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Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli (October 14, 1824 – June 29, 1886) was a French painter of the generation preceding the Impressionists . French painter Adolphe Monticelli Adolphe Monticelli, Self-portrait Born Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli ( 1824-10-14 ) October 14, 1824 Marseille , France Died
Michael Leopold Lukas Willmann (27 September 1630 – 26 August 1706) was a German painter . The Baroque artist became known as the " Silesian Rembrandt ", [1] [2] "Silesian Apelles " [3] or "Silesian Raphael " [4] and has been called the greatest Silesian painter of the baroque period. [5] German pai
Carlos María Herrera (December 18, 1875 – September 27, 1914) was a Uruguayan painter. Uruguayan painter (1875–1914) Carlos María Herrera, circa 1900
John Connell (25 June 1940 – September 27, 2009) was an American artist. His works included sculpture , painting , drawing , and writing . American artist (1940–2009)
Jacques Carelman (born 1929, Marseille – 28 March 2012, Argenteuil ) [1] was a French painter, illustrator and designer. [2] French painter, illustrator and designer
#6 Fx Goby
François-Xavier Goby (born 27 September 1983, Grasse ) is a French director and illustrator based in London. French director and illustrator Fx Goby Born François-Xavier Goby ( 1983-09-27 ) 27 September 1983 (age 38) France Alma mater Supinfocom Occupation Film director, illustrator Website www
#7 Jakob Alt
Jakob Alt (27 September 1789 – 30 September 1872) was a German painter and lithographer . German painter This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in German . (October 2020) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation like DeepL or
Heinrich August Emil Dohm (27 September 1875, Copenhagen – 28 January 1940, Copenhagen) was a Danish artist who painted portraits and genre works and for a period specialized in religious paintings. [1] Danish artist
#9 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 (
Jean-Baptiste Nattier (27 September 1678, Paris - 23 May 1726, Paris) was a French history painter . French painter Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
#11 Ida Pollock
Ida Julia Pollock ( née Crowe; [1] 12 April 1908–3 December 2013), was a British writer of several short-stories and over 125 romance novels that were published under her married name, Ida Pollock , and under a number of different pseudonyms: Joan M. Allen ; Susan Barrie , Pamela Kent , Averil Ives
Lucien Whiting Powell (1846–1930) was a renowned landscape painter who gave the village of Airmont, Virginia its name for its scenic westward views. Powell, himself, could be considered a native of Airmont, having been born a few miles southeast, near Upperville, Virginia . [1] American landscape ar
The sculptor Leslie Garland Bolling (September 16, 1898 – September 27, 1955) was born in Surry County, Virginia , United States on September 16, 1898, the son of Clinton C. Bolling, a blacksmith, and his wife Mary. His carvings reflected everyday themes and shared values of the Black culture in t
#14 Antón Lamazares
Antón Lamazares (born 1954) is a Spanish painter, who is, along with José María Sicilia, Miquel Barceló and Víctor Mira, a member of the "generación de los 80". Working elaborate surfaces of wood and cardboard with varnish and other materials, he has created a very personal medium and artistic langu
Shelby Shackelford (1899 – 1987) was an American artist who worked mainly within the art communities of Baltimore , Maryland, and Provincetown, Massachusetts . Her paintings, drawings, and prints were abstract , but not nonobjective. Each of them had, as she said, "a beginning in a visual experience
Jean-Gaspard Heilmann (c. 1718 – 27 September 1760) was an 18th-century French painter, author of popular landscapes, historical scenes and fine portraits. [1] He was the first Mulhouse painter who enjoyed a certain notoriety in Paris. [2] French painter For other uses, see Heilmann . Jean-Gaspard H
#17 Trygve Rovelstad
Trygve A. Rovelstad (September 27, 1903 – June 8, 1990) was an American sculptor and medal designer. [1] American sculptor Trygve A. Rovelstad Born ( 1903-09-27 ) September 27, 1903 Elgin , Illinois , U.S. Died June 8, 1990 (1990-06-08) (aged 86) Nationality American Known for Sculpture and meda
#18 Michele Cassou
Michele Cassou (born 27 September 1942) is an American painter, teacher and author. American painter, teacher and author 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 messages ) This article is in lis
#19 Melissa Newman
Melissa Stewart Newman [1] (born September 27, 1961), [1] also known as Lissy Newman , is an American artist, singer [2] and former actress who appeared in the 1990 film Mr. & Mrs. Bridge , and at the 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards . Not to be confused with Melissa Newman , who debuted in 1969 as
