langs: 18 сентября [ru] / september 18 [en] / 18. september [de] / 18 septembre [fr] / 18 settembre [it] / 18 de septiembre [es]
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#1 Jan Matulka
Jan Matulka (7 November 1890 – 25 June 1972) was a Czech-American modern artist originally from Bohemia . Matulka's style ranged from Abstract expressionism to landscapes , sometimes in the same day. He has directly influenced artists like Dorothy Dehner , Francis Criss , Burgoyne Diller , I. Rice P
#2 Jann Haworth
Jann Haworth (born 1942) is a British-American pop artist . A pioneer of soft sculpture , she is best known as the co-creator of The Beatles ' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover. Haworth is also an advocate for feminist rights especially for the representation of women in the art worl
Franz Ignaz Oefele (26 June 1721, Posen - 18 September 1797, Munich ) was a German painter, etcher , and miniaturist . His name is sometimes spelled "Öffele" and is occasionally seen as "Oeffele-Piekarski", for reasons unknown. German painter This article may be expanded with text translated from th
Debra Bermingham is an American artist known for her interior scenes and still lifes. [1] American painter Debra Bermingham Born September 18, 1953 Northampton, Massachusetts Spouse(s) Kim Engle
Hubertus Quellinus or Hubert Quellinus (15 August 1619, Antwerp – 1687) was a Flemish printmaker, draughtsman and painter and a member of the prominent Quellinus family of artists. His engravings after the work of his brother, the Baroque sculptor Artus Quellinus the Elder , were instrumental in the
#6 John Steell
Sir John Robert Steell RSA ( Aberdeen 18 September 1804 – 15 September 1891) was a Scottish sculptor. [1] He modelled many of the leading figures of Scottish history and culture, [2] and is best known for a number of sculptures displayed in Edinburgh , including the statue of Sir Walter Scott at the
#7 Jilma Madera
Jilma Madera (September 18, 1915 – February 21, 2000) was a well-known Cuban sculptor. Her two most famous works are the Christ of Havana and the bust of José Martí at the Pico Turquino . Cuban artist (1915–2000) Lilia Jilma Madera Valiente Born September 18, 1915 La Victoria, Pinar del Río, Cuba Di
#8 Anna Chromý
Anna Chromy (18 July 1940 – 18 September 2021) was a painter and sculptor of Czech-German descent. At the end of World War II , Chromy's family was expelled from Bohemia to Vienna , Austria. Her family did not have enough money for her to attend art school however, so only after she married and move
#9 Jarl Goli
Jarl Einar Goli (born 23 April 1957) is working as a painter today. He has been a Norwegian actor and television personality in former times. Jarl Goli Born Jarl Einar Goli ( 1957-04-23 ) 23 April 1957 (age 65) Norway Occupation Painter, actor in former times Children Aida Celine Goli Dypeng Websi
#10 Fairfield Porter
Fairfield Porter (June 10, 1907 – September 18, 1975) was an American painter and art critic . [1] He was the fourth of five children of James Porter, an architect, and Ruth Furness Porter, a poet from a literary family. [2] He was the brother of photographer Eliot Porter and the brother-in-law of f
Lilly Martin Spencer (born Angelique Marie Martin ; November 26, 1822 – May 22, 1902) was one of the most popular and widely reproduced American female genre painters in the mid-nineteenth century. She primarily painted domestic scenes, paintings of women and children in a warm happy atmosphere, alt
#12 Marek Skrobecki
Marek Skrobecki (born September 18, 1951 in Kalisz ) is a Polish director of animated films , mainly using classical puppetry techniques. He works with the film studio Se-ma-for in Łódź . Polish director of animated films (born 1951) Marek Skrobecki Born Marek Skrobecki September 19, 1951 Kalisz , P
#13 Vladimir Aleksandrovich Beklemishev
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Beklemishev ( Russian : Владимир Александрович Беклемишев ; 15 August [ O.S. 3 August ] 1861 , Ekaterinoslav , Russian Empire , now Dnipro , Ukraine - 21 December 1919, Novorzhev , Russia ) was a Russian sculptor, a rector of the Imperial Academy of Arts . [1] [2] Russian
#14 Jan Groover
Jan Groover (April 24, 1943 – January 1, 2012) was an American photographer . She received numerous one-person shows, including at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, which holds some of her work in its permanent collection. American photographer Jan Groover Born ( 1943-04-24 ) April 24, 1943 Plai
#15 Carolyn George
Carolyn George (September 6, 1927 – February 10, 2009) was an American ballerina , photographer , and dance instructor. Carolyn George Born ( 1927-09-06 ) September 6, 1927 Died February 10, 2009 (2009-02-10) (aged 81) New York City , U.S. Nationality American Education School of American Ballet a
#16 Roswell Weidner
