall. The Day the Wall Came Down (1996) by Veryl Goodnight , exhibited on the grounds of the George Bu
#3 Statue of Edward W. Carmack
A statue of Edward W. Carmack was installed in Nashville, Tennessee , United States in 1924. The statue was the work of American sculptor Nancy Cox-McCormack . [ citation needed ] Carmack was an opponent of Ida B. Wells and encouraged retaliation for her support of the civil rights movement. [1] Sta
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
#5 Fireman's Drinking Fountain
Fireman's Drinking Fountain is a historic drinking fountain located at Slatington , Lehigh County, Pennsylvania . It was built in 1909, and is a 12-foot high monument, with a 7-foot, 3-inch, statue of a volunteer fireman holding a child in his left hand and a lantern in his right. The zinc statue wa
#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 Captain Andrew Offutt Monument
The Captain Andrew Offutt Monument in Ryder Cemetery in eastern Lebanon, Kentucky , off US-68 , is a monument on the National Register of Historic Places . It honors Captain Andrew Offutt (November 9, 1837 – October 7, 1921) who served as a Union officer in the 5th Kentucky Cavalry during the Americ
#8 Monument to the Heroes of Cavite and Santiago de Cuba
The Monument to the Heroes of Cavite and Santiago de Cuba ( Spanish : Monumento a los Héroes de Cavite y Santiago de Cuba ) is an instance of public art and war memorial in Cartagena , Spain. It commemorates the role of the naval squadrons commanded by Patricio Montojo and Pascual Cervera during the
#9 Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II
The Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II ( Japanese : 全米日系米国人記念碑 , [1] [2] [3] [4] Zenbei Nikkei Beikokujin Kinenhi ) is a National Park Service site to commemorate the contributions of American citizens of Japanese ancestry and their parents who patriotically supported the U
#10 Equestrian statue of Charles Devens
The equestrian statue of Charles Devens (also known as the Worcester County Devens Memorial Statue ) [2] is a public monument in Worcester , Massachusetts , United States . Located in front of the old Worcester County Courthouse in the Institutional District , the equestrian statue honors Charles De
Strumičanka pod maska ( Macedonian : Струмичанка под маска , translated as Strumica woman under mask ) is a bronze statue located at the Goce Delčev city square in Strumica , North Macedonia that represents the carnival tradition as an important element in the cultural identity of the city and its p
#12 Silent Sam
The Confederate Monument, University of North Carolina , commonly known as Silent Sam , is a bronze statue of a Confederate soldier by Canadian sculptor John A. Wilson , which once stood on McCorkle Place of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) from 1913 until it was pulled down by
#13 Monument to the victory of the people of Slavonia
Monument to the revolutionary victory of the people of Slavonia or Monument to the people-hero of Slavonia ( Serbo-Croatian : Spomenik revolucionarnoj pobjedi naroda Slavonije, Spomenik narodu-heroju Slavonije ) is a former World War II memorial sculpture by Vojin Bakić , that was located in, now un
#14 List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests
During the civil unrest [1] that followed the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, a number of monuments and memorials associated with racial injustice were vandalized, destroyed or removed, or commitments to remove them were announced. This occurred mainly in the United States , but also in several
#15 Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Arlington)
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a historic monument dedicated to deceased U.S. service members whose remains have not been identified. It is located in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia , United States. The World War I "Unknown" is a recipient of the Medal of Honor , the Victoria Cross , an
The monument at the William Penn Landing Site in Chester, Pennsylvania marks the spot of the first landing of William Penn on the territory of Pennsylvania, on October 28 or 29, 1682 ( O.S. ). Penn, the founder of the Province of Pennsylvania , landed in the only town in the province, then known as
The Paper Clips Project , by middle school students from the small southeastern Tennessee town of Whitwell , created a monument for the Holocaust victims of Nazi Germany . It started in 1998 as a simple 8th-grade project to study other cultures, and then evolved into one gaining worldwide attention.