langs: 28 сентября [ru] / september 28 [en] / 28. september [de] / 28 septembre [fr] / 28 settembre [it] / 28 de septiembre [es]
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Margarete Scheel (28 september 1881 – 9 november 1969) was a German artist, specializing in sculpture and ceramics. [1] German artist Scheel was born in Rostock to a family involved professionally in medicine. She, however, took a different path, pursuing her secondary education at an all-girls, pri
#2 Edward Orme
Edward Orme (1775-1848) was a British engraver, painter and publisher of illustrated books. He was also a property developer in Bayswater , where Orme Square was named after him. Engraver and property developer Edward Orme Trade card of Edward Orme Born 1775 Manchester , U.K. Died 28 September 1848
Harvey Goldman (born September 28, 1951) is an American artist and educator. American artist Harvey Goldman Born ( 1951-09-28 ) September 28, 1951 (age 70) Chicago, Illinois Nationality American Occupation artist, educator Known for ceramics , digital art , experimental film and visual music
#4 Frederick William MacMonnies
Frederick William MacMonnies (September 28, 1863 – March 22, 1937) was the best known expatriate American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts school , as successful and lauded in France as he was in the United States. He was also a highly accomplished painter and portraitist . He was born in Brooklyn Heights
#5 Marie Tuck
Marie Anne Tuck (5 September 1866 – 3 September 1947), was an artist and art educator in South Australia. Marie Tuck Self-portrait Born Marie Anne Tuck ( 1866-09-05 ) 5 September 1866 Mount Torrens, South Australia Died 3 September 1947 (1947-09-03) (aged 80) Glen Osmond, South Australia Nationali
#6 Lila Prap
Lilijana Praprotnik Zupančič (born 28 September 1955), known by the pen name Lila Prap , is a Slovene illustrator and writer. She is best known for her humorous children's picture books , published both in her native Slovenia and abroad. [1] Lila Prap Born Lilijana Praprotnik Zupančič ( 1955-09-28 )
Giovanni di Francesco del Cervelliera or Giovanni di Francesco (1412 – September 28, 1459) was an Italian painter , active in Florence in the mid-fifteenth century. Italian painter
#8 Frida Kahlo
Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈfɾiða ˈkalo] ; 6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954 [1] ) was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits , and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture , she employed
Grace Harriet Sara Kirkwood (née Jameson ; 28 September 1880 – 20 June 1953) was an Irish artist, known for her landscape and still life paintings. [1] [2] [3] Irish painter Harriet Kirkwood Born Grace Harriet Sara Jameson 28 September 1880 Sutton, Dublin Died 20 June 1953 (1953-06-20) (aged 72) C
Thomas Gambier Parry , J.P., D.L., (22 February 1816 – 28 September 1888) was a British artist and art collector. [1] He is best remembered for his development of the Gambier Parry process of fresco painting, and for forming the significant collection of early Italian paintings and objects that his
#11 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
#12 Natta Konysheva
Natta Ivanovna Konysheva ( Russian : Натта Ивановна Конышева ; 9 June 1935 – 16 March 2022) was a Russian painter. Russian artist (1935–2022) Natta Konysheva Born Natta Ivanovna Konysheva 9 June 1935 Moscow , Russian SFSR , USSR Died 16 March 2022 (aged 86) Moscow, Russia Nationality Russian Educati
#13 Elias Wessel
Elias Wessel (*1978) is an artist living and working in New York and Germany. [1] This article is an orphan , as no other articles link to it . Please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the Find link tool for suggestions. ( December 2018 ) Elias Wessel Born 1978 (age 43 – 4
Horace Thompson Carpenter (1857 in Monroe, Michigan – 1947 in Bala (now part of Bala Cynwyd ), Montgomery County, Pennsylvania ), was an illustrator, artist and art writer of the late 19th and early 20th century United States. [1] American artist Horace Thompson Carpenter Born ( 1857-10-10 ) 10 Octo
James Pitcairn-Knowles (28 September 1863 - 2 January 1954) was a painter, graphic artist, and sculptor of Scottish descent who spent most of his life in Germany. Because he went to school in Wiesbaden, exhibited his pictures in the spa town and had the Schloss Freudenberg built on the edge of it, h
Harald Julius von Bosse (28 September 1812 – 10 March 1894; Гаральд Юлиус Боссе ) was a 19th-century architect and painter. He was descended from a Germano-Baltic noble family and was a subject of the Russian Empire . German painter This article may be expanded with text translated from the correspo
#17 Leung Mee Ping
