langs: 15 октября [ru] / october 15 [en] / 15. oktober [de] / 15 octobre [fr] / 15 ottobre [it] / 15 de octubre [es]
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#1 Christiana Mary Demain Hammond
Christiana Mary Demain Hammond (6 August 1860 – 11 May 1900) was an English painter and illustrator. She was a member of the Cranford School of illustration, and illustrated reissues of classic English texts from the 19th century. Her illustrations were frequently found in Cassell's Magazine , the
Jean Baptiste Vermay (1786–1833) was a French-born Cuban painter, sculptor, caricaturist, educator, musician, and architect. [1] He was the founding director of the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro . [2] French-born Cuban artist and educator Jean Baptiste Vermay Born ( 1786-10-15 ) Oc
Juan de Valdés Leal (4 May 1622 – 15 October 1690) was a Spanish painter and etcher of the Baroque era. Spanish painter In this Spanish name , the first or paternal surname is Valdés and the second or maternal family name is Leal . Juan de Valdés Leal Juan de Valdés Leal Born 4 May 1622 Seville Died
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
Manuel Salvador Carmona (20 May 1734 – 15 October 1820) was a Spanish engraver, designer and illustrator. Two of his brothers were also artists: José Salvador Carmona [ es ] , a sculptor, and Juan Antonio Salvador Carmona , also an engraver. Spanish artist This article includes a list of reference
Sebastiano Bombelli (October 1635; 4 May 1719) was an Italian painter, mainly active in Venice , during the Baroque period. Italian painter (1635–1719)
#7 René Paresce
René or Renato Herbert Paresce (5 January 1886 – 15 October 1937) was a Swiss-born Italian painter and writer. Italian painter Self-portrait (1917) Il Castello (1931)
Sally Katherine Rodwell (16 May 1950 – 15 October 2006) was a New Zealand multi-disciplinary artist who worked mainly in the fields of theatre , film , and poetry . Her creative work included performing, directing and writing; making masks, puppets and costumes; film-making, illustration and publish
Franz Wilhelm Seiwert (March 9, 1894 – July 3, 1933) was a German painter and sculptor in a constructivist style. He was also politically active as a communist making significant contributions, both graphic and theoretical to Die Aktion . Selbstbildnis (Self-portrait) by Franz Wilhelm Seiwert, 1928,
Nancy-Lou Patterson (September 5, 1929 – October 15, 2018) was a Canadian artist, writer and curator. Known for her writing and artistic work related to topics ranging from folklore and fantasy to liturgical design and Indigenous art, she was responsible for the founding of the Department of Fine Ar
#11 Ernests Brastiņš
Ernests Brastiņš (19 March 1892 – 28 January 1942) was a Latvian artist, amateur historian, folklorist and archaeologist. He is known as the founder and driving force behind the neopagan religion Dievturība , which he started in the 1920s and which was re-established after the fall of the Soviet Uni
#12 Eliseu Visconti
Eliseu Visconti , born Eliseo d'Angelo Visconti (30 July 1866, Giffoni Valle Piana , Italy [1] – 15 October 1944, Rio de Janeiro , Brazil [2] ) was an Italian-born Brazilian painter, cartoonist, and teacher. He is considered one of the very few impressionist painters of Brazil . He is considered the
David Reed (born 1946) is a contemporary American conceptual and visual artist . American painter David Reed Painting #580 by David Reed, 2006-2008 Born 1946 (age 75 – 76) [1] San Diego, California Nationality American Education Reed College , New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpt
Helen Cordelia Angell , née Coleman (1847 – 1884) was an English watercolour painter. [1] English painter Helen Cordelia Angell Born Helen Cordelia Coleman January 1847 Horsham, Sussex Died 8 March 1884 Kensington Nationality British Known for Painting Spouse Thomas William Angel ( m. 1874 )
#15 Ethel Spears
Ethel Spears (1903–1974) was an American artist known for her humorous paintings of Depression-era urban life. American painter Ethel Spears Born ( 1903-10-15 ) October 15, 1903 Chicago, Illinios Died August 2, 1974 (1974-08-02) (aged 70) Navasota, Texas Nationality American Education School of th
Antonio Ortiz Echagüe (15 October 1883, Guadalajara, Spain – 8 January 1942, Buenos Aires ) was a Spanish Costumbrista painter, who spent much of his career in other countries. He was the older brother of the photographer, engineer and entrepreneur, José Ortiz Echagüe . Spanish painter (1883–1942) T
#17 Gabriel Guay
