langs: 20 октября [ru] / october 20 [en] / 20. oktober [de] / 20 octobre [fr] / 20 ottobre [it] / 20 de octubre [es]
days: october 17 / october 18 / october 19 / october 20 / october 21 / october 22 / october 23
Jan Albertsz. Rotius (20 October 1624 – 1 November 1666 (buried)) was a Dutch painter known for his individual and group portraits, breakfast still lifes, kitchen still lifes and fruit still lifes. He was active in Hoorn and was the father of the flower painter Jacob Rotius . [1] Dutch painter Portr
Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti (20 October 1889 – 11 September 1963) was a French Dadaist painter, collagist, sculptor, and draughtsman. Her work was significant to the development of Paris Dada and modernism and her drawings and collages explore fascinating gender dynamics. [1] Due to the fact that she was
Massimo Taparelli, Marquess of Azeglio (24 October 1798 – 15 January 1866), commonly called Massimo d'Azeglio ( Italian: [ˈmassimo tapaˈrɛlli dadˈdzeʎʎo] ), was a Piedmontese -Italian statesman , novelist and painter. He was Prime Minister of Sardinia for almost three years, until his rival Camill
#4 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
#5 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
Gasparo Martellini ( Florence , February 15, 1785 -October 20, 1857) was an Italian painter. Italian painter Gasparo Martellini
Mamata Banerjee ( Bengali : Mamata Bandyopadhyay, Bengali pronunciation: [mɔmot̪a bɔnd̪ːopad̪d̪ʱae̯] ; born 5 January 1955) is an Indian politician who is serving as the eighth and current chief minister of the Indian state of West Bengal since 20 May 2011, the first woman to hold the office. Havi
#8 Cleo Hartwig
Cleo Hartwig (20 October 1907 – 18 June 1988) was an American sculptor who worked in stone, wood, terra cotta, plaster, paper, woodcut, and ceramic. She won a number of awards, including national awards, and her work is exhibited across the northeast U.S. This article includes a list of general refe
Charles Thévenin (12 July 1764 – 28 February 1838) was a neoclassical French painter, known for heroic scenes from the time of the French Revolution and First French Empire . French painter Charles Thévenin Portrait of Thévenin by Dominique Ingres (1817). Born Charles Thévenin ( 1764-07-12 ) 12 July
Johann August Nahl (22 August 1710 in Berlin – 22 October 1781 in Kassel ) was a German sculptor and plasterer . German sculptor Monument to Frederic II in Kassel, later completed by Nahl's son He was first taught by his father Johann Samuel Nahl (1664 – 1727), who had been court sculptor of Frederi
#11 François Étienne Victor de Clinchamp
François Étienne Victor de Clinchamp (20 October 1787 in Toulon - 22 September 1880 in Paris ) was a French painter and author. French painter
Kurt von Holleben (7 March 1894 – 14 January 1947) was a German chemist working for Agfa-Gevaert Technical-Scientific Laboratory as the head of the colour screen research group, overseeing development of Additive color screens (kornraster) for the Agfa-Farbenplatte glass plates (1916), and film base
#13 Peter Hurd
Peter Hurd (February 22, 1904 – July 9, 1984) was an American painter whose work is strongly associated with the people and landscapes of San Patricio, New Mexico , where he lived from the 1930s. He is equally acclaimed for his portraits and his western landscapes. American artist (1904–1984) For th
#14 Mira Schendel
Mira Schendel (June 7, 1919 – July 24, 1988) was a Brazilian contemporary artist of the 20th century. She made numerous drawings on rice paper , but was also active as a painter, a poet, and a sculptor. Her work drew upon the art of language and poetry, and what appears to have driven her was the ab
#15 Paul Fromentier
Paul Fromentier (1 March 1914 – 20 October 1981) was a French painter . His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics . [1] French painter Paul Fromentier Born ( 1914-03-01 ) 1 March 1914 Lyon , France Died 20 October 1981 (1981-10-20) (aged 67) Paris,
Wendelin Moosbrugger , or Mosbrugger (20 October 1760 in Au, Vorarlberg - 20 August 1849 in Aarau ) was an Austrian portrait painter and miniaturist . He came from a family that had a widespread reputation as builders, plasterers and painters. Self-portrait in Rococo costume (c. 1780) Charles Freder
#17 C. F. Goldie
