langs: 25 октября [ru] / october 25 [en] / 25. oktober [de] / 25 octobre [fr] / 25 ottobre [it] / 25 de octubre [es]
days: october 22 / october 23 / october 24 / october 25 / october 26 / october 27 / october 28
#1 Léon Bakst
Léon Bakst ( Russian : Леон (Лев) Николаевич Бакст , Leon (Lev) Nikolaevich Bakst) – born as Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich (later Samoylovich ) Rosenberg , Лейб-Хаим Израилевич (Самойлович) Розенберг (27 January (8 February) 1866 [1] [2] – 28 December 1924) was a Russian painter and scene and costume desig
Stanley Berkeley (1855–1909) was an English painter of animal, sporting and historical subjects, especially military scenes. Born in London, he exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy , the Grafton Galleries , the New Watercolour Society, and elsewhere from 1878 until 1902, and many of his pictures
#3 Leon Kroll
Leon Kroll (December 6, 1884 – October 25, 1974) [1] was an American painter and lithographer. A figurative artist described by Life magazine as "the dean of U.S. nude painters", [2] he was also a landscape painter and also produced an exceptional body of still life compositions. His public art incl
Nicholas Patrick Reyntiens OBE ( / ˈ r eɪ n t i ə n z / ; [1] [2] 11 December 1925 – 25 October 2021) was a British stained-glass artist, described as "the leading practitioner of stained glass in this country." [3] [4] British stained glass artist (1925–2021) Patrick Reyntiens OBE Born ( 1925-12-11
Joaquín Torres García (28 July 1874 – 8 August 1949) was a Uruguayan - Spanish artist [1] who was born in Montevideo , Uruguay . Torres-García emigrated to Catalunya , Spain as an adolescent, where he began his career as an artist in 1891. For the next three decades, Torres-García embraced the Cat
Placide Cappeau (25 October 1808 – 8 August 1877) was a French poet and the author of the well-known poem, "Minuit, chrétiens" (" O Holy Night ") (1847), which was set to music by Adolphe Adam . French poet This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sour
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
Bruno Zamborlin (born 1983 in Vicenza ) is an AI researcher , entrepreneur and artist based in London , working in the field of human-computer interaction . [1] [2] [3] His work focuses on converting physical objects into touch-sensitive, interactive surfaces using vibration sensors and artificial i
George Douglas Pepper RCA (February 25, 1903 – October 1, 1962) was a Canadian artist. [1] Canadian painter George Pepper Born George Douglas Pepper ( 1903-02-25 ) February 25, 1903 Ottawa , Ontario Died October 25, 1962 (1962-10-25) (aged 59) Toronto , Ontario Nationality Canadian Education Ontar
#10 Samara Golden
Samara Golden (born 1973) is an American artist based in Los Angeles . American artist based in Los Angeles (born 1973) Samara Golden Born 1973 (age 48 – 49) Ann Arbor, Michigan Style Installation art Website samaragolden .com
#11 Charles Lutz
Charles Lutz was born outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1982. He studied Painting and Art History at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, and Anatomy at Columbia University New York, NY. He received a BFA from the Pratt Institute College of Art in 2004. Lutz lives and works between Red Lion, PA
#12 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
#13 Ken Domon
Ken Domon ( 土門 拳 , Domon Ken , 25 October 1909 – 15 September 1990) is one of the most renowned Japanese photographers of the 20th century. [1] He is most celebrated as a photojournalist, though he may have been most prolific as a photographer of Buddhist temples and statuary. Japanese photographer
Walter Farrington Moses was an American Landscape painter. American painter Walter Farrington Moses Born ( 1874-04-17 ) April 17, 1874 Sterling, Illinois Died ( 1947-10-25 ) October 25, 1947 Los Angeles, California Nationality American Known for Painter After studying at the School of the Art Inst
#15 Carlo Pittara
Carlo Pittara (6 June 1835 – 25 October 1891) was an Italian painter who specialized in animals, pastoral landscapes, rivers and peasants at work. He was also the leader of what came to be known as the Scuola di Rivara [ it ] . Italian painter (1835–1891) Carlo Pittara (date unknown) Return to the
Guillermo Estrella Tolentino (July 24, 1890 – July 12, 1976) was a Filipino sculptor and professor of the University of the Philippines . He was designated as a National Artist of the Philippines for Sculpture in 1973, three years before his death. [3] In this Philippine name , the middle name or ma
#17 Jules Pierre van Biesbroeck