Roswell Weidner (September 18, 1911 – September 22, 1999) was an American artist known for his paintings , charcoal and pastel drawings , and prints . His subject matter included still life, landscapes, and portraits. He was a student at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) city school
Jonkvrouwe (Lady) Cornélie Caroline "Cox" van Asch van Wijck (17 October 1900 – 18 September 1932) was a Dutch artist and sculptor. Dutch sculptor Cornélie Caroline van Asch van Wijck Born 17 October 1900 Arnhem , Netherlands Died 18 September 1932 (1932-09-18) (aged 31) Kasteel Soelen , Zoelen ,
#18 Harry Beck
Henry Charles Beck (4 June 1902 – 18 September 1974) was an English technical draughtsman who created the present London Underground Tube map in 1931. [1] Beck drew the diagram after being fired at the London Metro Signal Office. [1] Although his design was initially rejected, the Publicity Office
Washington Bogart Cooper (September 18, 1802 – March 30, 1888) was an American portrait painter, sometimes known as "the man of a thousand portraits". [1] [2] [3] American painter Washington Bogart Cooper Self-portrait (1885) Born ( 1802-09-18 ) September 18, 1802 near Jonesborough , Tennessee , U
Edmund Walpole Brooke (18 September 1865 – 1938) was an Australian painter. [1] [2] Born in Melbourne, Brooke moved to Japan in his youth, where his father, John Henry Brooke , was a reporter and director of the Japan Daily Herald . [1] [3] [4] He married a Japanese woman and they had a daughter. [3
#1 National Art Museum of China
The National Art Museum of China ( NAMOC , simplified Chinese : 中国美术馆 ; traditional Chinese : 中國美術館 ; pinyin : Zhōngguó měishùguǎn ) is located at 1 Wusi Ave, Dongcheng District , Beijing , People's Republic of China . It is one of the largest art museums in China , and is funded by the Ministry of
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 Ogunquit Museum of American Art
The Ogunquit Museum of American Art is a small art museum [1] located on the coast in Ogunquit , Maine . The museum houses over 3,000 pieces in its permanent collection. [2] This article uses bare URLs , which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot . ( August 2022 ) This article relies too muc
#4 Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
The Block Museum of Art is a free public art museum located on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston , Illinois . The Block Museum was established in 1980 when Chicago art collectors Mary (daughter of Albert Lasker ) and Leigh B. Block (former vice president of Inland Steel Company ), do
#5 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
#6 Palace of the Kraków Bishops in Kielce
The Palace of the Kraków Bishops in Kielce ( Polish : Pałac Biskupów Krakowskich w Kielcach ), [1] was built in the 17th century as a summer residence of Bishops of Kraków in Kielce , Poland . The architecture of the palace constitutes a unique mélange of Polish and Italian traditions and reflects p
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
#8 Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts
The Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts ( Spanish : Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes or MNBA ), located in Santiago , Chile , is one of the major centers for Chilean art and for broader South American art. Established in 1880 (making it the oldest in South America), the organization is managed by the
#9 Reynolda House Museum of American Art
The Reynolda House Museum of American Art displays a premiere collection of American art ranging from the colonial period to the present. Built in 1917 by Katharine Smith Reynolds and her husband R. J. Reynolds , founder of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company , the house originally occupied the cente
#10 National Sporting Library & Museum
The National Sporting Library & Museum or NSLM (formerly the National Sporting Library ) is a research library and art museum in Middleburg, Virginia in the United States. [3] Art museum in Middleburg, VA National Sporting Library & Museum Former name National Sporting Library Established March 29
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,
#12 Museum of the African Diaspora
The Museum of the African Diaspora ( MoAD ) is a contemporary art museum in San Francisco , California . MoAD holds exhibitions and presents artists exclusively of the African diaspora , one of only a few museums of its kind in the United States. Located at 685 Mission St. adjacent to the St. Regis
Lift Trucks Project is a project space and artist studio located in Croton Falls, New York . It features up to four long-term exhibitions per year [1] with notable pieces by FA-Q, Christo , Ottmar Hoerl , Ed Roth ("Big Daddy"), A. R. Penck , Sailor Jerry , and others. [2] In addition, Lift Trucks fe
#14 Museion (Bozen)
The Museion (from the greek μουσείον, meaning the temple of the muses ) is the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Bozen , in South Tyrol , Italy. [1] Facade of the Museion facing the Talfer River in Bozen It was founded in 1985. [2] Since 2006 it has been managed by the Museion Foundation, fou