Charles Frederick Goldie OBE (20 October 1870 – 11 July 1947) was a New Zealand artist, best known for his portrayal of Māori dignitaries. New Zealand artist (1870–1947) For the New Zealand art forger known as Carl F. Goldie, see Karl Sim . Charles Frederick Goldie OBE Goldie, c. 1905 Born ( 187
Andrea della Robbia (20 October 1435 – 4 August 1525) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor , especially in ceramics . Italian sculptor Andrea della Robbia by Andrea del Sarto Madonna with Child and Angels ( Louvre Museum ). Crucifixion , Sanctuary of La Verna [ it ] . San Agustin (ca 1490), on di
Alice Mavrogordato (née Alice Blum ; 1916–2000) was an Austrian-born American artist, and translator. She is known for her abstract oil paintings, and is associated with the Washington Color School movement. [2] She worked as a translator during the Nuremberg trials in the mid-1940s. Alice Mavrogord
#20 Bernard Safran
Bernard Safran (June 3, 1924 – October 14, 1995) was an American painter known for his realistic portraits and scenes of everyday life in New York and in rural Canada . He created many portraits for Time magazine covers, with subjects that included Elizabeth II , Pope John XXIII , Dwight D. Eisenhow
The Museum of Glass (MOG) is a 75,000-square-foot (7,000 m²) art museum in Tacoma, Washington dedicated to the medium of glass . [2] Since its founding in 2002, the Museum of Glass has been committed to creating a space for the celebration of the studio glass movement through nurturing artists, impl
Château de Linardié is the name for a once active cultural center located in the South West area of France seven kilometres from Gaillac in the Tarn, France . It operated for 10 years, from 1996 to 2006. Château de Linardié
#3 Sikh History Research Centre
The management committee of Khalsa College Amritsar created the Sikh History Research Centre in 1930 to write and publish the Sikh history from a modern historical perspective. [1] This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points . ( September 2019 ) Sikh History R
Norwich Castle is a medieval royal fortification in the city of Norwich , in the English county of Norfolk . William the Conqueror (1066–1087) ordered its construction in the aftermath of the Norman conquest of England . The castle was used as a gaol from 1220 to 1887. In 1894 the Norwich Museum mov
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
#6 Team Gallery
Team Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City, with an additional project space in Venice, CA . It was founded by José Freire and Lisa Ruyter in 1996. Team has represented such artists as Ryan McGinley , Banks Violette , Cory Arcangel , Sam McKinniss ,
#7 National Centre for Photography
The National Centre for Photography , sited in the regional city of Ballarat in Victoria, Australia exhibits, promotes, archives, and provides education, in photography. Photography organisation and gallery in Ballarat, Australia
Le Consortium is a contemporary art center based in Dijon [1] founded by Xavier Douroux & Franck Gautherot, among others, from the association Le Coin du Miroir (The Corner Mirror). The center was run by Douroux, in collaboration with Gautherot and Eric Troncy . In 1982, The consortium was awarded t
The Peoria Riverfront Museum is a public-private museum of art, science, history, and achievement located on the riverfront in downtown Peoria, Illinois . The Museum has five major galleries and a dozen smaller display spaces for rotating exhibitions. It is also known for its 40-ft. dome Digistar 7
#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 Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art
The Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art , often abbreviated to MAC , is a contemporary art museum in Santurce, Puerto Rico . Museum in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico This article needs additional citations for verification . ( July 2010 ) Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art Established 1984 (
#12 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
#13 Kelmscott House
Kelmscott House is Grade II* listed [1] Georgian brick mansion at 26 Upper Mall in Hammersmith , overlooking the River Thames . Built in about 1785, it was the London home of English textile designer, artist, writer and socialist William Morris from 1878 to 1896. [2] Kelmscott House Listed Building