Leung Mee Ping ( 梁美萍 ; born 1961) is a Hong Kong artist. [1] Leung's research-based artistic practice integrates elements of theatre , design , and social space. [2] Leung's works explore issues and themes related to visual culture, effects of globalisation, memory, and material culture. [3] Hong Ko
#18 Gerard Hoffnung
Gerard Hoffnung (22 March 1925 [1] – 28 September 1959) was an artist and musician, best known for his humorous works. Gerard Hoffnung Born Gerhard Hoffnung ( 1925-03-22 ) 22 March 1925 Berlin , Germany Died 28 September 1959 (1959-09-28) (aged 34) Hampstead , London , England Occupation Illustr
#19 George Scribner
George Scribner (born September 28, 1952) is an artist , director and animator that is best known for having directed the 1988 animated Walt Disney Animation Studios film Oliver & Company . American film director This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification , as it i
Robert Dixon (1780–1815) was an English artist, known for his work in watercolour painting. He was a member of the Norwich School of painters . English painter Robert Dixon Born Robert Dixon 28th September 1780 Died 1815 Nationality English Known for Landscape painting Movement Norwich School of p
The Gaudí House Museum ( Catalan : Casa Museu Gaudí ), located within the Park Güell in Barcelona , is a historic home museum that houses a collection of furniture and objects designed by the Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí . It was the residence of Antoni Gaudí for almost 20 years, from 1906 till th
The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum , designated the Hawai ʻ i State Museum of Natural and Cultural History , is a museum of history and science in the historic Kalihi district of Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu . Founded in 1889, it is the largest museum in Hawaiʻi and has the world's largest
#3 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 Dalí Theatre and Museum ( Catalan : Teatre-Museu Dalí , IPA: [teˈatɾa muˈzɛu ðaˈli] ; Spanish : Teatro-Museo Dalí ), is a museum dedicated to the artist Salvador Dalí in his home town of Figueres , in Catalonia , Spain . Salvador Dalí is buried in a crypt below the stage. The museum received 1
#5 John Paul II Cathedral Museum
The John Paul II Cathedral Museum is a museum in Kraków , Poland . It is situated on Wawel Hill , between the Vasa Gate and the former seat of the Castle Seminary, in the Cathedral House, which is composed of two 14th-century buildings. John Paul II Cathedral Museum
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]
#7 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
The National Glass Centre is a cultural venue and visitor attraction located in Sunderland , North East England . It is part of the University of Sunderland . Glass museum in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear National Glass Centre National Glass Centre National Glass Centre shown within Tyne and Wear grid
#9 Museum of Latin American Art
The Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) was founded by Dr. Robert Gumbiner in 1996 in Long Beach, California , United States and serves the greater Los Angeles area . MOLAA is the only museum in the United States dedicated to modern and contemporary Latin American and Latino art. Museum of Latin Am
Akita Museum of Art ( 秋田県立美術館 平野政吉コレクション , Akita Kenritsu Bijutsukan Hirano Masakichi Collection ) is an art museum in the city of Akita . Building in Akita Prefecture, Japan Akita Museum of Art 秋田県立美術館 平野政吉コレクション General information Address 1-4-2 Nakadori Town or city Akita , Akita Prefecture Count
Dactyl Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit arts organization in New York City founded by New York-based artist Neil Grayson and novelist/philosopher of science V.N. Alexander. American nonprofit arts organization
The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts , US, is a successor to the East India Marine Society , established in 1799. [1] It combines the collections of the former Peabody Museum of Salem (which acquired the Society's collection) and the Essex Institute . [2] [3] PEM is one of the olde
#13 Nickerson House
The Samuel M. Nickerson House , located at 40 East Erie Street in the Near North Side neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois , is a Chicago Landmark . It was designed by Edward J. Burling of the firm of Burling and Whitehouse and built for Samuel and Mathilda Nickerson in 1883. Samuel M. Nickerson was a
#14 Balmoral Castle
Balmoral Castle ( / b æ l ˈ m ɒr əl / ) is a large estate house in Aberdeenshire , Scotland , and a residence of the British royal family . It is near the village of Crathie , 9 miles (14 km) west of Ballater and 50 miles (80 km) west of Aberdeen . Royal residence in Scotland Balmoral Castle Bal
#15 Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art
The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art is located on the fourth floor of the Brooklyn Museum , New York City , United States.