Gabriel Guay (October 14, 1848 – September 15, 1923), whose full name was Julien Gabriel Guay , was a French painter and teacher. From 1873 he exhibited works at the annual Paris Salon . He painted portraits, and also scenes inspired by literature, mythology, the Bible, and Christian martyrdom. His
#18 Don Voisine
Don Voisine (born 1952 in Fort Kent, Maine ) is an American abstract painter living in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn , New York, USA. In the fall of 2016, "X/V," a 15 year survey of his work, was organized by the Center for Maine Contemporary Art , Rockland, ME. In 1997 he was elected a
#19 Marie Tuck
Marie Anne Tuck (5 September 1866 – 3 September 1947), was an artist and art educator in South Australia. Marie Tuck Self-portrait Born Marie Anne Tuck ( 1866-09-05 ) 5 September 1866 Mount Torrens, South Australia Died 3 September 1947 (1947-09-03) (aged 80) Glen Osmond, South Australia Nationali
Louis-Marie Désiré-Lucas (15 October 1869, Fort-de-France , Martinique – 29 September 1949, Douarnenez) was a French painter. Authority control General VIAF 1 WorldCat National libraries France (data) United States Art galleries and museums South Australia Art research institutes RKD Artists (Nether
Christine Abrahams Gallery, first named Axiom, was a Melbourne gallery showing contemporary Australian art between 1980 and 2008. Australian Art Gallery
The Kunsthalle Bremen is an art museum in Bremen , Germany . It is located close to the Bremen Old Town on the "Culture Mile" ( German : Kulturmeile ). The Kunsthalle was built in 1849, enlarged in 1902 by architect Eduard Gildemeister, and expanded several more times, most notably in 2011. Since 19
#3 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
#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
#5 Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is a design museum housed within the Andrew Carnegie Mansion in Manhattan , New York City, along the Upper East Side 's Museum Mile . It is one of 19 museums that fall under the wing of the Smithsonian Institution and is one of three Smithsonian facilities lo
#6 Gari Melchers Home and Studio
Gari Melchers Home and Studio , also known as Belmont , is a National Historic Landmark and historic house museum at 224 Washington Street in Falmouth, Virginia . This much-altered 18th-century house was the home and studio of the popular American artist Gari Melchers (1860 – 1932) from 1916 until h
The de Young Museum , formally the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum , is a fine arts museum located in San Francisco , California . Located in Golden Gate Park , it is a component of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco , along with the Legion of Honor . The de Young is named for early San Francisco
Iwakuni Art Museum ( 岩国美術館 , Iwakuni Bijutsukan ) is a museum of traditional Japanese art in Iwakuni , Yamaguchi Prefecture , Japan. [1] [2] The museum opened in 1963. [3] The collection includes a National Treasure sword (of the Nanboku-chō period , with an inscription in gold inlay of Tenshō 13 (1
#9 Museum of Russian Icons (Clinton, Massachusetts)
The Museum of Russian Icons is a non-profit art museum located in Clinton , Massachusetts , United States . The collection includes more than 1,000 Russian icons and related artifacts, making it one of the largest private collections of Russian icons outside of Russia and the largest in North Americ
#10 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]
#11 Bowers Museum
The Bowers Museum is an art museum located in Santa Ana , California. The museum's permanent collection includes more than 100,000 objects, and features notable strengths in the areas of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica , Native American art , the art of Asia, Africa, and Oceania , and California plein-air
#12 Redwood Library and Athenaeum
The Redwood Library and Athenaeum is a subscription library , museum, rare book repository and research center founded in 1747, and located at 50 Bellevue Avenue in Newport , Rhode Island . The building, designed by Peter Harrison and completed in March 1750, was the first purposely built library in
#13 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
#14 Ernest L. Blumenschein House
The Ernest L. Blumenschein House is a historic house museum and art gallery at 222 Ledoux Street in Taos, New Mexico . It was a home of painter Ernest L. Blumenschein (1874-1960), [3] a co-founder of the Taos Society of Artists and one of the "Taos Six". It was declared a National Historic Landmark
Porter Sculpture Park is located just off Interstate 90 in Montrose , South Dakota (about 25 miles west of Sioux Falls , on the eastern edge of McCook County ). [1] It is on the South Dakota Drift Prairie , only 1/4 of a mile off of the interstate. There are over 50 sculptures in the Park which is s
