langs: 2 октября [ru] / october 2 [en] / 2. oktober [de] / 2 octobre [fr] / 2 ottobre [it] / 2 de octubre [es]
days: september 29 / september 30 / october 1 / october 2 / october 3 / october 4 / october 5
Georgy Bogdanovich Yakulov , (Armenian Յակուլյան Գևորգ Բոգդանի Georges Yakulov (January 2 (14), 1884, Tiflis — December 28, 1928, Yerevan ) - Russian and soviet artist of Armenian origin, painter , graphic artist , decorator, set designer , art theorist . Close to the circle of avant-garde innovator
Hendrik Carré (October 2, 1656, Amsterdam – July 7, 1721, The Hague ), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Dutch painter
Alexei Fedorovich Pakhomov ( 2 October 1900 [ O.S. 19 September 1900 ] – 14 April 1973) was a Russian avant garde painter. He is widely renowned as a master of lithography. [1] Early in his career, he was a successful illustrator for children's books. His work during World War II earned him the Stat
#4 Tony Rafty
Tony Rafty OAM (born Anthony Raftopoulos ; 12 October 1915 – 9 October 2015) was a Greek - Australian artist. He specialised in drawing caricatures . Tony Rafty OAM Portrait of Tony Rafty in Australian Army uniform, 2 October 1942 Born Anthony Raftopoulos ( 1915-10-12 ) 12 October 1915 Paddington, N
Seamus Murphy , (15 July 1907 – 2 October 1975) was an Irish sculptor and stone carver, best known for designing the Church of the Annunciation, Blackpool, Cork . Examples of his unique carvings of statues, gravestones, monuments and plaques can be found around Ireland, particularly County Cork. For
#6 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 (
#7 Toby Mott
Toby Victor Mott (born 12 January 1964) [1] is a British artist, designer, and sometime Punk historian known for his work with the Grey Organisation , an artists' collective that was active in the 1980s, and for his fashion brand Toby Pimlico. More recently he has become known for his Mott Collectio
Jean Baptiste Ferdinand Monchablon , known as Jan Monchablon (6 September 1854, Châtillon-sur-Saône - 2 October 1904, Châtillon-sur-Saône) was a French landscape painter. French painter Jan Monchablon (date unknown)
Efraín Enrique Recinos Valenzuela (May 15, 1928 – October 2, 2011) was a Guatemalan contemporary architect, muralist , urbanist , painter and sculptor. Efraín Enrique Recinos Valenzuela Efraín Recinos in 1924 Born May 15, 1928 ( 1928-05-15 ) Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Died October 2, 2011 ( 201
#10 Matthew Wong
Matthew Wong ( Chinese : 王俊傑 ; [1] March 8, 1984 – October 2, 2019) was a Canadian artist. Self-taught as a painter, Wong received critical acclaim for his work before his death in 2019 at the age of 35. [2] [3] [4] Roberta Smith , co-chief art critic at The New York Times , has praised Wong as "one
#11 Heinz Zander
Heinz Zander , born 2 October 1939 in Wolfen , is a German painter, graphic artist, illustrator and writer. Zander belongs to the Leipzig School . His fields of work are painting (oil), drawing, graphics and illustration. He is also active as a writer and publishes novels, stories and essays. Zander
#12 Nat Finkelstein
Nathan Louis " Nat " Finkelstein (January 16, 1933 – October 2, 2009) was an American photographer and photojournalist . Finkelstein studied photography under Alexey Brodovitch , the art director of Harper's Bazaar and worked as a photojournalist for the Black Star and PIX photo agencies, reporting
Signe Margaret Stuart (née Nelson ) (born 1937) is an American artist best known for her abstract paintings and works on paper that are informed by Minimalism, quantum physics and the study of consciousness. American artist (born 1937) This biography of a living person needs additional citations for
#14 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
#15 Ken Marcus
Ken Marcus (born October 2, 1946) is an American Photographer , best known for his glamour photography with Penthouse and Playboy magazines. For over 40 years he has produced hundreds of centerfolds , editorials, album covers, and advertisements. His work is shown in galleries, published in books an
#16 Käthe Kollwitz