Jules Pierre van Biesbroeck (25 October 1873 – 27 January 1965) was a Belgian Orientalist artist. Jules Pierre van Biesbroeck Born ( 1873-10-25 ) 25 October 1873 Portici , Italy Died 27 January 1965 (1965-01-27) (aged 91) Bruxelles Nationality belgian Known for Painter, sculptor Notable work "Le
#18 Raymond Woog
Raymond Emmanuel Woog (25 October 1875, Paris - 10 May 1949, Neuilly-sur-Seine ) was a French painter, designer and illustrator. French painter Raymond Woog (c.1930)
#19 Analia Saban
Analia Saban (born 1980) is a contemporary conceptual artist that was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but is currently living in Los Angeles, California. Her work takes traditional artistic media such as drawing , painting and sculpture and pushes their limits as a scientific experimentation with a
Gottlob Alexander Sauerweid ( Russian : Александр Иванович Зауервейд ; 19 February 1783, Kurland - 25 October 1844, Saint Petersburg ) was a Baltic German painter who taught battle painting at the St. Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts . This article may be expanded with text translated from the co
The Columbus Museum of Art ( CMA ) is an art museum in downtown Columbus, Ohio . Formed in 1878 as the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts (its name until 1978), [2] it was the first art museum to register its charter with the state of Ohio. The museum collects and exhibits American and European modern an
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
#3 Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum is an art museum located on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis , within the university's Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts . Founded in 1881 as the St. Louis School and Museum of Fine Arts , it was initially located in downtown St. Louis . It is
#4 Museum of Ethnology, Vienna
The Weltmuseum Wien (former Museum of Ethnology ) in Vienna is the largest anthropological museum in Austria, established in 1876. It currently resides in the Hofburg Imperial Palace and houses more than 400,000 ethnographical and archaeological objects from Asia, Africa, Oceania, and America. Since
The Bilbao Fine Arts Museum (Spanish: Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao , Basque : Bilboko Arte Ederren Museoa ) is an art museum located in the city of Bilbao , Spain. The building of the museum is located entirely inside the city's Doña Casilda Iturrizar park . Art museum, Provincial museum in Basqu
The East–West Center ( EWC ), or the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West , is an education and research organization established by the U.S. Congress in 1960 to strengthen relations and understanding among the peoples and nations of Asia , the Pacific , and the United
#7 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 Zhongli Arts Hall ( traditional Chinese : 中壢藝術館 ; simplified Chinese : 中坜艺术馆 ; pinyin : Zhōnglì Yìshùguǎn ) is an arts center in Zhongli District , Taoyuan City , Taiwan . Arts center in Zhongli, Taoyuan City, Taiwan Zhongli Arts Hall 中壢藝術館 General information Type arts center Location Zhongli ,
Philbrook Museum of Art is an art museum with expansive formal gardens located in Tulsa , Oklahoma . The museum, which opened in 1939, is located in a former 1920s villa, " Villa Philbrook ", the home of Oklahoma oil pioneer Waite Phillips and his wife Genevieve. Showcasing nine collections of art f
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
#11 Museum Slager
Museum Slager is an art museum in 's-Hertogenbosch , Netherlands , dedicated to the work of eight local painters from three generations of the Slager family. Behind the distinguished façade of the building there is a collection of paintings, drawings, engravings, watercolours and objects, all direct
#12 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]
#13 Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Art Gallery of New South Wales ( AGNSW ), founded as the New South Wales Academy of Art in 1872 and known as the National Art Gallery of New South Wales between 1883 and 1958, is located in The Domain, Sydney , Australia. It is the most important public gallery in Sydney and one of the largest i
The Gallerie d'Italia - Milano is a modern and contemporary museum in Milan , Italy . Located in Piazza della Scala in the Palazzo Brentani and the Palazzo Anguissola , it hosts 195 artworks from the collections of Fondazione Cariplo with a strong representation of nineteenth century Lombard painter
#15 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