945 Madison Avenue , also known as the Breuer Building , is a museum building in the Upper East Side of Manhattan , New York City. The Marcel Breuer -designed structure was built from 1964 to 1966 as the third home for the Whitney Museum of American Art . The Whitney moved out in 2014, after nearly
#17 Presidents Park
Presidents Park was a ten-acre sculpture park and associated indoor museum formerly located in Williamsburg , Virginia in the United States. It contained 18-to-20-foot (5.5 to 6.1 m) high busts of the presidents of the United States from George Washington to George W. Bush . [1] For the park with
The Park Place Gallery was a contemporary cooperative art gallery, in operation from 1963 to 1967, [1] [2] and was located in New York City . [3] The Park Place Gallery was a notable as a post-World War II gallery for both its location and that it supported a group of artists working with geometric
#19 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
#20 Center for Photography at Woodstock
The Center for Photography at Woodstock ( CPW ) is a not-for-profit artist-centered organization to develop and promote contemporary photography , located in Woodstock, New York . It began operations in 1977 under the name Catskill Center for Photography . The center offers various programs from exh
Las Meninas (English: The Maids of Honour ) is a series of 58 paintings that Pablo Picasso painted in 1957 by performing a comprehensive analysis, reinterpreting and recreating several times Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez . The suite is fully preserved at the Museu Picasso in Barcelona , it is known
#2 Statue of Paul Kruger, Church Square
The Statue of Paul Kruger ( Afrikaans : Krugerstandbeeld ) is a bronze sculpture located in Church Square in Pretoria , South Africa . The statue depicts Paul Kruger , the Boer political and military leader and President of the South African Republic from 1883 to 1900, and four unnamed Boer soldiers
#3 1798 in art
Events from the year 1798 in art . Overview of the events of 1798 in art Overview of the events of 1798 in art List of years in art ( table ) … 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 … Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Phi
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
#5 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
Reaper ( French : faucheur , lit. ' reaper ' ), Wheat Field with Reaper , or Wheat Field with Reaper and Sun is the title given to each of a series of three oil-on-canvas paintings by Vincent van Gogh of a man reaping a wheat field under a bright early-morning sun. To the artist, the reaper repres
#7 In the Car
In the Car (sometimes Driving ) [1] is a 1963 pop art painting by Roy Lichtenstein . The smaller, older of the two versions of this painting formerly held the record for highest auction price for a Lichtenstein painting. The larger version has been in the collection of the Scottish National Gallery
Willie Gillis, Jr. (more commonly simply Willie Gillis ) is a fictional character created by Norman Rockwell for a series of World War II paintings that appeared on the covers of 11 issues of The Saturday Evening Post between 1941 and 1946. [1] Gillis was an everyman with the rank of private [2] who
The Treachery of Images ( French: La Trahison des Images ) is a 1929 painting by Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte . It is also known as This Is Not a Pipe [2] and The Wind and the Song . [3] Magritte painted it when he was 30 years old. It is on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Ar
#10 Crak!
Crak! (sometimes Crack! ) is a 1963 pop art lithograph by Roy Lichtenstein in his comic book style of using Ben-Day dots and a text balloon . It was used in marketing materials for one of Lichtenstein's early shows. It is one of several of his works related to military art and monocular vision. Lith
#11 Defacement (The Death of Michael Stewart)
The Death of Michael Stewart , known as Defacement , is a painting created by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1983. The artwork is Basquiat's response to anti-black racism and police brutality . It memorializes the death of Michael Stewart at the hands of New York City Transit Police for wri
#12 Whaam!