Käthe Kollwitz ( German pronunciation: [kɛːtə kɔlvɪt͡s] ; born as Schmidt ; 8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) [3] was a German artist who worked with painting , printmaking (including etching , lithography and woodcuts ) and sculpture . Her most famous art cycles, including The Weavers and The Peasant Wa
#17 Thea Proctor
Alethea Mary Proctor (2 October 1879 – 29 July 1966) was an Australian painter, print maker, designer and teacher who upheld the ideas of 'taste' and 'style'. [1] Australian artist (1879–1966) Thea Proctor Portrait of Proctor, painted by George Washington Lambert , 1903, Art Gallery of New South Wal
Pavel Petrovich Sokolov (Russian: Павел Петрович Соколов; (1826—1905) was a Russian watercolor painter and illustrator. His brothers, Pyotr and Alexander , were also well-known artists. Russian painter Pavel Sokolov Павел Петрович Соколов Pavel Sokolov; from Vsemirnaya Illyustratsia (1878), artist u
#19 Teodor and Franciszek Gajewski
Brothers Teodor and Franciszek Gajewski were sculptors and painters , who lived in Bydgoszcz , Poland in the 20th century. Sculptor, painter, Poland, 20th century Teodor and Franciszek Gajewski Franciszek (left), Teodor (right) Born ( 1897-01-30 ) January 30, 1897 (Franciszek), ( 1902-05-30 ) May 30
#20 Françoise-Jeanne Ridderbosch
Françoise-Jeanne Ridderbosch (2 October 1754 – 27 February 1837) was a Belgian painter and engraver . Belgian painter She became known for her engravings and eventually also oil paintings , often with allegorical motifs. She was popular among the nobility of the Austrian Netherlands , where she was
The Galleria Sabauda is an art collection in the Italian city of Turin , which contains the royal art collections amassed by the House of Savoy over the centuries. It is located on Via XX Settembre, 86. Art museum, historic site in Turin, Italy Galleria Sabauda The new headquarters Location within T
#2 United Nations Art Collection
The United Nations Art Collection is a collective group of artworks and historic objects donated as gifts to the United Nations by its member states, associations, or individuals. These artistic treasures and possessions, mostly in the form of “ sculptures , paintings , tapestries and mosaics ”, are
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 T. C. Steele State Historic Site
The T. C. Steele State Historic Site (also called the Theodore Clement Steele House and Studio , and named the House of the Singing Winds by its original owners) is located in rural Brown County, Indiana , one and a half miles south of Belmont , between Bloomington and Nashville, Indiana . The prope
#5 Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci
The Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci is located in Vinci , Leonardo da Vinci 's birthplace, in the province of Florence , Italy . It is part of the Museo leonardiano di Vinci . [1] Museum This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear be
The Design Museum of Chicago or "DMoC" (formerly Chicago Design Museum) is a museum of design in the Chicago loop . It was founded by Tanner Woodford in 2012 as a pop-up museum , [1] and hosted exhibitions in different venues around Chicago in 2012 and 2013. [2] [3] [4] Following a successful Kickst
The Rubin Museum of Art , also known as the Rubin Museum is a museum dedicated to the collection, display, and preservation of the art and cultures of the Himalayas , the Indian subcontinent , Central Asia and other regions within Eurasia , with a permanent collection focused particularly on Tibetan
A.I.R. Gallery (Artists in Residence) is the first all female artists cooperative gallery in the United States. [1] It was founded in 1972 with the objective of providing a professional and permanent exhibition space for women artists during a time in which the works shown at commercial galleries in
#9 National Gallery of Victoria
The National Gallery of Victoria , popularly known as the NGV , is an art museum in Melbourne , Victoria , Australia. Founded in 1861, it is Australia's oldest and most visited art museum. Art museum in Melbourne, Australia National Gallery of Victoria NGV International on St Kilda Road in Southbank
#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 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
#12 National Museum of Art of Romania