#16 Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art ( MASS MoCA ) is a museum in a converted Arnold Print Works factory building complex located in North Adams , Massachusetts . It is one of the largest centers for contemporary visual art and performing arts in the United States. Museum in North Adams, Mas
#17 Gallery 30
Gallery 30 is an American fine art and craft gallery located in Gettysburg , Pennsylvania , United States. Gallery 30 has occupied two historic buildings in downtown Gettysburg, and its ownership has been active in the local community since the gallery's opening in 1979. Gallery 30 specializes in Am
#18 Government Museum, Chennai
The Government Museum, Chennai , or the Madras Museum , is a museum of human history and culture located in the Government Museum Complex in the neighbourhood of Egmore in Chennai , India . Started in 1851, it is the second oldest museum in India after the Indian Museum in Kolkata . It is particular
The Institute of Modern Art ( IMA ) is a public art gallery located in the Judith Wright Arts Centre in the Brisbane inner-city suburb of Fortitude Valley , which features contemporary artworks and showcases emerging artists in a series of group and solo exhibitions. Founded in 1975, the gallery doe
#20 Sèvres – Cité de la céramique
Sèvres – Cité de la céramique (Sèvres City of Ceramics) is a French national ceramics museum located at the Place de la Manufacture, Sèvres , Hauts-de-Seine , a suburb of Paris , France . It was created in January 2010, from the merger of the Musée national de Céramique-Sèvres and the Manufacture na
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
#2 The Pyramides at Port-Coton, Rough Sea
The Pyramides at Port-Coton, Rough Sea is a series of six paintings produced by Claude Monet in 1886. They all show the rocky Atlantic coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer , visited and painted in the plein air by the artist between 12 September and 25 October that year. 1886 painting by Claude Monet This arti
#3 The Flag (O'Keeffe painting)
The Flag is a painting by Georgia O'Keeffe (1918), that represents her anxiety about her brother being sent to fight in Europe during World War I , a war that was particularly controversial and dangerous due to its use of new modern weapons and tactics, like the machine gun , mustard gas , naval min
The Stravinsky Fountain (French: La Fontaine Stravinsky ) is a whimsical public fountain ornamented with sixteen works of sculpture, moving and spraying water, representing the works of composer Igor Stravinsky . It was created in 1983 by sculptors Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle , and is loc
#5 The Icebergs
The Icebergs is an 1861 oil painting by the American landscape artist Frederic Edwin Church . It was inspired by his 1859 voyage to the North Atlantic around Newfoundland and Labrador . Considered one of Church's "Great Pictures"—measuring 1.64 by 2.85 metres (5.4 by 9.4 feet) [1] —the painting depi
#6 The Thin Red Line (painting)
The Thin Red Line is an 1881 oil-on-canvas painting by Robert Gibb depicting the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot at the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854, during the Crimean War . In an incident which became known as " The Thin Red Line ", a two-deep line of around 500 red-coated
#7 Engagement between the United States and the Macedonian
Engagement between the United States and the Macedonian is 1813 oil painting by American painter Thomas Birch depicting the naval engagement fought near Madeira on October 25, 1812 between the US Navy heavy frigate USS United States and the Royal Navy frigate HMS Macedonian . The battle resulted
#8 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
#9 Colin Lauder
Colin Lauder (c. 1750 – 25 October 1831), Worlds End Close, Edinburgh ) was a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh FRCSEd, and a burgess of Edinburgh . His portrait was painted by Sir Henry Raeburn . This article includes a list of general references , but it lacks sufficient corresp
The Statue of Georg Zoëga is a statue of the Danish archeologist Georg Zoëga located in the garden of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek , facing Tietgensgade , in Copenhagen , Denmark . It was created by Ludvig Brandstrup and unveiled in 1911. Statue of Georg Zoëga in Copenhagen, Denmark Georg Zoëga Artist
The Four Freedoms is a series of four oil paintings made in 1943 by the American artist Norman Rockwell . The paintings— Freedom of Speech , Freedom of Worship , Freedom from Want , and Freedom from Fear —are each approximately 45.75 by 35.5 inches (116.2 by 90.2 cm) , [1] and are now in the Norma