The De La Warr Pavilion is a grade I listed building , located on the seafront at Bexhill on Sea , East Sussex , on the south coast of England . [1] Arts centre and gallery in Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex, England This article needs additional citations for verification . ( August 2013 ) The De La Wa
#17 Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is a museum devoted to the art of the picture book and especially the children's book . It is a member of Museums10 [1] and is adjacent to the campus of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts . The Carle was founded by Eric and Barbara Carle, and design
#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 International Art Museum of America
The International Art Museum of America ( IAMA ), originally the Superb Art Museum of America , is an art museum located at 1023 Market Street between 6th and 7th Streets in the South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood of San Francisco, California . It was founded in 2011 by H. H. Dorje Chang Buddha III
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
#1 Portrait of Catharina Brugmans
Portrait of Catharina Brugmans is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals , painted in 1634 and now in a private collection. It is considered a pendant to the portrait of Catharina's husband Tieleman Roosterman . Painting by Frans Hals Portrait of Catharina Brugmans Port
#2 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
#3 Le goûter
Le Goûter , also known as Tea Time ( Tea-Time ), and Femme à la Cuillère ( Woman with a teaspoon ) is an oil painting created in 1911 by the French artist and theorist Jean Metzinger (1883–1956). It was exhibited in Paris at the Salon d'Automne of 1911, and the Salon de la Section d'Or , 1912. [1] O
#4 General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument
The General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument is an equestrian statue of American Civil War Major General William Tecumseh Sherman located in Sherman Plaza, which is part of President's Park in Washington, D.C. , in the United States. The selection of an artist in 1896 to design the monument was hig
#5 Civil War Monument (Denver)
The Civil War Monument was a statue of a Civil War cavalryman by Jack Howland, installed outside the Colorado State Capitol in Denver . [1] The memorial is also known as the Civil War Memorial , Soldier's Monument , and Civil War Soldier . [2] The work was dedicated on July 24, 1909, after being cas
#6 Naked Woman Climbing a Staircase
Naked Woman Climbing a Staircase (originally in French Femme nue montant l'escalier ) is a drawing done with pencil and charcoal on card made by Joan Miró in 1937. It is part of the permanent collection of the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona. [1] Naked Woman Climbing a Staircase French: Femme nue mo
#7 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
#8 Statue of Casimir Pulaski (Milwaukee)
Count Casimir Pulaski is a public artwork by American artist Joseph Kiselewski located in Pulaski Park, which is in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , United States. The bronze statue is a 6-foot, full-length portrait of Count Casimir Pulaski standing atop a 17-foot granite pedestal. Count Casimir Pulaski Arti
Portrait of Jacques Nayral (also known as Portrait de Jacques Nayral ) is a large oil painting created in 1911 by the French artist, theorist and writer Albert Gleizes (1881–1953). It was exhibited in Paris at the Salon d'Automne of 1911 (no. 609), the Salon de la Section d'Or , 1912 (no. 38), and r
#10 Jezreel Valley Railway monument
The Jezreel Valley Railway monument , located in Haifa , Israel , is a commemorative monument celebrating the opening of the Jezreel Valley Railway by the Ottoman Empire in 1905. It was designed in Istanbul and transported by sea to Haifa for the official opening of the railway. [1] Jezreel Valley r
#11 Mont Sainte-Victoire (Cézanne)
Mont Sainte-Victoire is a 1904–1906 series of oil paintings by French artist Paul Cézanne . Mont Sainte-Victoire Artist Paul Cézanne Year 1904–1906 Medium Oil on canvas Location Musée d'Orsay
The original Goethe–Schiller Monument (German: Goethe-Schiller-Denkmal ) is in Weimar , Germany. It incorporates Ernst Rietschel 's 1857 bronze double statue of Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749–1832) and Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805), who are probably the two most revered figures in German literature.