The National Museum of Art of Romania ( Romanian : Muzeul Național de Artă al României ) is located in the Royal Palace in Revolution Square , central Bucharest . [1] It features collections of medieval and modern Romanian art , as well as the international collection assembled by the Romanian royal
Murray Art Museum Albury (abbreviated MAMA) is a contemporary art museum located in Albury , Australia . Formerly known as the Albury Regional Art Gallery it was renamed as part of a $10.5 million refurbishment which included renovations to the former gallery building, the neighbouring burrows house
#14 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
#15 Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire . It is strongly associated with the English and succeeding British royal family , and embodies almost a millennium of architectural history . Official country residence of the British monarch This article is about the
#16 Ronchini Gallery
Ronchini Gallery is a contemporary art gallery founded by Lorenzo Ronchini in Umbria , Italy , in 1992. The gallery's first exhibition was a solo show of Italian Neo-Futurist artist Marco Lodola. Other artists exhibited at the gallery included Mario Schifano , Alighiero Boetti , Piero Gilardi , Paol
The Saint Louis Art Museum (SLAM) is one of the principal U.S. art museums , with paintings , sculptures , cultural objects, and ancient masterpieces from all corners of the world. Its three-story building stands in Forest Park in St. Louis , Missouri , where it is visited by up to a half million pe
#18 Tate Modern
Tate Modern is an art gallery located in London. It houses the United Kingdom's national collection of international modern and contemporary art , and forms part of the Tate group together with Tate Britain , Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives . [2] It is located in the former Bankside Power Station ,
#19 Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art
The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art (HICA or "the Halsey") is a non-profit, non-collecting contemporary art institute within the School of the Arts at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina . The HICA presents contemporary art exhibitions by emerging or mid-career artists. The
#20 Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum houses one of the world's most important private art collections. It includes works from Ancient Egypt to the early 20th century, spanning the arts of the Islamic World , China and Japan , as well as the French decorative arts, Impressionist painting and the jewellery
#1 Saint Martin de Porres (sculpture)
Saint Martin de Porres is a sculpture of St Martin de Porres by American artist and Catholic priest Fr Thomas McGlynn , OP. It is one of McGlynn's most well known works and is said to have contributed to the canonization of the saint in 1962. [1] [2] Sculpture by Thomas McGlynn Saint Martin de Porre
#2 Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, Johannesburg
M. K. Gandhi is a bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Gandhi Square , Johannesburg , which depicts the Indian independence campaigner and nonviolent pacifist as a young man. Statue of Mahatma Gandhi The statue of Gandhi in 2004. Statue of Mahatma Gandhi Artist Tinka Christopher Year 2003 ( 2003 ) S
#3 Statue of Maria van Riebeeck
A statue of Maria van Riebeeck ( née de la Que(i)llerie) stands alongside that of her husband, Jan van Riebeeck , in a roundabout on Heerengracht Street in Cape Town , South Africa . Sculpture by Dirk Wolbers in Cape Town, South Africa Statue of Maria van Riebeeck Medium Statue Subject Maria van Rie
#4 List of works by Vincent van Gogh
List of works by Vincent van Gogh is an incomplete list of paintings and other works by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890). Little appreciated during his lifetime, his fame grew in the years after his death. According to the legend, Van Gogh sold only one painting, The Red Vineyard , boug
Portrait of a Man is a 1663 oil on canvas painting by Ferdinand Bol , now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam . [1] [2] Portrait of Jacob van Campen . Painting by Ferdinand Bol Portrait of a Man (1663) by Ferdinand Bol It shows a man with long blonde hair in a banyan against a background of architectura