Giovanni De Gregorio , known as il Pietrafesa (1579 or 1580 – 1656, active 1653) called thus after the ancient name of the place of origin, Satriano, the ancient Pietrafesa. Giovanni De Gregorio, or Pietrafesa, was a Lucan painter. Active in the Kingdom of Naples between 1608 and 1653, he was a repr
#1 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
#2 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
#4 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
The Song Art Museum ( Chinese : 松·美术馆) is a private museum in Beijing , China . Art museum in Beijing, China Song Art Museum Established September 27, 2017 ; 4 years ago ( 2017-09-27 ) Location Beijing, China Coordinates 40.024537°N 116.579462°E / 40.024537; 116.579462 Type Art museum Founder
#6 Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson
The Museum of Contemporary Art ( MOCA ) [1] in Tucson , Arizona , United States, was founded in 1997, by Julia Latane, James Graham, and David Wright. The museum was founded to create a permanent institution for contemporary art in Tucson 's arts district. Originally housed in the HazMat building on
#7 North Carolina Museum of Art
The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) is an art museum in Raleigh, North Carolina . It opened in 1956 as the first major museum collection in the country to be formed by state legislation and funding. [1] Since the initial 1947 appropriation that established its collection, the Museum has continue
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
The Jewish Museum is an art museum and repository of cultural artifacts, housed at 1109 Fifth Avenue , in the former Felix M. Warburg House , along Museum Mile on the Upper East Side of Manhattan , New York City . The first Jewish museum in the United States, as well as the oldest existing Jewish mu
#10 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
#11 York Art Gallery
York Art Gallery is a public art gallery in York , England, with a collection of paintings from 14th-century to contemporary, prints, watercolours, drawings, and ceramics. It closed for major redevelopment in 2013, reopening in summer of 2015. The building is a Grade II listed building [2] and is ma
#12 List of most-visited museums in the United States
This is a list of the most-visited museums in the United States in 2020. It is based upon the annual survey of museum attendance by the Art Newspaper published in March 2021, the TEA-AECOM Museum survey, published in September 2021, and some annual reports from the museums themselves. Metropolitan M
#13 Midtown Y Photography Gallery
Midtown Y Photography Gallery was a pioneering nonprofit organisation in New York that offered photographers an opportunity to publicly exhibit their work. The Gallery ran from 1972 until 1996 directed in turn by photographers Larry Siegel, Sy Rubin and Michael Spano. [1] American nonprofit photogra
#14 New Museum
The New Museum of Contemporary Art , founded in 1977 by Marcia Tucker , is a museum in New York City at 235 Bowery , on Manhattan 's Lower East Side . Museum in New York City "The New Museum" redirects here. For the museum in Sweden, see The New Museum (Sweden) . For the museum in Berlin, see Neues
The Queensland Art Gallery ( QAG ) is an art museum located in South Bank , Brisbane , Queensland , Australia . The gallery is part of QAGOMA . [4] It complements the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) building, situated only 150 metres (490 ft) away. Art museum in Queensland, Australia Queensland Art G
#16 Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
The Gallery of Modern Art ( GOMA ) is an art museum located within the Queensland Cultural Centre in the South Bank precinct of Brisbane , Queensland , Australia. The gallery is part of QAGOMA . Art museum in Queensland, Australia Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) Main entrance to GOMA. Established Decem
2 Columbus Circle (formerly the Gallery of Modern Art and the New York Cultural Center ) is a nine-story building on the south side of Columbus Circle in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City . The building fills a small city block bounded by 58th Street , Columbus Circle, Broadway , a
The Kunsthalle Bielefeld is a modern and contemporary art museum in Bielefeld, Germany . It was designed by Philip Johnson in 1968, and paid for by the businessman and art patron Rudolf August Oetker . [1] Art museum Kunsthalle Bielefeld by day. Kunsthalle Bielefeld Kunsthalle Bielefeld, North Rhine
#19 Artipelag
Artipelag is an art museum located on the archipelago in Stockholm , Sweden . Opened in June 2012, the building was designed by the late architect Johan Nyrén to fit into the surrounding landscape. [1] [2] [3] The building covers an area of approximately 10,000 square meters [4] and includes 3,000 s
#20 Liriodendron (Bel Air, Maryland)