Woman with Black Glove (French: Femme au gant noir , or Femme Assise ) is a painting by the French artist, theorist and writer Albert Gleizes . Painted in 1920, after returning to Paris in the wake of World War I, the paintings highly abstract structure is consistent with style of experimentation th
#14 Goethe–Schiller Monument (Syracuse)
The Goethe–Schiller Monument in Syracuse, New York incorporates a copper double-statue of the German poets Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) and Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805). It was erected by the German-American organizations of Syracuse and Onondaga County , and was unveiled on October 15,
Many valuable paintings have been stolen . The paintings listed are from masters of Western art which are valued in millions of U.S. dollars . See also: List of most expensive paintings
#16 The Grand-Rue in Argenteuil
The Grand-Rue in Argenteuil is an 1872 painting by Alfred Sisley , previously entitled A Street in Sèvres . It is now in Norwich Castle . 1872 painting by Alfred Sisley Arts journalist Véronique Prat sees the work's perspective, with the tower of Saint-Denys Basilica in a cloudy sky, as influenced b
Santa Maria Novella is a church in Florence , Italy, situated opposite, and lending its name to, the city's main railway station . Chronologically, it is the first great basilica in Florence, and is the city's principal Dominican church. Church in Florence, Italy This article includes a list of gene
Jutta Götzmann (born 1965, Ascheberg ) is a German art historian . Since 2008, she has been the director of the Potsdam Museum. German art historian (born 1965) This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . ( May 2020 ) Jutta Götzmann Jutta Götzmann in front of the
#2 August Mau
August Mau (15 October 1840 – 6 March 1909) was a prominent German art historian and archaeologist who worked with the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut while studying and classifying the Roman paintings at Pompeii , which was destroyed with the town of Herculaneum by volcanic eruption in 79 AD. Th
Krista Kodres (utnil 1979 Krista Saar ; born on 15 October 1957 in Tallinn ) is an Estonian art historian and former backstroke and freestyle swimmer. [1] Estonian art historian and swimmer Krista Kodres From 1971 until 1974, she become 7-times Estonian champion in different swimming disciplines and
#4 Enno Patalas
Enno Patalas (15 October 1929, Quakenbrück – 7 August 2018, Munich ) was a German film historian , collector, and expert [1] film preservationist . A former head of the Munich Film Museum (1973–1994), [2] [3] his restorations include films such as Metropolis , [1] M – Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder a
#5 John Pollini
John Pollini (born October 15, 1945 in Boston , Massachusetts ) is an American art historian , archeologist , and educator . A scholar of Ancient Rome , Pollini is the USC Associates Professor of Art History at the University of Southern California . [1] American art historian John Pollini Born John
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
#7 Rafał de Weryha-Wysoczański
Chevalier Rafał Hugon Maria de Weryha-Wysoczański-Pietrusiewicz , [1] [2] [3] [4] Ph.D. (born May 7, 1975) is a Polish art historian, genealogist and writer, [1] [5] who was a representative of the auction house Sotheby's . [6] Per the "Genealogy of the de Weryha-Wysoczański Family" pedigree he prod
#8 Maurice Horn
Maurice Horn (born 1931) is a French-American [1] comics historian , author, and editor, considered to be one of the first serious academics to study comics . He is the editor of The World Encyclopedia of Comics , The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons , and 100 Years of American Newspaper Comics . Born
#9 Andrew Major
Andrew Major (August 18, 1921 – October 15, 2004) was a Hungarian -born American businessman called "a preeminent textile pioneer" by the American Furniture Hall of Fame Foundation Inc. [1] He was President and major shareholder of Mastercraft Corporation in Spindale, North Carolina , a company he b
#10 Howard Colvin
Sir Howard Montagu Colvin CVO CBE FBA FRHistS FSA (15 October 1919 – 27 December 2007) was a British architectural historian who produced two of the most outstanding works of scholarship in his field: A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840 and The History of the King's Works . Br
#11 Didier Ottinger