#14 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
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
The Baltimore Museum of Art ( BMA ) in Baltimore , Maryland , United States , is an art museum that was founded in 1914. The BMA's collection of 95,000 objects [1] encompasses more than 1,000 works by Henri Matisse anchored by the Cone Collection of modern art, as well as one of the nation's fines
#17 The Art of This Century gallery
The Art of This Century gallery was opened by Peggy Guggenheim at 30 West 57th Street in Manhattan , New York City on October 20, 1942. The gallery occupied two commercial spaces on the seventh floor of a building that was part of the midtown arts district including the Museum of Modern Art , the Mu
#18 Koffler Centre of the Arts
The Koffler Centre of the Arts is a broad-based cultural institution established in 1977 by Murray and Marvelle Koffler and based at Artscape Youngplace in the West Queen West area of downtown Toronto , Ontario . [1] Koffler Centre of the Arts Location of the Koffler in Toronto Established 1977 Loca
Pinacotheca was a gallery in Melbourne , Australia. Established in 1967 by Bruce Pollard, it was ideologically committed to the avant-garde and represented a new generation of artists interested in post-object, conceptual [1] and other non-traditional art forms. [2] Art gallery located in Melbourne,
The Tijuana Cultural Center ( CECUT ) is a cultural center in the Zona Río district of Tijuana , Mexico . The center opened 20 October 1982, and accommodates more than a million visitors per year. Cultural center in Tijuana, Mexico Tijuana Cultural Center Centro Cultural Tijuana Established 20 Oct
#1 Excursion in the Countryside of Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia
Excursion in the Countryside of Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia (Spanish: Excursión campestre de Isabel Clara Eugenia ) is an oil on canvas painting by Flemish artists Jan Brueghel the Elder and Joos de Momper . It was painted in the first quarter of the 17th century, and is housed at the Museum of Pra
#2 Self-Portrait (Inn of the Dawn Horse)
Self-Portrait (Inn of the Dawn Horse) is a painting executed by artist Leonora Carrington and is currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art . [1] [2] [3] She began the painting in London in 1937 and completed it in Paris in 1938. [4] It is one of her most recognized works and has
#3 William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings
The William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings consists of 477 watercolour botanical drawings of plants and animals of Malacca and Singapore by unknown Chinese (probably Cantonese) artists that were commissioned between 1819 and 1823 by William Farquhar (26 February 1774 – 13 May 1839).
#4 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
Open End is an abstract public art sculpture by Clement Meadmore . The 11-foot-high (3.4 m) , 5-short-ton (4.5 t) curved metal beam is located on the grounds of St. Xavier High School in Springfield Township, Hamilton County, Ohio , United States . It was previously located in downtown Cincinnat
Untitled (Perfect Lovers) is a work of art produced by Félix González-Torres between 1987-1990 and 1991. [1] [2] It consists of two identical synchronized clocks, that will eventually fall out of sync. An ambiguous work of art, many have interpreted it to be a commentary on Torres' partner's struggl
#7 Portrait of the Family Hinlopen
The Portrait of the Family Hinlopen or Family of burgomaster Gillis Valckenier is a painting in the Berlin Gemäldegalerie by the Dutch Golden Age painter Gabriël Metsu of about 1663. There have been various ideas among art historians as to which family is actually represented, with the two main cand
The Venus of Urbino (also known as Reclining Venus ) [1] is an oil painting by the Italian painter Titian , which seems to have been begun in 1532 or 1534, and was perhaps completed in 1534, but not sold until 1538. It depicts a nude young woman, traditionally identified with the goddess Venus , rec
#9 Puerta 1808
Puerta 1808 (Spanish for "Gateway") is an outdoor carbon steel sculpture by Manuel Felguérez installed in Mexico City , Mexico. It was inaugurated on 20 October 2007 by Marcelo Ebrard , the head of government, and was placed in the corner of Paseo de la Reforma and Avenida Juárez , in Cuauhtémoc .