Whaam! is a 1963 diptych painting by the American artist Roy Lichtenstein . It is one of the best-known works of pop art , and among Lichtenstein's most important paintings. [1] Whaam! was first exhibited at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City in 1963, and purchased by the Tate Gallery , Londo
#13 The Picket
The Picket (1905) is an equestrian sculpture by Cyrus E. Dallin in Hanover, Pennsylvania . The work is also referred to by the titles Cavalryman and The Sentry . The sculpture is made of cast bronze and sits on a granite pedestal measuring twelve feet by eight feet. The total height of both the scul
#14 The Starry Night
The Starry Night is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh . Painted in June 1889, it depicts the view from the east-facing window of his asylum room at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence , just before sunrise, with the addition of an imaginary village. [1] [2] [3] It
#15 Statue of Tadeusz Kościuszko (Boston)
A statue of Tadeusz Kościuszko by Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson is installed in Boston 's Public Garden , in the U.S. state of Massachusetts . Statue in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Statue of Tadeusz Kościuszko The statue in 2017 Artist Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson Subject Tadeusz Kościuszko Location Boston
#16 Drowning Girl
Drowning Girl (also known as Secret Hearts or I Don't Care! I'd Rather Sink ) is a 1963 American painting in oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas by Roy Lichtenstein , based on original art by Tony Abruzzo. The painting is considered among Lichtenstein's most significant works, perhaps on a par
The Bernward Monument ( German : Bernwardsdenkmal ) is a larger-than-life-sized bronze statue of Bishop Bernward of Hildesheim in the Domhof [ de ] in Hildesheim . It was made by Ferdinand Hartzer [ de ] in 1893 for the nine hundredth anniversary of St. Bernward's enthronement as Bishop of Hilde
#18 The Troopie
The Trooper , also popularly referred as The Troopie , [1] is a Rhodesian statue and war memorial. It is located in the grounds of Hatfield House , home of the Marquess of Salisbury , in Hatfield , Hertfordshire . It was originally erected in Salisbury , Rhodesia and is dedicated to the Rhodesian Li
#19 The Denial of Saint Peter (Caravaggio)
The Denial of Saint Peter (La Negazione di Pietro) is a painting finished around 1610 by the Italian painter Caravaggio . It depicts Peter denying Jesus after Jesus was arrested. The painting is housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City . [1] Painting by Caravaggio This article uses
#20 Crying Girl
Crying Girl is the name of two different works by Roy Lichtenstein : a 1963 offset lithograph on lightweight, off-white wove paper and a 1964 porcelain enamel on steel. Two works by Roy Lichtenstein For the Westlife song, see World of Our Own . Crying Girl (1963), Roy Lichtenstein , lithograph on li
William "Willy" Mostyn-Owen (10 May 1929 – 2 May 2011) was a British art historian . He worked for some years with the art expert Bernard Berenson , and was his bibliographer . He was connected with the auctioneers Christie's for 30 years. [1] British art historian Not to be confused with William Mo
Kathleen Fenwick , OC (17 June 1901 – 28 September 1973) [1] was the first curator of the collection of prints and drawings of the National Gallery of Canada from 1928 until her death in 1973. She was the first female curator in Canada. Canadian curator Kathleen Fenwick Born ( 1901-06-17 ) 17 June 1
Justino Fernández García (September 28, 1904 – December 12, 1972) was a researcher, historian and art critic who is particularly known for his work documenting and critiquing Mexican art of the 20th century . Fernandez studied and developed his career with the National Autonomous University of Mexic
Guy Stair Sainty , KStJ KC*SG (born 7 December 1950) [2] is a British art dealer and author on nobility , royal genealogy , and heraldry . This article uses bare URLs , which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot . ( August 2022 ) This biography of a living person needs additional citations f
Ejner Bainkamp Johansson (7 March 1922 – 28 September 2001) was a Danish art historian, magister of art, writer, and documentary film director. He is also a 1998 N. L. Høyen Medal recipient. [1] Ejner Johansson Born Ejner Bainkamp Johansson ( 1922-03-07 ) 7 March 1922 Copenhagen , Denmark Died 28 Se
Anuradha Vikram is an art critic , curator , author, and lecturer based in Los Angeles , California. She is the artistic director of 18th Street Arts Center , Santa Monica , and a senior lecturer at Otis College of Art and Design , Los Angeles. [1] She has contributed to numerous publications, and h
#7 Heini Paas