Didier Ottinger , born in Nancy in 1957, is a French museum curator, art critic and author. He is known for organizing exhibitions and publishing books on modern and contemporary painting. He is now assistant director of the Centre Pompidou [1] [2] at the Musée national d'art moderne in Paris. [3] F
Lain Singh Bangdel / Lain Bangdel (Rai) ( Nepali : लैनसिंह बाङ्देल (राई)) (1919 – October 15, 2002), was Nepal 's foremost artist, novelist, and art historian. In addition to being a leading authority on Nepalese art, Bangdel is best known as the "father of modern art" and was responsible for introd
#13 Tomaso Montanari
Tomaso Montanari (born 15 October 1971) is an Italian art historian, academic and essayist. Montanari
#14 Maxime Collignon
Léon-Maxime Collignon (8 November 1849 in Verdun – 15 October 1917 in Paris ) was a French archaeologist who specialized in ancient Greek art and architecture . French archaeologist
#15 Camille Paglia
Camille Anna Paglia ( / ˈ p ɑː l i ə / ; born April 2, 1947) is an American feminist academic and social critic. Paglia has been a professor at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, since 1984. [1] She is critical of many aspects of modern culture [2] [3] and is the author of Se
#16 Thomas Barlow (British businessman)
Sir Thomas Dalmahoy Barlow , GBE (23 February 1883 – 22 November 1964) was a British businessman, banker, and art collector and historian. Barlow was the second son of the royal physician Sir Thomas Barlow, 1st Baronet , and his wife Ada Dalmahoy. His brother was Alan Barlow , 2nd Bt. He was educate
#17 Gerardo Mosquera
Gerardo Mosquera (born 1945 in Havana, Cuba ) is a freelance curator , critic , art historian, and writer based in Havana, Cuba . He was one of the organizers of the first Havana Biennial in 1984 and remained central to the curatorial team until he resigned in 1989. Since then, his activity turned t
#18 Frank Rutter
Francis Vane Phipson Rutter (17 February 1876 – 18 April 1937) [1] was a British art critic , curator and activist. British art critic, curator and activist Frank Rutter Frank Rutter, portrait by Gerald Kelly , 1910 Born 17 February 1876 Putney , London Died 18 April 1937 Golders Green , London Nati
#19 Anne Valliant Burnett Tandy
Anne Valliant Burnett Tandy (October 15, 1900 – January 1, 1980) was an American heiress, rancher, horse breeder, philanthropist and art collector from Fort Worth, Texas . American heiress, rancher, horsebreeder, philanthropist and art collector Anne Valliant Burnett Tandy Born Anne Valliant Burnett
#20 Poul Borum
Poul Villiam Borum (15 October 1934 – 10 May 1996) was a Danish writer, poet and critic. He was editor of the influential Danish literary magazine Hvedekorn from 1968 to his death in 1996. He also initiated the Danish writers school (Forfatterskolen) in 1987, of which he was also principal. [1] Boru
Crystal skulls are human skull hardstone carvings made of clear or milky white quartz (also called "rock crystal"), claimed to be pre-Columbian Mesoamerican artifacts by their alleged finders; however, these claims have been refuted for all of the specimens made available for scientific studies. The
#2 The Offerings of Peace and The Offerings of War
The Offerings of Peace and The Offerings of War are a pair of bronze allegorical equestrian statues by Gilbert Bayes commissioned for the entrance of the Art Gallery of New South Wales . They have been on permanent display since their installation in 1926. Offerings of Peace (left side of facade) In
John Harvard is a sculpture in bronze by Daniel Chester French in Harvard Yard , Cambridge, Massachu setts honoring clergyman John Harvard (1607–1638), whose deathbed [2] bequest to the "schoale or Colledge" recently undertaken by the Massachu setts Bay Colony was so gratefully received that it
The Confederate Obelisk is a large Confederate monument located in the Oakland Cemetery of Atlanta , Georgia , United States . The structure, a tall obelisk located in the cemetery's Confederate section, was dedicated in 1874. Due to its connection to the Confederate States of America, the monument
#5 Statue of Christopher Columbus (Giacomantonio)
There are three sculptures of Christopher Columbus in Hudson County, New Jersey created by Archimedes Giacomantonio . The tributes to Columbus become contentious around 2020 when there were calls for removal and subsequent rebuttals of their retention. [1] Archimedes Aristedes Michael Giacomantonio