#6 Statue of Mahatma Gandhi (New York City)
A statue of Mahatma Gandhi by Kantilal B. Patel stands in Union Square in Manhattan , New York, United States. [1] Bronze sculpture in Manhattan, New York, U.S. Mohandas Gandhi The statue in 2008 Artist Kantilal B. Patel Year 1986 ( 1986 ) Type Sculpture Medium Bronze Subject Mahatma Gandhi Locati
#7 Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros
The Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros is a cultural, political and social facility located in Mexico City as part of the World Trade Center Mexico City . It was designed and decorated by David Alfaro Siqueiros in the 1960s and hosts the largest mural work in the world called La Marcha de la Humanidad . T
#8 Interior of the Sint-Odulphuskerk in Assendelft
Interior of the Sint-Odulphuskerk in Assendelft is a painting by the Dutch artist Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1597-1665), showing the interior of a church in Assendelft . It is now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The artist had decided to specialize in architectural interiors in 1628 and made his firs
Life Electric [1] (also known as The Life Electric ) is a contemporary sculpture , dedicated to the physicist Alessandro Volta (1745–1827). Completed in 2015 it is located in Como , [2] Italy . Life Electric was designed by Daniel Libeskind , and was a gift to Como, the city where the architect loca
Two Monkeys or Two Chained Monkeys is a 1562 painting by Dutch and Flemish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder . The work is now in the Gemäldegalerie ( Painting Gallery ) of the Berlin State Museums . [1] Painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder Two Monkeys Artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder Year
#11 Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá
Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá or the Virgin of Chiquinquirá is a Marian title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a venerated image in the northern Andes region. Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá Patroness of Colombia, La Chinita Venerated in Catholic Church Major shrine Basil
#12 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
#13 Self-Portrait with Halo and Snake
Self-Portrait with Halo and Snake , also known as Self-Portrait , is an 1889 oil on wood painting by French artist Paul Gauguin , which represents his late Brittany period in the fishing village of Le Pouldu in northwestern France. No longer comfortable with Pont-Aven , Gauguin moved on to Le Pouldu
#14 List of works by Jean Metzinger
This is an incomplete list of works by the French modern artist Jean Metzinger (June 24, 1883 – November 3, 1956). He is admired as a painter, theorist, writer, critic and poet. Jean Metzinger , photograph circa 1912 Between 1902 and 1907 Metzinger worked in a combination of Neo-Impressionist , Divi
#15 Interior (Degas)
Interior ( French : Intérieur ), also known as The Rape ( French : Le Viol ), is an oil painting on canvas by Edgar Degas (1834–1917), painted in 1868–1869. Described as "the most puzzling of Degas's major works", [1] it depicts a tense confrontation by lamplight between a man and a partially undres
#16 Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist (Botticelli)
The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist is a tempera painting on wood executed by the Italian Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli and his studio (Bartolomeo di Giovanni or Raffaelino di'Carli). The tondo, painted in Florence between the years of 1490 and 1500, addresses a centra
Robert Burns is a bronze portrait statue of Robert Burns by John Steell . Four versions exist, in New York City (United States), Dundee (Scotland), London (England), and Dunedin (New Zealand). Series of statues by John Steell Robert Burns The sculpture in London in 2006 Artist John Steell Type Sculp
#18 Danaë (Orazio Gentileschi)
Danaë is a circa 1623 oil on canvas painting by the Italian artist Orazio Gentileschi . It is an example of an Italian Baroque painting and is now in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum . Orazio Gentileschi , c , c. 1623, oil on canvas, 63 ½ by 89 ¼ in (161.3 by 226.7 cm.) The painting was co