#15 Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park: 100 Acres
The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park: 100 Acres , also referred to as the 100 Acres or Fairbanks Park , is a public interactive art park located on the Newfields (Indianapolis Museum of Art) campus in Indianapolis , Indiana , United States . Public art park in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. Virg
#16 Aga Khan Museum
The Aga Khan Museum ( French : Musée Aga Khan ) is a museum of Islamic art , Iranian (Persian) art and Muslim culture located at 77 Wynford Drive in the North York district of Toronto , Ontario , Canada. [1] The museum is dedicated to Islamic art and objects, and it houses approximately 1,200 rare o
#17 The Photographers' Gallery and Workshop
The Photographers' Gallery and Workshop (1973–2010) was an Australian photography gallery established in South Yarra , a suburb of Melbourne , and which ran almost continuously for nearly forty years. Its representation, in the 1970s and 1980s, of contemporary and mid-century, mostly American and so
The National Palace Museum , [note 1] located in Taipei , Taiwan , has a permanent collection of nearly 700,000 pieces of Chinese artifacts and artworks, making it one of the largest of its type in the world. The collection encompasses items spanning 8,000 years of Chinese history from the neolithic
#19 Kistefos Museum and Sculpture Park
The Kistefos Museum ( Norwegian : Kistefos-Museet ) is a contemporary art museum and sculpture park located in Jevnaker, Norway . The art park first opened to the public in 1996 with an exhibition of 25 sculptures. [1] Founded by Christen Sveaas , the biggest shareholder of Kistefos , a privately ow
The Smithsonian Institution ( / s m ɪ θ ˈ s oʊ n i ə n / smith- SOH -nee-ən ), or simply the Smithsonian , is a group of museums and education and research centers , the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. Government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge". [2] [3] Founded o
Bigger Trees Near Warter or ou Peinture en Plein Air pour l'age Post-Photographique is a large landscape painting by British artist David Hockney . Measuring 460 by 1,220 centimetres or 180 by 480 inches , [2] it depicts a coppice near Warter , Pocklington in the East Riding of Yorkshire and is the
#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
The Great Wall of Los Angeles is a mural designed by Judith Baca and executed with the help of over 400 community youth and artists coordinated by the Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC). [1] The mural, on the concrete sides of the Tujunga Wash in the San Fernando Valley was Baca's first m
#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
#5 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
#6 Statue of Robert Stephenson
A bronze statue of Robert Stephenson by Carlo Marochetti usually stands on a red granite plinth in the forecourt of Euston railway station in London, England. Erected in 1871, it is one of few surviving elements of the original station after it was redeveloped in the 1960s, and it became a Grade II
The Death of Hyacinthos , sometimes referred to as The Death of Hyacinth , is an oil painting completed by Jean Broc in 1801. This is Broc's most famous work and is considered to be drawn from the Metamorphoses by Ovid . It is a depiction of the dead Hyacinthos cradled by his lover, the Greek god Ap
#8 Bonaparte Visiting the Plague Victims of Jaffa
Bonaparte Visits the Plague Stricken in Jaffa ( French : Bonaparte visitant les pestiférés de Jaffa ) is an 1804 painting commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte and painted by Antoine-Jean Gros portraying an event during the French invasion of Egypt . [1] The scene shows Napoleon during a striking scene
The Lion of Belfort , in Belfort , France , is a monumental sculpture by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi , the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty ( Liberty Enlightening the World ). Monumental sculpture in France This article needs additional citations for verification . ( July 2014 ) Lion of Belfort The
#10 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
Madonna and Child Kissing is a 1520s oil on panel painting by the Flemish renaissance artist Quentin Matsys in the collection of the Rijksmuseum , Amsterdam , [1] on loan to the Mauritshuis . [1] Painting by Quentin Matsys Madonna and Child Artist Quentin Matsys Year circa 1525–1530 Medium Oil on pa
#12 Statues of James Michael Curley
Two statues of James Michael Curley (sometimes called James Michael Curley, Jr. ) are installed at the intersection of Congress and North streets, in Boston , Massachusetts , United States. The bronze double portrait was created by Lloyd Lillie during 1979–1980, and dedicated on September 18, 1980.