Francis Asbury , also known as the Francis Asbury Memorial , is a public equestrian statue, by American artist Augustus Lukeman , located at 16th Street and Mt. Pleasant Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C. , in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood. Statue in Washington, D.C., U.S. United States historic
Joseph Thomas Jones (June 11, 1842 – December 6, 1916) was an American entrepreneur who built his fortune as an oil producer. He funded construction of the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad in Mississippi , co-founded the City of Gulfport and developed its seaport . American businessman Joseph T. Jones
Albert Gallatin is a bronze statue by James Earle Fraser . [1] It commemorates Albert Gallatin , who founded New York University and served as United States Secretary of the Treasury . Statue by James Earle Fraser in Washington, D.C., U.S. See also: Albert Gallatin This article uses bare URLs , whic
Pillar of Shame is a series of sculptures by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt memorialising the loss of life during specific events or caused by specific circumstances in history. Each sculpture is an eight metres (26 ft) tall statue of bronze , copper or concrete . Sculpture series by Jens Galschiot
#10 The Big Elk
The Big Elk , also known as Storelgen (meaning 'big elk' in Norwegian), is the world's second-tallest sculpture of an elk/ moose ( Alces alces ). It is near the village of Atna in Stor-Elvdal , Hedmark , Norway. [1] It held the title of the tallest moose sculpture for 4 years, from its completion in
#11 Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Nashua, New Hampshire)
The Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Nashua, New Hampshire is an American Civil War memorial. Its cornerstone was laid on May 30, 1889, and the monument dedicated on October 15, 1889. The monument is located in central Nashua within the triangle formed by Concord, Amherst, and Nashville streets. Sol
The Bunker Hill Monument is a monument erected at the site of the Battle of Bunker Hill in Boston , Massachusetts , which was among the first major battles between the Red Coats and Patriots in the American Revolutionary War . The 221-foot (67 m) granite obelisk was erected between 1825 and 1843 in
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
#14 Confederate Memorial (Romney, West Virginia)
The Confederate Memorial (also referred to as the First Confederate Memorial ) at Indian Mound Cemetery in Romney, West Virginia , commemorates residents of Hampshire County who died during the American Civil War while fighting for the Confederate States of America . It was sponsored by the Confeder
Eliza is a bronze sculpture located in Matilda Bay on the Swan River in Western Australia . The sculpture and plinth are mounted on a steel pylon 15 metres (49 ft) off the shoreline and depicts a woman about to dive off a wooden platform. It commemorates the old Crawley Baths which were a prominen
#16 Grant's Tomb
Grant's Tomb , officially the General Grant National Memorial , is the final resting place of Ulysses S. Grant , 18th president of the United States , and his wife, Julia Grant . It is a classical domed mausoleum in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City . The struc
Theodore Roosevelt Island is an 88.5-acre (358,000 m 2 ) island and national memorial located in the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. [1] [2] During the Civil War , it was used as a training camp for the United States Colored Troops . The island was given to the federal government by the Theodore
#18 Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial is a United States presidential memorial and a National Historic Landmark District in Lincoln City, Indiana . It preserves the farm site where Abraham Lincoln lived with his family from 1816 to 1830. During that time, he grew from a 7-year-old boy to a 21-year-old m
#19 Tadeusz Kościuszko Monument, Kraków
Tadeusz Kościuszko Monument in Kraków ( Polish : Pomnik Tadeusza Kościuszki w Krakowie ), is one of the best known bronze monuments in Poland . It is the work of artists: Leonard Marconi , professor of Lviv University born in Warsaw , and his son in law, sculptor Antoni Popiel . The equestrian bronz
A statue of Rufus Choate stands in the John Adams Courthouse in Boston , Massachusetts, United States. The statue was designed by Daniel Chester French and honors Choate, a lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. It was dedicated in 1898. Statue in Boston, Massachusetts Statue of Rufus Choate Stat