Liriodendron is a historic home and estate located at Bel Air , Harford County , Maryland , United States . It was the summer home of Laetitia and Dr Howard Kelly , a successful surgeon and founding member of the Johns Hopkins Medical College, and comprises the mansion named Liriodendron; the Graybe
The Stockton Flyer is a kinetic sculpture in Stockton-on-Tees , County Durham . It is a stylised depiction of the Locomotion No. 1 , which first arrived in Stockton in 1825, and, as part of the Stockton and Darlington Railway had a large impact on the town. The sculpture rises from within a stone pl
Our Lady of the Porta Vaga (Spanish: Nuestra Señora de la Soledad de Porta Vaga , Filipino : Birhen ng Porta Vaga ) is a Roman Catholic Marian title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a venerated Marian painting. Marian apparition Our Lady of Solitude of Porta Vaga Original image decorated w
#3 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
#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 Regatta at Sainte-Adresse (Monet)
The Regatta at Sainte-Adresse is an oil-on-canvas painting by the impressionist painter Claude Monet . It was painted in 1867 and is owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art . 1867 painting by Claude Monet Regatta at Sainte-Adresse Artist Claude Monet Year 1867 Medium oil paint , canvas Dimensions
#6 Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird
Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird ( Autorretrato con Collar de Espinas ) is a 1940 painting by Mexican painter Frida Kahlo . Painting by Frida Kahlo Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird Spanish: Autorretrato con Collar de Espinas Artist Frida Kahlo Year 1940 Medium [Oil
Marcelle Lender (1862 – 27 September 1926) was a French singer, dancer and entertainer made famous in paintings by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec . [1] French dancer and singer This article needs additional citations for verification . ( December 2009 ) Marcelle Lender Born 1862 Died 1926 Born Anne-Mar
The Allegory of Faith , also known as Allegory of the Catholic Faith , is a Dutch Golden Age painting by Johannes Vermeer from about 1670–1672. It has been in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York since 1931. [1] 1670–1672 painting by Johannes Vermeer The Allegory of Faith Artist Johannes Verme
An outdoor sculpture depicting the biologist, conservationist, and author of the same name by David Lewis was installed in Waterfront Park in Woods Hole, Massachusetts , United States, on July 14, 2013. Monument in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States Statue of Rachel Carson Artist David Lewis Y
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
The Isleworth Mona Lisa is an early sixteenth-century oil on canvas painting depicting the same subject as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa , though with the subject ( Lisa del Giocondo ) depicted as being a younger age. [1] The painting is thought to have been brought from Italy to England in the 1780
#12 Woman with a Fan
La Femme à l'Éventail , or Woman with a Fan , is a painting by the French artist Jean Metzinger . The work was exhibited in 1914 at Moderni Umeni, S.V.U. Mánes , Prague. A 1914 photograph taken at the exhibition in Prague was published in the magazine Zlatá Praha showing Woman with a Fan hanging nex
Aurora and Cephalus is a 1733 painting by François Boucher , signed by the artist and now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy . [1] It shows Cephalus and Aurora (the Roman form of Eos ) from Book VII of Ovid 's Metamorphoses . 1733 painting by François Boucher Aurora and Cephalus (1733) by François
#14 List of works by Thomas Eakins
This is a list of professionally authenticated paintings, drawings, and sculptures by Thomas Eakins (1844–1916). As there is no catalogue raisonné of Eakins' works, [1] this is an aggregation of existing published catalogs. Photograph of Thomas Eakins c. 1882
Monna Vanna is an 1866 oil on canvas painting (88.9 × 86.4 cm) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti . It was acquired by the collector William Henry Blackmore and later entered the collection of George Rae , one of Rossetti's patrons. It later passed from Rae to the joint ownership of Arthur Du Cros and Otto B
Femme à l'Éventail (also known as L'Éventail vert , Woman with a Fan , and The Lady ) is an oil painting created in 1912 by the French artist and theorist Jean Metzinger (1883–1956). The painting was exhibited at the Salon d'Automne , 1912, Paris (hung in the decorative arts section inside the Salon
#17 The Scream
The Scream is a composition created by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch in 1893. The agonized face in the painting has become one of the most iconic images of art, seen as symbolizing the anxiety of the human condition . Munch's work, including The Scream , would go on to have a formative influence on