Pyramid of Skulls is a c. 1901 oil on canvas painting by French Post-Impressionist artist Paul Cézanne . It depicts four human skulls stacked in a pyramidal formation, a subject matter that increasingly preoccupied Cézanne in later life. Painting by Paul Cézanne Pyramid of Skulls Artist Paul Cézanne
Guernica ( Spanish: [ɡeɾˈnika] ; Basque: [ɡernika] ) is a large 1937 oil painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso . [1] [2] It is one of his best-known works, regarded by many art critics as the most moving and powerful anti-war painting in history. [3] Guernica is exhibited in the Museo Reina S
#14 Prisoners' Round (after Gustave Doré)
Prisoners' Round (after Gustave Doré) , also known as The Prisoners' Round , or Prisoners Exercising , or Penitentiary (after Doré) , (F669) is an oil painting of February 1890 by Vincent van Gogh . This late work was painted at Saint-Paul Asylum in Saint-Rémy , inspired by an 1872 engraving by Gust
#15 Isle of the Dead (painting)
Isle of the Dead ( German : Die Toteninsel ) is the best-known painting of Swiss Symbolist artist Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901). Prints were very popular in central Europe in the early 20th century— Vladimir Nabokov observed in his 1936 novel Despair that they could be "found in every Berlin home". [1]
The Boston Women's Memorial is a trio of sculptures on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall in Boston , Massachusetts , commemorating Phillis Wheatley , Abigail Adams , and Lucy Stone . Sculpture in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Boston Women's Memorial Boston Women's Memorial Location in Boston Artist Meredit
#17 Copies by Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh made many copies of other people's work between 1887 and early 1890, which can be considered appropriation art . [1] [2] While at Saint-Paul asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence , France, where Van Gogh admitted himself, he strived to have subjects during the cold winter months. Seeking
#18 Brushstroke
Brushstroke is a sculpture by Roy Lichtenstein . [1] There are two copies. The original was created in 2001 for the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid , Spain . [2] [3] The second was delivered to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC , on September 16, 2003, [
#1 James Card
James Card (October 25, 1915 – January 16, 2000) was an American film preservationist who established the motion picture collection at George Eastman House , one of the major moving image archives in the United States. American art historian (1915–2000) For the United States Coast Guard admiral, see
Diana Holman-Hunt (25 October 1913 – 10 August 1993) was an English memoir writer and art critic . This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . ( December 2012 ) Holman-Hunt was the granddaughter o
Peter Curtis Bunnell (October [1] 25, 1937 – September 20, 2021) [2] [3] was an American author, scholar and historian of photography. For more than 40 years he had a significant impact on collecting, exhibiting, teaching and practicing photography through his work as a university professor, museum
#4 Frank O'Hara
Francis Russell " Frank " O'Hara (March 27, 1926 – July 25, 1966) was an American writer, poet, and art critic. A curator at the Museum of Modern Art , O'Hara became prominent in New York City's art world. O'Hara is regarded as a leading figure in the New York School , an informal group of artists,
Donnchadh Ó Corráin (28 February 1942 – 25 October 2017) was an Irish historian and Professor Emeritus of Medieval History at University College Cork . [1] He earned his BA in history and Irish from that institution, graduating in 1964. [2] Irish historian Donnchadh Ó Corráin Born ( 1942-02-28 ) 28
Heinz-Klaus Metzger (6 February 1932 – 25 October 2009) was a German music critic and theorist . German music critic and theorist This article needs additional citations for verification . ( May 2022 ) Born in Konstanz , Metzger studied piano under Carl Seemann in Freiburg im Breisgau and compositio
François Pinault (born 21 August 1936) is a French billionaire businessman, founder of the luxury group Kering and the investment holding company Artémis . French billionaire businessman François Pinault François Pinault in 2015 Born ( 1936-08-21 ) 21 August 1936 (age 86) Les Champs-Géraux , Côtes
Sarah Cook is a Scotland-based Canadian scholar. She is well known as a historian and curator in the field of New Media art . Cook was a Research Fellow at the University of Sunderland , where she worked with the research institute CRUMB – Curatorial Resource for Upstart Media Bliss, that she co-fou