#13 Portrait of Feyntje Steenkiste
Portrait of Feyntje van Steenkiste is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals , painted around 1635 and now in the Rijksmuseum , in Amsterdam . It is considered a pendant to the portrait of Feyntje's husband Lucas de Clercq . Painting by Frans Hals Portrait of Feyntje Va
#14 Vase with nine peach design
This vase with a nine peach design is part of the Chinese collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art , which is in Indianapolis , Indiana , United States. It is a fine piece of Jingdezhen porcelain with overglaze (or "enamel") decoration dating from the Qianlong period of the Qing dynasty , so it
The Rupali Guitar is an iron and steel sculpture which was created in memory of Ayub Bachchu , a legendary singer from Bangladesh and founder of Bangladeshi band LRB . The sculpture takes its name from the title of a song from the album Ferari Mon (1996). It is situated in Probortok Mor in Chittagon
#16 The Battle of Alexander at Issus
The Battle of Alexander at Issus (German: Alexanderschlacht ) is a 1529 oil painting by the German artist Albrecht Altdorfer (c. 1480–1538), a pioneer of landscape art and a founding member of the Danube school . The painting portrays the 333 BC Battle of Issus , in which Alexander the Great secur
#17 Myra (painting)
Myra is a large painting which is a reproduction of the mugshot of Myra Hindley shortly after she was arrested for her participation in the Moors murders and was created by Marcus Harvey in 1995. It was displayed at the Sensation exhibition of Young British Artists at the Royal Academy of Art in Lon
Diana Elizabeth Edelman Kleiner (born September 18, 1947 in New York City ) is an American art historian and educator . A scholar of Ancient Roman art and architecture , Kleiner is the Dunham Professor of the History of Art Emeritus at Yale University . American art historian Diana Kleiner Kleiner i
Walter Arthur Liedtke, Jr. (August 28, 1945 – February 3, 2015) [1] was an American art historian , writer and Curator of Dutch and Flemish Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art . [2] He was known as one of the world's leading scholars of Dutch and Flemish paintings. [1] He died in the 2015 Me
#3 James Panero
James S. Panero (born December 15, 1975) is an American cultural critic and the executive editor of The New Criterion , a conservative culture journal. [1] [2] James Panero Born ( 1975-12-15 ) December 15, 1975 (age 46) New York City , United States Alma mater Dartmouth College Occupation Art cr
#4 Dalia Levin
Dalia Levin (born September 18, 1946) is an Israeli museum director and art curator. She was director and chief curator of Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art in 1993-2014 and chief curator of Petah Tikva Museum of Art in 1988–1993. Israeli museum director and art curator (born 1946) Dalia Levin דלי
#5 Rose Valland
Rose Antonia Maria Valland (1 November 1898 – 18 September 1980) was a French art historian , member of the French Resistance , captain in the French military , and one of the most decorated women in French history. She secretly recorded details of the Nazi plundering of National French and private
Jill Johnston (May 17, 1929 – September 18, 2010) was a British-born American feminist author and cultural critic who wrote Lesbian Nation in 1973 and was a longtime writer for The Village Voice . She was also a leader of the lesbian separatist movement of the 1970s. [1] [2] [3] Johnston also wrote
#7 Jean Baptiste Gustave Planche
Jean Baptiste Gustave Planche (16 February 1808 – 18 September 1857) was a French art and literary critic. French art and literary critic Caricature of Gustave Planche bv Benjamin.