#18 Statue of William H. Seward (New York City)
William Henry Seward is an outdoor bronze sculpture of William H. Seward by artist Randolph Rogers , located in Madison Square in Manhattan , New York. Dedicated on September 27, 1876, it believed to be the city's first monument depicting a New York resident. The portrait statue is set on a red Leva
#19 Man in a Hammock
L'Homme au hamac , also referred to as Man in a Hammock , is a painting created in 1913 by the French artist, theorist and writer Albert Gleizes . The work was exhibited at Moderni Umeni, SVU Mánes , Vystava, Prague, February – March 1914, no. 41; and Der Sturm , Berlin, July – August 1914. [1] The
#20 Soldier at a Game of Chess
Soldier at a Game of Chess (in French Soldat jouant aux échecs , or Le Soldat à la partie d'échecs , also referred to as Joueur d'échecs ), [1] is a painting by the French artist Jean Metzinger . While serving as a medical orderly during World War I in Sainte-Menehould , France, Metzinger bore witne
Antony Vaughan Griffiths , FBA (born 28 July 1951) is a British museum curator and art historian , specialising in prints and drawings . From 1991 to 2011, he served as Keeper of the Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum . He was Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Oxford fo
#2 Felix Becker (art historian)
Karl Günther Ernst Felix Becker (27 September 1864, Sondershausen - 23 October 1928, Leipzig ) was a German art historian, best known today for the project Thieme-Becker . German art historian
#3 Sergey Sholokhov (journalist)
Sergey Leonidovich Sholokhov ( Russian : Серге́й Леони́дович Шо́лохов ; born September 27, 1958, Leningrad ) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) journalist, Candidate of Art Sciences , and winner of the national competition of the press, Golden Pen '96 (Journalist of the Year). [1] Academician of the Aca
Karl Leo Heinrich Lehmann (1894–1960) was a German-born American art historian , archaeologist , and professor. [1] He was known for archaeology work in Samothrace , Greece and the related publications. He was a professor at New York University Institute of Fine Arts from 1935, until his death in 19
#5 Gerard Vaughan (art historian)
Gerard Ronald Vaughan AM (born 27 September 1953) is an Australian art historian and curator. He was director of the National Gallery of Victoria from 1999 to 2012, and was director of the National Gallery of Australia from 2014 to 2018. Gerard Vaughan AM Director of the National Gallery of Australi
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
Ferdinando Bologna (27 September 1925 – 3 April 2019) was an Italian art critic. Italian art critic (1925–2019) This article needs additional citations for verification . ( April 2019 ) A pupil of Pietro Toesca and collaborator of Roberto Longhi , he was emeritus professor of medieval and modern art
#8 Philip Hendy
Sir Philip Anstiss Hendy (27 September 1900 – 6 September 1980) was a British art curator who worked both in Britain and overseas, notably the United States . In 1923 he began his career in art administration as an Assistant Keeper and lecturer at the Wallace Collection in London , despite his havin
Stepan Alexandrovich Gedeonov ( Russian : Степан Александрович Гедеонов , 13 June 1816, Saint Petersburg , Imperial Russia — 17 September 1878, Saint Petersburg, Imperial Russia) was a Russian art scholar, playwright , critic and historian , the director of the Hermitage Museum (in 1863-1878) and Ru
#10 Robin Cormack
Robin Sinclair Cormack , FSA (born 27 September 1938) is a British classicist and art historian , specialising in Byzantine art . He was Professor in the History of Art, Courtauld Institute of Art , University of London , 1991–2004. British classicist and art historian Robin Cormack Born ( 1938-09-2
#11 Dyani White Hawk
Dyani White Hawk (full name Dyani White Hawk Polk ) (born 1976) is a contemporary artist and curator of Sicangu Lakota , German , and Welsh ancestry based out of Minnesota. [1] From 2010 to 2015, White Hawk was a curator for the Minneapolis gallery All My Relations . [2] As an artist, White Hawk's w
Tapati Guha-Thakurta (born 1957) is an Indian historian who has written about the cultural history and art of India. She is a director and professor in history at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta , and was previously a professor at Presidency College, Kolkata . Her extensive resea
#13 Francis Watson (art historian)
Sir Francis John Bagott Watson , KCVO FBA (24 August 1907 – 27 September 1992) was a British art historian. British 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 Victoria Monument, Liverpool
The Queen Victoria Monument is a large neo-Baroque [1] or Beaux-Arts [2] monument built over the former site of Liverpool Castle [1] at Derby Square in Liverpool . This article is about the Victoria Memorial in Liverpool. For other monuments to Queen Victoria, see Victoria Monument (disambiguation)