Alexander "Sasha" Dmitrievich Grishin AM FAHA is an Australian art historian , art critic and curator based in Victoria and Canberra . He is known as an art critic, and for establishing the academic discipline of art history at the Australian National University (ANU). Australian art historian and a
#10 Charles C. Hill
Charlie Hill CM LL. D. (born 25 October 1945), known as Charles C. Hill and Charles Christie Hill , is a Canadian curator and writer, well-known for his exhibitions of historical Canadian Art and major catalogues on the Group of Seven , Canadian Art in the 1930s, and Emily Carr . In his 47-year dura
#11 Louisa Dresser
Louisa Dresser (October 25, 1907 – September 15, 1989), also known as Louisa Dresser Campbell , was an expert on early American painting, and curator at the Worcester Art Museum . She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1956 for her studies. American art historian Louisa Dresser Awards Guggenheim
#12 Ugo Ojetti
Ugo Ojetti (15 July 1871 – 1 January 1946) was an Italian journalist-commentator and author. He wrote prolifically on a wide range of topics. His output also includes short stories and at least seven novels. Nevertheless, during his later decades he increasingly focused on arts criticism, and it is
Peter Heyl Hassrick (April 27, 1941 – October 25, 2019) was an American museum curator, art historian, and the author or editor of many exhibition catalogues about Western American art. American museum curator (1941–2019) Peter H. Hassrick Born ( 1941-04-27 ) 27 April 1941 Philadelphia , Pennsylvani
Leslie Anne Anderson is a Cuban-American [1] museum curator and art historian, notable for her scholarship and exhibitions of nineteenth-century European, American, and regional art. Cuban-American museum curator and art historian This article is an orphan , as no other articles link to it . Please
Sir Joseph Archer Crowe KCMG (25 October 1825, London – 6 September 1896, Gamburg an der Tauber, today Werbach , Germany [1] ) was an English journalist, consular official and art historian, whose volumes of the History of Painting in Italy , co-written with the Italian critic Giovanni Battista Cava
#16 Hanno Kompus
Hanno Kompus (real name Johannes Kompus , pseudonym HaKo ; 4 March 1890 Rannu Parish, Tartu County – 25 October 1974 Montreal , Canada) was an Estonian art and theatre critic, art historian, theatre director and architect. [1] Estonian theatre director, art historian, and architect This article reli
#17 Karl Scheffler
Karl Scheffler (* February 27, 1869 in Hamburg; † October 25, 1951 in Überlingen) was a German art critic and publicist. German art historian (1869–1951) This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and when to remove these template
#18 Ada Polak
Ada Buch Polak (19 September 1914 – 25 October 2010) was a Norwegian art historian. [1] Norwegian art historian Ada Buch Polak Born ( 1914-09-19 ) 19 September 1914 Ljan , Norway Died 25 October 2010 (2010-10-25) (aged 96) London , England Alma mater University of Oslo Occupation art historian
#19 Franklin Sirmans
Franklin Sirmans [1] (born in New York City ( Queens )) [2] is an American art critic , editor, writer, curator [1] and has been the director of the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) [3] since October 2015. [4] His initiatives there include ensuring that PAMM's art program reflects the community in Miam
Vincent Delieuvin (born 1978) is a French author and art historian specializing in the work of Leonardo da Vinci , and in Italian paintings of the sixteenth century, generally. Since 2006, he has worked as a heritage curator at the Louvre museum. French author and art historian
#1 Gateway Arch
The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot-tall (192 m) monument in St. Louis, Missouri , United States. Clad in stainless steel and built in the form of a weighted catenary arch , [5] it is the world's tallest arch [4] and Missouri's tallest accessible building . Some sources consider it the tallest human-ma
#2 Nicolaus Copernicus Monument, Toruń
The Nicolaus Copernicus Monument in the home town of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) was erected in 1853 by a "monument committee" of the city's residents. Monument to Copernicus, inscribed: " Nicolaus Copernicus Thorunensis, terrae motor, solis caelique stator "
#3 Memorial to the murdered Jews of Hanover
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Hanover is located in Hanover , Germany , on Opernplatz, one of the city's central squares. It was designed by the Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto and erected in 1994 on the initiative of the Memoriam Association and financed through individual donations .