James Dafforne (29 April 1804 – 5 June 1880) was a British journalist, known for his art criticism in The Art Journal . British journalist
Ćiro Truhelka (2 February 1865 – 18 September 1942) was a Croatian archeologist, historian and art historian who devoted much of his professional life to the study of the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina . He wrote about prehistoric, Roman and medieval findings, Turkish documents, Stećci , Roman an
John Alexander Pope (4 August 1906 – 18 September 1982) was a prominent scholar of Asian art, particularly Chinese and Japanese blue-and-white ceramics. He spent most of his career at the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington. [1] [2] [3] John Alexander Pope American art historian Pope was born in Detr
#11 Auguste Choisy
Auguste Choisy (7 February 1841 – 18 September 1909) was a French architectural historian and author of Histoire de l'Architecture . Portrait of Auguste Choisy
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
#13 Cecil Fergerson
Cecil Fergerson (July 6, 1931 – September 18, 2013) was an African-American art curator and community activist. He is widely credited with fostering African-American and Latin-American art communities in Los Angeles for more than 50 years, and was named a "Living Cultural Treasure" by the city in 19
#14 Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Baronet
Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Baronet MP KT , of Pollok FRSE DCL LLD (8 March 1818 – 15 January 1878), was a Scottish historical writer, art historian and politician . 19th-century Scottish writer and politician Sir William Stirling-Maxwell Bt MP KT FRSE DCL Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, c. 18
#15 Joannes Molanus
Joannes Molanus (1533–1585), often cited simply as Molanus , is the Latinized name of Jan Vermeulen or Van der Meulen , [2] an influential Counter Reformation Catholic theologian of Louvain University , where he was Professor of Theology, and Rector from 1578. Born at Lille (a city in the County of
#16 Ezra Pound
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an expatriate American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a fascist collaborator in Italy during World War II . His works include Ripostes (1912), Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920), and his 800-pag
#17 Maurice Raynal
Maurice Raynal (3 February 1884, Paris – 18 September 1954, Suresnes) was a French art critic and an ardent propagandist of cubism . Art critic Portrait of Maurice Raynal (1911), by Juan Gris .
#18 Dietmar Eisold
Dietmar Eisold (18 September 1947 [1] – 26 May 2017) was a German journalist and art historian . German journalist and art historian
Mieczysław Jan Gębarowicz (17 December 1893 – 18 February 1984) was a Polish art historian , soldier, dissident, museum director and custodian of cultural heritage . Mieczysław Gębarowicz Mieczysław Gębarowicz Born Mieczysław Jan Gẹbarowicz ( 1893-12-17 ) 17 December 1893 Jarosław , Austrian Empire
#20 Cathérine Hug
Cathérine Hug (born 1976) is an art historian and curator.
The statue of Ayrton Senna is a life-size bronze statue of Ayrton Senna in Wałbrzych , recalling him from the Hungaroring circuit. Senna is shown sitting, depicted on the tyre of a Formula 1 racing car. Ayrton Senna'a statue in Wałbrzych Ayrton Senna'a statue in Wałbrzych Ayrton Senna's statue in Wa
Rhodes Must Fall was a protest movement that began on 9 March 2015, originally directed against a statue at the University of Cape Town (UCT) that commemorates Cecil Rhodes . The campaign for the statue's removal received global attention [2] [3] and led to a wider movement to " decolonise " educati
The emigrant's mother , also known as La lloca'l Rinconín or la muyerona (from the Asturian "La loca del Rinconín" and "La mujerona"), [1] is a sculpture by Ramón Muriedas Mazorra located in Somió , on the coast of Gijón , Spain , erected as a homage to Asturian emigration around the world. La madre
Hanoi Ceramic Mosaic Mural , or Hanoi Ceramic Road ( Vietnamese : Con đường Gốm sứ ), is a ceramic mosaic mural along the walls of the Red River dike system in the city of Hanoi , northern Vietnam . Public artwork in Vietnam Hanoi Ceramic Mosaic Mural (Hanoi Ceramic Road) Con đường Gốm sứ Mural pane
#5 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark (sculpture)
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark was a historic bronze sculpture of Meriwether Lewis , William Clark , and Sacagawea located at Charlottesville, Virginia . Known as Their First View of the Pacific , it was sculpted by noted artist Charles Keck (1875-1951), and was the first of four commemorative s
#6 List of tallest statues in the Philippines