#10 1728 in art
Events from the year 1728 in art . Overview of the events of 1728 in art Overview of the events of 1728 in art List of years in art ( table ) … 1718 1719 1720 1721 1722 1723 1724 1725 1726 1727 1728 1729 1730 1731 1732 1733 1734 1735 1736 1737 1738 … Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Phi
#11 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
J. Marion Sims is a bronze sculpture depicting the American physician of the same name by Ferdinand Freiherr von Miller . [1] J. Marion Sims The statue in Central Park in 2008 Medium Bronze sculpture Subject J. Marion Sims
#13 A Meeting in the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
A Meeting in the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters is a monumental 1897 oil-on-canvas group portrait painting by Peder Severin Krøyer , depicting the membership of Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters during one of its meetings in the Prince's Mansion in Copenhagen . The painting
#14 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
#15 Bust of York
A 4 foot (1.2 m) bust of York , the only African American on the Lewis and Clark Expedition , was installed in Portland, Oregon 's Mount Tabor Park , in the United States, from February to July 2021. The artist stayed anonymous at first, [2] but after the bust was removed he revealed himself as Todd
#16 Liberty Leading the People
Liberty Leading the People ( French : La Liberté guidant le peuple [la libɛʁte ɡidɑ̃ lə pœpl] ) is a painting by Eugène Delacroix commemorating the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled King Charles X . A woman of the people with a Phrygian cap personifying the concept of Liberty leads a varied gro
The bust of Sherman Minton is a public artwork by American artist Robert Merrell Gage , located on the main floor of the Indiana Statehouse , which is in Indianapolis , Indiana , United States . Cast in bronze in 1956, it was commissioned to honor politician — a United States senator from Indiana an
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
Clarence Joseph Bulliet (March 16, 1883 – October 20, 1952) was an American art critic and author. American journalist This article needs additional citations for verification . ( February 2017 ) Bulliet grew up in Corydon, Indiana and graduated in 1904 from Indiana University Bloomington . For nine
Constantin Stăncescu (20 October 1837, Bucharest – 8 June 1909, Bucharest) was a Romanian painter, art critic, teacher and translator. This article relies largely or entirely on a single source . ( July 2022 ) Constantin Stăncescu (date unknown)
#4 Lea Vergine
Lea Vergine , born Lea Buoncristiano (5 March 1936 – 20 October 2020), was an Italian art critic , essayist and curator. Italian art historian (1936–2020) Lea Vergine Born Lea Buoncristiano 5 March 1936 Naples , Kingdom of Italy Died 20 October 2020 (2020-10-20) (aged 84) Milan , Italy Nationality
Jean Marie Chaumelin known as Marius Chaumelin (born 15 April 1833 in Paray-le-Monial , died 20 October 1889 in Paris ) was a French art critic , journalist and writer. He was director of customs for Caen (1881) and then in Paris (1884). [1] He was knighted in the Légion d'honneur on December 20, 18
#6 Kim Levin
Kim Levin is an American art critic and writer. Levin was a regular contributor to The Village Voice from 1982 to 2006. Since 2007 she has been contributing regularly to ARTnews . American art critic and writer Kim Levin Education Vassar College, Columbia University, New York University Occupation A
Baron Edward Rastawiecki (October 20, 1804 in Nowosiółki near Hrubieszów - February 23, 1879 in Warszawa ) was a Polish art historian . This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Polish . (December 2021) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Ma
Georges Salles (24 September 1889 – 20 October 1966) was a 20th-century French art historian and curator. This article includes a list of general references , but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations . ( January 2020 ) Georges Salles Born 24 September 1889 Sèvres , France Died 20 Octob
#9 Jean Clair
Jean Clair ( French: [klɛʁ] ) is the pen name of Gérard Régnier (born 20 October 1940 in Paris , France). Clair is an essayist, a polemicist, [1] an art historian, an art conservator, and a member of the Académie française since May, 2008. [2] [3] He was, for many years, the director of the Picass
#10 Colin B. Bailey