#19 Starry Night Over the Rhône
Starry Night [1] (September 1888, French : La Nuit étoilée ), commonly known as Starry Night Over the Rhône , is one of Vincent van Gogh 's paintings of Arles at night. It was painted on the bank of the Rhône that was only a one or two-minute walk from the Yellow House on the Place Lamartine, which
#20 Man on a Balcony
Man on a Balcony (also known as Portrait of Dr. Théo Morinaud and ' L'Homme au balcon ), is a large oil painting created in 1912 by the French artist, theorist and writer Albert Gleizes (1881–1953). The painting was exhibited in Paris at the Salon d'Automne of 1912 (no. 689). The Cubist contribution
#1 Paul Léon
Paul Léon (2 October 1874, Rueil-Malmaison - 1 August 1962, Chantilly ) was a French art professor and historiographer . This article needs additional citations for verification . ( April 2022 ) Paul Léon; photograph by the Agence Meurisse (1922)
Karl Mayländer (2 October 1872 - deported 23 October 1941) [1] was an Austrian art collector and businessman who was deported in 1941 from Vienna to Łódź, in German-occupied Poland, by the Nazis and later murdered in the Shoah . Austrian art collector and businessman (1872–1941) Portrait of Karl May
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
#4 Kellie Jones
Kellie Jones (born 1959) is an American art historian and curator. She is a Professor in Art History and Archaeology in African American Studies at Columbia University . [1] She won a MacArthur Fellowship in 2016. [2] American art historian and curator (born 1959) For those of a similar name, see Ke
Ellen Gates D'Oench (2 October 1930 – 22 May 2009), [1] known as "Puffin", was Curator Emerita of the Davison Art Center at Wesleyan University , Connecticut. [2] A Wesleyan graduate magna cum laude, she curated the Davison Art Center from 1979 until 1998. American art historian and curator Ellen Ga
#6 Armand Dayot
Armand Dayot , (19 October 1851 – 2 October 1934), was a French art critic , art historian and leftist politician. He was born in Paimpol , Côtes-d'Armor , Brittany. He founded the journal L'Art et les artistes and the Breton liberal organisation les Bleus de Bretagne . This article may be expanded
Friedrich Lippmann (6 October 1838 in Prague – 2 October 1903 in Berlin ) was a German art historian and director of the Kupferstichkabinett , Berlin State Museums, noted for his work on Dürer, Holbein and Italian 15th-century woodcuts. Max Jakob Friedländer , who was later to become the noted schol
Joseph Longworth (2 October 1813 – 29 December 1883) was an American lawyer, real-estate magnate, art collector, and philanthropist. A member of the wealthy Longworth family , he helped shape cultural life in Cincinnati for a generation. Longworth sold the parcel of land that would become Eden Park
#9 Grgo Gamulin
Grgo Gamulin (21 August 1910 – 2 October 1997) was a Yugoslav art historian, literary critic, writer born in Jelsa on the island of Hvar . Gamulin graduated from the University of Zagreb in 1935 and lectured there in 1947–1971. He is a co-founder of the Art History Institute of the University of Zag
Jorge Aníbal Romero Brest (October 2, 1905 – February 12, 1989) was an influential art critic in Argentina, who helped popularize avant-garde art in his country. [1] Jorge Romero Brest Born ( 1905-10-02 ) October 2, 1905 Buenos Aires , Argentina Died February 12, 1989 (1989-02-12) (aged 83) Buenos
#11 Anton Vodnik
Anton Vodnik (28 May 1901 – 2 October 1965) was a Slovenian poet , art historian , and critic . He was one of the most notable representatives of Slovene Catholic expressionism in the interwar period . This article needs additional citations for verification . ( January 2013 ) Anton Vodnik Vodnik in
#12 Benjamin Fondane
Benjamin Fondane ( French pronunciation: [bɛ̃ʒamɛ̃ fɔ̃dan] ) or Benjamin Fundoianu ( Romanian pronunciation: [benʒaˈmin fundoˈjanu] ; born Benjamin Wechsler , Wexler or Vecsler , first name also Beniamin or Barbu , usually abridged to B. ; November 14, 1898 – October 2, 1944) was a Romanian an
#13 Fernando Pernes
Fernando Pernes (Lisbon, 1936 - Porto , October 2, 2010) was a Portuguese essayist, professor and art critic.