#3 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
The Tower Hill Memorial is a pair of Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorials in Trinity Square Gardens, on Tower Hill in London , England. The memorials, one for the First World War and one for the Second , commemorate civilian, merchant seafarers and fishermen who were killed as a result of en
The Albert Memorial , directly north of the Royal Albert Hall in Kensington Gardens , London , was commissioned by Queen Victoria in memory of her beloved husband Prince Albert , who died in 1861. Designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the Gothic Revival style, it takes the form of an ornate canopy
The Snowdog Art Trails are a series of public art exhibitions of large Snowdog sculptures, organised by Wild In Art from 2016 to 2018. [1] They celebrate the Snowdog from the 2012 short film, The Snowman and the Snowdog , and feature sculptures painted in a wide variety of styles, many of which refl
#7 Statue of Heydar Aliyev, Mexico City
The statue of Heydar Aliyev [lower-alpha 1] is a bronze sculpture of the third president of Azerbaijan , Heydar Aliyev , previously installed along Paseo de la Reforma , in Chapultepec , Miguel Hidalgo , Mexico City . Statue formerly displayed in Mexico City Statue of Heydar Aliyev Spanish: Estatua
#8 Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial
The Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial is a First World War memorial dedicated to members of the Lancashire Fusiliers killed in that conflict. Outside the Fusilier Museum in Bury, Greater Manchester , in North West England , it was unveiled in 1922—on the seventh anniversary of the landing at Cape He
The Commando Memorial is a Category A listed monument in Lochaber , Scotland, dedicated to the men of the original British Commando Forces raised during World War II . Situated around a mile from Spean Bridge , it overlooks the training areas of the Commando Training Depot established in 1942 at Ach
Madonna of the Trail is a series of 12 identical monuments dedicated to the spirit of pioneer women in the United States . The monuments were commissioned by the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR). They were installed in each of the 12 states along the National Old Tr
#11 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
#12 Monument to Andrew the Apostle
Monument to Andrew the Apostle ( Russian : Памятник Андрею Первозванному ) is a bronze monument in the center of Bataysk of Saint Andrew , who was one of the 12 apostles of Christ. The opening ceremony of the monument took place on September 27, 2003, when in old calendar Western Rite Orthodox Paris
#13 List of works by Henri Chapu
Henri Chapu (1833–1891) was a French sculptor. Henri Chapu Chapu was born in Le Mée-sur-Seine on 30 September 1833. He trained at the École Gratuite de Dessin as a tapestry maker. In 1849 his successes led him to the École des Beaux-Arts , Paris, where he became a pupil of James Pradier , François D
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
#15 Leonardo's horse
Leonardo's Horse (also known as the Sforza Horse or the Gran Cavallo ("Great Horse") ) is a project for a bronze sculpture that was commissioned from Leonardo da Vinci in 1482 by the Duke of Milan Ludovico il Moro , but never completed. It was intended to be the largest equestrian statue in the worl
#16 Victims of Communism Memorial
The Victims of Communism Memorial is a memorial in Washington, D.C. located at the intersection of Massachusetts and New Jersey Avenues and G Street, NW , two blocks from Union Station and within view of the U.S. Capitol . [1] The memorial is dedicated "to the more than one hundred million victims o
#17 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
#18 Confederate Monument (Greenville, South Carolina)
The Confederate Monument (Greenville, South Carolina) is a shaft of granite topped by a marble statue of a soldier—the oldest public sculpture in Greenville—that memorializes the Confederate dead of the American Civil War from Greenville County , South Carolina . The monument is flanked by two perio
#19 Vance Monument
The Vance Monument was a late 19th–century granite obelisk in Asheville, North Carolina that memorialized Zebulon Baird Vance , a former governor of North Carolina. [1] It was designed by architect Richard Sharp Smith . [2] The monument was removed by the City of Asheville in May 2021. [3] Monument
#20 Żegota Monument
The Żegota Monument is a stone monument dedicated to the Żegota organization, which rescued Jews during the Holocaust in Poland . [1] It is on Anielewicza Street in Warsaw [ pl ] in the Muranów neighborhood of Warsaw , Poland, near the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes and the POLIN Museum of the Hist