Colin Barry Bailey OAL is a British art historian and museum director . Bailey is currently the Director of the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City . [2] He is a scholar of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century French art , specifically on the artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir . British art historian a
#11 Bernard Arnault
Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault [1] ( French: [bɛʁnaʁ ʒɑ̃ etjɛn aʁno] ; born 5 March 1949) is a French business magnate, investor, and art collector. [2] [3] He is the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive of LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton SE , the world's largest luxury goods company. [4] Ar
#12 Jodi Hauptman
Jodi Anne Hauptman (born October 20, 1964) is an American art historian and curator . Hauptman is the Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Museum of Modern Art . [1] American art historian This article uses bare URLs , which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot . ( August 2022 ) Jodi
#13 Lorne Campbell (art historian)
Ian Lorne Campbell (born 1946) is a Scottish art historian and curator. Campbell was Beaumont Senior Research Curator at the National Gallery , London from 1996 to 2012, and from 1974 to 1996 lectured on the Northern Renaissance at the Courtauld Institute of Art , University of London. He has curate
Baron Philippe Roberts-Jones (8 November 1924 – 9 August 2016) was a Belgian art historian who was the head of conservation of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium . A member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium , of which he was president in 1980, he was also a mem
#15 Benedict Read
Benedict William Read , BA , FSA (26 March 1945 – 20 October 2016) was an English art historian. Usually known as Ben Read, he was the author of numerous books, essays and articles on nineteenth and twentieth century art history , and was one of the most authoritative writers in the second half of t
Johan August Strindberg ( / ˈ s t r ɪ n ( d ) b ɜːr ɡ / , [1] Swedish: [ˈǒːɡɵst ˈstrɪ̂nːdbærj] ( listen ) ; 22 January 1849 – 14 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright , novelist , poet , essayist and painter . [2] [3] [4] A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindb
Philippe de Montebello (born May 16, 1936 in Paris ) is a museum director. He served from 1977 to 2008 as the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York . On his retirement, he was both the longest-serving director in the institution's history and the third longest-serving director of an
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
Antonio Bonet Correa (20 October 1925 – 22 May 2020) was a Spanish art historian. [1] Spanish art historian (1925–2020)
#20 Giovanni Testori
Giovanni Testori (Novate Milanese, 12 May 1923 – Milan, 16 March 1993) was an Italian writer, journalist, poet, art and literary critic, dramatist, screenplay writer, theatrical director and painter. This article needs additional citations for verification . ( January 2021 ) Giovanni Testori Born (
The Anzac Memorial is a heritage-listed war memorial , museum and monument located in Hyde Park South near Liverpool Street in the CBD of Sydney , Australia . The Art Deco monument was designed by C. Bruce Dellit , with the exterior adorned with monumental figural reliefs and sculptures by Rayner Ho
#2 Merlion
The Merlion ( / ˈ m ɜːr ˌ l aɪ ə n / ) is the official mascot of Singapore . It is depicted as a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish . Being of prominent symbolic nature to Singapore and Singaporeans in general, it is widely used to represent both the city state and its
#3 Domingo Cruz (Cocolía) (statue)
Domingo Cruz (Cocolía) is a statue to the memory of the Puerto Rican musician and Ponce Municipal Band director Domingo Cruz (Cocolía) . It is located at Plaza Degetau in Ponce, Puerto Rico . The marble statue also has a marble pedestal. Statue in Ponce, Puerto Rico Domingo Cruz (Cocolía) Statue of
#4 Shami statue
The Shami statue is one of the main surviving works of Parthian art . It is currently in the National Museum of Iran (Inv. no. 2401) and was found at Shami (modern Khūzestān Province ), where there was an ancient sanctuary. Bronze statue of a Parthian nobleman from the sanctuary at Shami in Elymais
The Olmec colossal heads are stone representations of human heads sculpted from large basalt boulders. They range in height from 1.17 to 3.4 metres (3.8 to 11.2 ft) . The heads date from at least 900 BC and are a distinctive feature of the Olmec civilization of ancient Mesoamerica . [1] All portra
#6 African American Civil War Memorial Museum