An antimonumenta was installed next to the Fuente de las Tarascas , along Francisco I. Madero Avenue [ es ] in Morelia , Michoacán , on 8 March 2021, the date commemorating International Women's Day , during the annual march of women protesting against gender violence . The sculpture, symbolically
#2 Her Majesty the Queen (Miró)
Her Majesty the Queen is an object-sculpture made by Joan Miró in 1974 and now part of the permanent collection of the Joan Miró Foundation in Barcelona . [1] Her Majesty the Queen Artist Joan Miró Year 1974 Location Fundació Joan Miró , Barcelona
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
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
His Highness the Prince is an object-sculpture made by Joan Miró in 1974 and now part of the permanent collection of the Joan Miró Foundation in Barcelona . [1] His Highness the Prince Artist Joan Miró Year 1974 Location Fundació Joan Miró , Barcelona
#6 Monument to Primo de Rivera (Jerez)
The monument to Primo de Rivera is an instance of public art in Jerez de la Frontera , Spain. It consists of a bronze equestrian statue of Miguel Primo de Rivera , on top of a sculptural ensemble placed inside a fountain. It lies at the centre of the Plaza del Arenal [ es ] . Monument in Spain Mig
#7 Monument to Vasco Núñez de Balboa (Madrid)
The Statue of Vasco Núñez de Balboa is an instance of public art in Madrid , Spain. Located in the Ciudad Universitaria , next to the Museum of the Americas , it consists of a bronze sculpture of Vasco Núñez de Balboa , best known for his exploration across the Isthmus of Panama and the discovery of
An antimonumento was installed in front of the Superior Court of Justice of Mexico City, on the median strip of Paseo de la Reforma Avenue, in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City . The work included the installation of a red number 43 made of metal along with a plus symbol, in reference to the for
#9 Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials
Since the 1960s, many municipalities in the United States have removed monuments and memorials on public property dedicated to the Confederate States of America (CSA; the Confederacy), and some, such as Silent Sam in North Carolina, have been torn down by protestors. Efforts to remove Confederate me
Stolpersteine is the German name for small, cobble stone-sized memorials installed all over Europe by German artist Gunter Demnig . They remember the fate of the victims of Nazi Germany being murdered, deported, exiled or driven to suicide. The first Stolperstein in Genoa , the capital of the Italia
#11 Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, Parliament of India
The Statue of Mahatma Gandhi is a 16-foot (4.9 m) tall bronze statue of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi located in the precincts of the Parliament House of India in New Delhi . Designed by Ram V. Sutar , it was inaugurated in 1993, and has become iconic as a site for protest by members of the Indian Pa
#12 Statue of John Bunyan, Bedford
A bronze statue of John Bunyan stands on St Peter's Green , Bedford, England. The statue was sculpted by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm , it was erected in 1874, and unveiled on 10 June of that year. The statue was commissioned by the Ninth Duke of Bedford (who also commissioned the bronze reliefs on the do
#13 Statue of Andrés Manuel López Obrador
The statue of Andrés Manuel López Obrador [lower-alpha 1] was a limestone sculpture of the 65th president of Mexico , Andrés Manuel López Obrador . It was installed at the intersection of Isidro Fabela Avenue and Circuito José Jiménez Cantú, in Atlacomulco , a municipality of the State of Mexico . I
#14 National Statuary Hall Collection
The National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol is composed of statues donated by individual states to honor persons notable in their history. Limited to two statues per state, the collection was originally set up in the old Hall of the House of Representatives , which was then re
#15 Lion of Venice
The Lion of Venice is an ancient bronze winged lion sculpture in the Piazza San Marco of Venice , Italy , which came to symbolize the city – as well as one of its patron saints, St Mark – after its arrival there in the 12th century. The sculpture surmounts one of two large granite columns in the Squ
The Hermann Heights Monument is a statue erected in New Ulm, Minnesota . The statue depicts Arminius ( German : Hermann ), an ancient Cheruscan , but locals refer to the statue as Hermann the German . The only National Register of Historic Places property of its kind in Minnesota , the monument rema
Warsaw Uprising Monument ( Polish : pomnik Powstania Warszawskiego ) is a monument in Warsaw , Poland, dedicated to the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. Unveiled in 1989, it was sculpted by Wincenty Kućma and the architect was Jacek Budyn . It is located on the southern side of Krasiński Square . Warsaw Upr
The " World's Largest Dinosaur " is the name of a roadside tourist attraction in the form of a model Tyrannosaurus rex located in the Town of Drumheller , Alberta , Canada . The World's Largest Dinosaur is one of several dinosaur-related attractions in the Town of Drumheller and the surrounding area
#19 Lorenz von Bibra
Lorenz von Bibra , Duke in Franconia (1459, Mellrichstadt – 6 February 1519, Würzburg ) was Prince-Bishop of the Bishopric of Würzburg from 1495 to 1519. His life paralleled that of Maximilian I (1459–1519), who ruled the Holy Roman Empire from 1493 to 1519, whom Lorenz served as an advisor. Lorenz
#20 Arlington Memorial Amphitheater
Memorial Amphitheater is an outdoor amphitheater , exhibit hall, and nonsectarian chapel located in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia , in the United States. Designed in 1913 as a replacement for the older, wooden amphitheater near Arlington House , ground was broken for its