This list of tallest statues in the Philippines includes free-standing, completed statues in the Philippines that are at least 5 meters (16 feet) tall. The height of these statues are measured from the top of its base/pedestal up to its maximum height (including monuments with spires or obelisks). T
#7 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
#8 Los Angeles Police Department Memorial for Fallen Officers
The Los Angeles Police Department Memorial to Fallen Officers is a monument on an elevated plaza at the LAPD headquarters on 100 West 1st Street in downtown Los Angeles. The memorial was funded by the Los Angeles Police Foundation, who raised the $750,000 through private donations. [1] The original
#9 Battle of Britain Monument, London
The Battle of Britain Monument in London is a sculpture on the Victoria Embankment , overlooking the River Thames , which commemorates the individuals who took part in the Battle of Britain during the Second World War . [1] Not to be confused with Battle of Britain Memorial, Capel-le-Ferne . Battle
#10 Statue of Marie-Victorin Kirouac
The Marie-Victorin Statue ( French : Monument au Frère Marie-Victorin ), created by Sylvia Daoust , is a monument in the Botanical Garden of Montreal , Quebec , Canada. [1] The monument to Brother Marie-Victorin ( Marie-Victorin Kirouac ) was unveiled by Maurice Duplessis and Paul-Émile Léger on Sep
The Bulls of Guisando ( Spanish : Toros de Guisando ) are a set of ancient sculptures located on the hill of Guisando in the municipality of El Tiemblo , Ávila , Spain . The four sculptures, made of granite , represent quadrupeds identified as bulls or pigs . The balance of opinion favours bulls: th
#12 Neue Wache
The Neue Wache ( English: New Guard ) is a listed building on Unter den Linden boulevard in the historic centre of Berlin , Germany . Erected from 1816 to 1818 according to plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel as a guardhouse for the Royal Palace and a memorial to the Liberation Wars , it is considered
The Benito Juárez Hemicycle is a Neoclassical monument located at the Alameda Central park in Mexico City , Mexico and commemorating the Mexican statesman Benito Juárez . The statue of Juárez is flanked by marble Doric columns . There are two allegorical female statues next to Juárez, representing t
#14 Statue of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Victoria Embankment
A bronze statue of Isambard Kingdom Brunel , also known as Brunel Monument or the Isambard Brunel Monument , [1] by Carlo Marochetti , stands on the Victoria Embankment in London, England, at the west end of Temple Place . [2] The statue rests on a Portland stone pedestal, with flanking screens and
#15 Big Bulls
The Big Bulls are a set of seven large statues of bulls that decorate the city of Rockhampton , Queensland , Australia. [1] The set is regarded as one of Australia's big things and is intended to reinforce Rockhampton's claim to being the Beef Capital of Australia. [2] [3] Initially there were two b
Crown Princess Märtha is a bronze statue of Crown Princess Märtha of Norway , by Kirsten Kokkin . Statue in Washington, D.C., U.S. Crown Princess Märtha Statue in 2008 Artist Kirsten Kokkin Year 2005 Type Bronze Location Washington, D.C. , United States Coordinates 38.924552°N 77.066624°W / 38.924
#17 Amistad Memorial (New Haven)
The Amistad Memorial in New Haven , Connecticut is a bronze sculpture created by Ed Hamilton to recognize the events of the 1839 Amistad Affair . The affair was a kidnapping of 53 Africans and their subsequent mutiny aboard La Amistad . It led to a historically significant United States Supreme Cour
#18 Alexander Column (Rostov-on-Don)
The Alexander Column ( Russian : Александровская колонна ) is a monument erected 1894 in Nakhichevan-on-Don (now a part of Rostov-on-Don , Rostov Oblast , Russia ) in Alexandrovsky Park (now Vitya Cherevichkin Park ). [1] Alexander Column Александровская колонна Location Rostov-on-Don , Rostov Oblas
#19 L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped
L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped , known as "L'Arc de Triomphe Empaqueté" in French, was a temporary art installation by artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude where the Arc de Triomphe in Paris was wrapped in a silver-blue fabric and red rope for two weeks in 2021. 2021 artwork and event L'Arc de Triomphe, Wr
The Wilder Brigade Monument (also known as the Wilder Tower ) is a large public monument located at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Walker County, Georgia , United States. The monument, which consists of a stone watchtower , was erected to honor the Lightning Brigade (led b