The African American Civil War Memorial Museum , in the U Street district of Washington, D.C. , recognizes the contributions of the 209,145 members of the United States Colored Troops (USCT). The eponymous memorial, dedicated in July 1998 by the African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation
La Délivrance is a 1914 bronze statue by the French sculptor Émile Oscar Guillaume [ fr ] (1867–1942). The statue was created as a celebration of the First Battle of the Marne , when the German army was stopped before capturing Paris in August 1914. La Délivrance in Finchley, 2006 A 4.9m high exam
#8 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
Northumberlandia (the "Lady of the North") is a huge land sculpture in the shape of a reclining female figure, which was completed in 2012, near Cramlington , Northumberland , northern England . Northumberlandia under construction in August 2011 The head pictured from below showing lips, nostrils, e
Three Harbors Council is a local council of the Boy Scouts of America serving three southeastern Wisconsin counties: Milwaukee County , Racine County , and Kenosha County . Its name and logo refer to the three major port cities of Milwaukee, Racine, and Kenosha (in those three counties of the same n
#11 Statue of Queen Victoria, Weymouth
Queen Victoria Statue is a statue of Queen Victoria , located at Weymouth, Dorset in England . Designed by George Blackall Simonds , [1] the statue was erected to commemorate the Queen's reign. It features a life-size bronze figure of the Queen on a podium made from Portland stone by Messrs. Singer,
#12 Monument to the Unknown Soldier, Botevgrad
The Monument to the Unknown Soldier ( Bulgarian : Паметник на Незнайния войн ; in the past also known as the Monument to the Heroes and Monument to the Perished for the Fatherland), is a military monument situated at the Unknown Warrior Square in the town of Botevgrad , Bulgaria . It was inaugurated
#13 Statue of George H. Perkins
The statue of George H. Perkins is a public memorial that stands on the grounds of the New Hampshire State House in Concord , New Hampshire , United States . The statue was designed by sculptor Daniel Chester French , with architect Henry Bacon designing the remainder of the public monument . It hon
#14 Isted Lion
The Isted Lion (or Flensburg Lion ) ( Danish : Istedløven or Flensborgløven ), German : Flensburger Löwe or Idstedter Löwe ) is a Danish war monument originally intended as a monument of the Danish victory over German-minded Schleswig-Holstein insurgents in the Battle of Isted ( Idstedt ) on 25 July
#15 Monument of Gratitude to France
Monument of Gratitude to France ( Serbian : Споменик захвалности Француској , romanized : Spomenik zahvalnosti Francuskoj ) [1] in Belgrade 's Veliki Kalemegdan Park was formally unveiled on 11 November 1930, the 12th anniversary day of the end of the First World War , in the presence of King Alex
The Cuban Friendship Urn , also known as the Cuban–American Friendship Urn or USS Maine Memorial , is a marble statue in Washington, D.C. , listed on the National Register of Historic Places . [3] The monument originally stood in Cuba to honor the American deaths aboard the USS Maine preceding the S
#17 Statue of the Marquis de Lafayette (Lafayette College)
Marquis de Lafayette is a monumental statue on the campus of Lafayette College in Easton , Pennsylvania , United States . The statue, designed by Daniel Chester French and standing on a pedestal designed by Henry Bacon , was dedicated in 1921 in honor of the college's namesake, Gilbert du Motier, Ma
#18 Confederate Defenders of Charleston
Confederate Defenders of Charleston is a monument in Charleston , South Carolina , United States . The monument honors Confederate soldiers from Charleston, most notably those who served at Fort Sumter during the American Civil War . Built with funds provided by a local philanthropist, the monument
#19 Spaceship Earth (sculpture)
Spaceship Earth is a 350,000-pound Brazilian blue quartzite sculpture created by Finnish American artist Eino Romppanen, Eino . [1] The sculpture was commissioned by Brian Maxwell of Powerbar the Maxwell Family Foundation for the late environmentalist David Brower and its name was often used by Brow
Rubber Duck is a series of several giant floating sculptures of yellow rubber ducks , designed by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman , which have appeared in many cities around the world, including Hong Kong , Pittsburgh , Toronto , Kaohsiung , Baku , and Sydney . Each Rubber Duck is recreated anew loca