#4 List of statues of Leopold II of Belgium
This is a list of statues and monuments of Leopold II of Belgium [1] (9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909), the second King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909 and, through his own initiative, the owner and absolute ruler of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908.
The Macedonian Monument is on the campus of the United States Naval Academy , across the street from Mahan Hall, [1] at the end of Stribling Walk. The monument's sculpture is the figurehead of HMS Macedonian , captured by Stephen Decatur and the American frigate United States in the opening days of
Flamingo , created by noted American artist Alexander Calder , is a 53-foot (16 m) [2] tall stabile located in the Federal Plaza in front of the Kluczynski Federal Building in Chicago , Illinois , United States. [3] It was commissioned by the United States General Services Administration and was u
#7 Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker
Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker is a colossal heroic nude statue by the Italian artist Antonio Canova , of Napoleon I of France in the guise of the Roman god Mars . He holds a gilded Nike or Victory standing on an orb in his right hand and a staff in his left. It was produced between 1802 and 1806 a
#8 List of statues of Vladimir Lenin
This article is a list of current and former known monuments of Vladimir Lenin . Some or all of the monuments in former Soviet republics and satellites were removed after the fall of the Soviet Union, while Russia and aligned countries (mainly Belarus) retained the thousands of Lenin monuments that
Quasi is a sculpture by New Zealand artist Ronnie van Hout currently located on the roof of City Gallery Wellington . The sculpture, van Hout's unsmiling face on the back of a 5-metre hand, has drawn negative remarks, with replies to the initial tweet announcing the installation of the sculpture on
The Turkey Town Monument is an outdoor Confederate memorial installed near Gadsden, Alabama , in the United States. It was erected in 1992 by the Turkey Town Valley Camp 1512 Sons of Confederate Veterans. [1] Inscriptions on the monument read: The surrounding area and this well was part of Turkey’s
#11 Butt–Millet Memorial Fountain
The Butt–Millet Memorial Fountain is a memorial fountain in President's Park in Washington, D.C. , in the United States. Dedicated in October 1913, it commemorates the deaths of Archibald Butt (the military aide to President William Howard Taft ) and Francis Davis Millet (a journalist and painter, a
#12 Cubi
The Cubi series is a group of stainless steel sculptures built from cubes, rectangular solids and cylinders with spheroidal or flat endcaps. These pieces are among the last works completed by the sculptor David Smith . The artist died in a car accident on May 23, 1965, soon after the completion of C
#13 Anubis Shrine
The Anubis Shrine was part of the burial equipment of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Tutankhamun , whose tomb in the Valley of the Kings was discovered almost intact in 1922 by Egyptologists led by Howard Carter . Today the object, with the find number 261, is on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo ,
#14 Northumberland Fusiliers Memorial
The Response 1914 (also known as the Northumberland Fusiliers Memorial ) is a war memorial in the public gardens to the north of the Church of St Thomas the Martyr in Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne , and to the west of Newcastle Civic Centre . Designed by Sir William Goscombe John , the memorial
#15 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
#16 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
The Argonne Cross Memorial is a memorial to American military personnel who died fighting in France during World War I. It was erected on November 13, 1923, and stands in Section 18 of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia , in the United States. Argonne Cross United States The A
The big things of Australia are large structures, some of which are novelty architecture and some are sculptures . There are estimated to be over 230 such objects around the country. There are big things in every state and territory in continental Australia . Novelty structures in Australia This art
#19 Peace Candle
The Peace Candle is a tower-like structure erected every Christmas season in Easton , Pennsylvania . The approximately 106-foot (32 m) tall structure, which resembles a giant candle , is assembled each year over the Soldiers' & Sailors' Monument, a Civil War memorial located in the city's Centre S
Point of View is a 2006 landmark public sculpture in bronze by James A. West; it sits in a parklet named for the work of art, Point of View Park , in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . The Point of View sculpture The piece depicts George Washington and the Seneca leader Guyasuta , with their weapons down,