Heini Paas (6 October 1918 – 26 September 2021) was an Estonian art historian. Estonian art historian (1918–2021) Heini Rosilda Paas Born ( 1918-10-06 ) 6 October 1918 Mõniste Parish (present day Rõuge Parish ), Estonia Died 28 September 2021 (2021-09-28) (aged 102) Occupation Art historian specia
Mykola Fedorovych Sumtsov ( Ukrainian : Микола Федорович Сумцов ) or Nikolai Fyodorovich Sumtsov ( Russian : Николай Фёдорович Сумцов , 18 April 1854, Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire – 12 September 1922 Kharkiv [Kharkov], Ukrainian SSR , USSR ), sometimes spelled Sumcov , was an ethnographer , fol
James Dafforne (29 April 1804 – 5 June 1880) was a British journalist, known for his art criticism in The Art Journal . British journalist
#10 Lawrence Park (art historian)
Lawrence Park (December 16, 1873 – September 28, 1924) was an American art historian , architect , and genealogist who authored pioneering critical and biographical studies of portrait painters Gilbert Stuart , Joseph Badger , and Joseph Blackburn , active during the colonial and early federal perio
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
#12 Marjorie Tipping
Marjorie Jean Tipping MBE (26 March 1917 – 28 September 2009) was an Australian historian and patron of community services. Australian historian Doctor Marjorie Tipping MBE Born ( 1917-03-26 ) 26 March 1917 Melbourne , Australia Died 28 September 2009 (2009-09-28) (aged 92) Melbourne , Australia O
#13 John Fleming (art historian)
John Fleming (12 June 1919 – 29 May 2001) was a British art historian , known for his writing partnership with Hugh Honour . Their A World History of Art (aka, The Visual Arts: A History ), first published in 1982, is now in its seventh edition. Fleming's Robert Adam and His Circle in Edinburgh and
#14 Éric Troncy
Éric Troncy (born 1965) is a French curator and art critic who works and lives in Dijon , France, he co-directs the Contemporary Art Museum, Le Consortium , in Dijon, Burgundy . [1] He is co-founder and director of the contemporary art magazine Documents sur l'art (1992–2000) with Nicolas Bourriaud
Andrew Stanislaus (Andrzej Stanisław) Ciechanowiecki (28 September 1924 – 2 November 2015), Dąbrowa Coat of Arms , was a Polish-British nobleman, diplomat, prisoner and agent of Communist Poland , economist, academic, art historian, philanthropist, art collector, antique dealer, antiquarian and exhi
#16 Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford
Alexander William Crawford Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford, 8th Earl of Balcarres (16 October 1812 – 13 December 1880), styled Lord Lindsay between 1825 and 1869, was a Scottish peer, art historian and collector.
#17 Timon Screech
Timon Screech FBA (born 28 September 1961 in Birmingham ) was professor of the history of art at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London from 1991 - 2021, when he left the UK in protest over Brexit. He is now a professor at the International Research Center for Japane
#18 Glenn D. Lowry
Glenn David Lowry (born September 28, 1954) [1] is an American art historian and director of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City since 1995. His initiatives there include strengthening MoMA's contemporary art program, significantly developing the collection holdings in all media, and gu
#19 Catherine David
Catherine David (born 1954) is a French art historian, curator and museum director. David was the first woman and the first non-German speaker to curate documenta X in Kassel , Germany (21 June – 28 September 1997). [1] David is currently deputy director of the National Museum of Modern Art ( Musée
#20 Sigrid Pawelke
Sigrid Pawelke is a German curator and a performance and art historian, regarded as one of the leading experts of the Bauhaus Stage and its influences on the arts in North America. In 2015 she was part of the Black Mountain show at the Hamburger Bahnhof , Museum of Contemporary Art Berlin, contribut
#1 Sky Mirror
Sky Mirror is a public sculpture by artist Anish Kapoor . [1] Commissioned by the Nottingham Playhouse , it is installed outside the theatre in Wellington Circus, Nottingham , England. Sky Mirror is a 6-metre-wide (20 ft) -wide concave dish of polished stainless steel weighing 10 tonnes (9.8 long
Hammering Man is a series of monumental kinetic sculptures by Jonathan Borofsky . The two-dimensional painted steel sculptures were designed at different scales (from approximately 12 feet to 49 feet high), were painted black, and depict a man with a motorized arm and hammer movement to symbolize wo
Rudolf II von Scherenberg (c. 1401 – 1495) was Bishop of Würzburg from 1466 until his death. His longevity (about 94) and long reign were significant. Rudolf II von Scherenberg Prince-Bishop of Würzburg Detail of tomb of Rudolf von Scherenberg by Tilman Riemenschneider in Würzburg Cathedral (1496-14
#4 Gate of the Catalan Countries
The Gate of the Catalan Countries ( Catalan : Porta dels Països Catalans ), a work of the sculptor Emili Armengol, marks the Northern starting location of the Catalan Countries in Salses , Pyrénées-Orientales (this part of France belongs to what is also called Catalunya Nord , English : Northern Cat
Pillar of Shame is a series of sculptures by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt memorialising the loss of life during specific events or caused by specific circumstances in history. Each sculpture is an eight metres (26 ft) tall statue of bronze , copper or concrete . Sculpture series by Jens Galschiot
#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
#7 Robert E. Lee Monument (New Orleans)
The Robert E. Lee Monument , formerly in New Orleans , Louisiana , is a historic statue dedicated to Confederate General Robert E. Lee by noted American sculptor Alexander Doyle . It was removed (intact) by official order and moved to an unknown location on May 19, 2017. Any future display is uncert
#8 African and Caribbean War Memorial
The African and Caribbean War Memorial in Brixton , London , is the United Kingdom's national memorial to African and Caribbean service personnel who fought in the First and Second World Wars . It originated with a project for a memorial to Caribbean Royal Air Force veterans of World War II who arri
#9 Demolition of monuments to Vladimir Lenin in Ukraine
The demolition of monuments to Vladimir Lenin in Ukraine started during the fall of the Soviet Union as continued struggle against totalitarianism and dominance of neighboring Moscow. During Euromaidan it has become a widespread phenomenon and dubbed by Ukrainians Leninopad (Ленінопад), a pun litera
Stolpersteine is the German name for small, cobblestone-sized memorials placed around Europe by the German artist Gunter Demnig . They commemorate the victims of Nazi Germany who were murdered, deported, exiled or driven to suicide. The first Stolpersteine in Milan , the capital of the Italian regio
#11 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
#12 Monument to Alfonso XIII (Madrid)
The Monument to Alfonso XIII is an instance of public art in Madrid , Spain. Located in the Ciudad Universitaria , it consists of a bronze statue dedicated to Alfonso XIII , signifying the latter's role as promoter behind the erection of the campus in the 1920s. Monument in Madrid Alfonso XIII Coord
#13 Saint-Gaudens double eagle
The Saint-Gaudens double eagle is a twenty- dollar gold coin , or double eagle , produced by the United States Mint from 1907 to 1933. The coin is named after its designer, the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens , who designed the obverse and reverse . It is considered by many to be the most beautiful
#14 Bolesław III Wrymouth Monument, Płock
Bolesław III the Wrymouthed Monument in Płock ( Polish : Pomnik Bolesława III Krzywoustego w Płocku ) shows prince Bolesław III Wrymouth (ruler of Poland in the years 1107–1138, born on August 20, 1086, in Płock ) on horseback, surrounded by a group of warriors walking with banners. This article is
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
The Niederwald monument ( German : Niederwalddenkmal ) is a monument located in the Niederwald, near Rüdesheim am Rhein in Hesse , Germany , built between 1871 and 1883 to commemorate the Unification of Germany . The monument is located within the Rhine Gorge , a larger UNESCO World Heritage Site .
#17 North Carolina State Monument (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
The North Carolina Monument is a North Carolina memorial of the American Civil War commemorating the 32 Carolina regiments in action at the Battle of Gettysburg . [1] The monument is a public artwork by American sculptor Gutzon Borglum located on Seminary Ridge , West Confederate Avenue, [2] in the
#18 Statue of Lenin in Kharkiv
The Statue of Lenin in Kharkiv was a sculpture monument to Vladimir Lenin , located in the Freedom Square , Kharkiv , Ukraine , that was toppled and demolished in 2014. It was the largest monument to Lenin in Ukraine, designed by Alexander Sidorenko after entering an open competition to design the m
The Stephen A. Douglas Tomb and Memorial or Stephen Douglas Monument Park is a memorial that includes the tomb of United States Senator Stephen A. Douglas (1813 – 1861). It is located at 636 E. 35th Street in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois (part of the city's Douglas community), n
#20 Capitoline Wolf Statue, Cluj-Napoca
The Capitoline Wolf Statue ( Romanian : Statuia Lupoaicei ) in Cluj-Napoca , Romania is located on Eroilor Boulevard, in the city centre on the banks of the Someșul Mic River . Statue of Lupa capitolina in 2012, Cluj-Napoca