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Joseph W. Papin , (September 7, 1931 – March 9, 1992) also known as Joe Papin was a reportorial artist, illustrator , courtroom sketch artist, and political cartoonist . American cartoonist Joseph Wood Papin Born ( 1931-09-07 ) September 7, 1931 St. Louis, Missouri Died March 9, 1992 (1992-03-09) (a
#2 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
#3 Jamie Lester
Jamie Darrell Lester (/ˈlstər/; born September 7, 1974) is an American artist best known for creating ceramic, bronze, and steel sculptures that “focus on the human figure combined with imagery derived primarily from life in Appalachia, including birds, architecture, and landscape.” [1] Lester also
#4 Sue Austin
Susan Felicity Austin (born 7 September 1965) is a British disabled artist working in multimedia, performance and installation. [1] Austin is best known for her work "Creating the Spectacle!" in which she uses a specially modified wheelchair to move underwater, using scuba diving equipment; it was p
Robert Alexander Weinman (March 19, 1915 – September 7, 2003) was an American sculptor and "one of the nation's most accomplished medallic artists." [1] American sculptor Weinman had impeccable credentials as a sculptor, His father, Adolph Weinman , was a well-respected sculptor with whom he apprent
#6 Mihai Olos
Mihai Olos (born 26 February 1940 in Ariniș , Romania – died 22 February 2015 in Amoltern , Endigen, Germany) was a Romanian conceptual artist , poet, essayist . This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and when to remove these t
Dextra Quotskuyva Nampeyo (born September 7, 1928, Polacca, Arizona ) is a Native American potter and artist. She is in the fifth generation of a distinguished ancestral line of Hopi potters. Native American potter and artist Dextra Quotskuyva Nampeyo Photo of Dextra Quotskuyva taken on September 20
Pieter Antonsz Barbiers (bapt. April 23, 1717 in Amsterdam – September 7, 1780 in Amsterdam) was a skillful Dutch artist. He painted scenery for the theaters in Amsterdam, Leiden , etc. [1] Another picture representing the conflagration of the former in the year 1772 has been engraved by C. Bagerts
#9 Louis Faurer
Louis Faurer (August 28, 1916 – March 2, 2001) was an American candid or street photographer . He was a quiet artist who never achieved the broad public recognition that his best-known contemporaries did; however, the significance and caliber of his work were lauded by insiders, among them Robert Fr
#10 Andrea Casali
Andrea Casali (17 November 1705 – 7 September 1784) [1] was an Italian painter of the Rococo period. He was also an art dealer in England. Angelica e Medoro , Bemberg Fondation Toulouse Lucretia, Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest) Italian painter (1705–1784) He was born in Civitavecchia in the Papal Sta
May Howard Jackson (September 7, 1877 – July 12, 1931) was an African American sculptor and artist. Active in the New Negro Movement and prominent in Washington, D.C. 's African American intellectual circle in the period 1910-30, she was known as "one of the first black sculptors to...deliberately u
#12 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 (
#13 Ronni Solbert
Romaine Gustave Solbert (September 7, 1925 – June 9, 2022) was an American artist, photographer, and author, known primarily as an illustrator of books, including The Pushcart War and more than a dozen other titles written by her partner Jean Merrill . American illustrator and artist (1925–2022) Ron
#14 Philipp Fehl
Philipp Pinchas Fehl (May 9, 1920 – September 11, 2000) was an Austrian born American artist and art historian . [1] Austrian-American artist and art historian Philipp Fehl Philipp Fehl at Work in 1996 Born Philipp Pinchas Fehl 9 May 1920 Vienna , Austria Died 11 September 2000 (2000-09-11) (aged
#15 Niccolò Tribolo
Niccolò di Raffaello di Niccolò dei Pericoli , called "Il Tribolo" (1500 – 7 September 1550) was an Italian Mannerist artist in the service of Cosimo I de' Medici in his natal city of Florence . Italian sculptor image of Niccolò Tribolo
#16 Thomas Quellinus
Thomas Quellinus (March 1661 – September 1709), also known, especially in Denmark , as Thomas Qvellinus , was a Flemish baroque sculptor . [1] He was born in Antwerp as a member of the well-known Quellinus family of artists active in 17th century Antwerp . He worked most of his career in Copenhagen
#17 Sueo Serisawa
Sueo Serisawa (April 10, 1910 – September 7, 2004) was a Japanese American who became a modernist of the Los Angeles school. American painter
#18 Michael McCurdy
Michael McCurdy (February 17, 1942 – May 28, 2016) was an American illustrator , author , and publisher . He illustrated over 200 books in his career, including ten that he authored. Most were illustrated with his trademark black and white wood engravings , with occasional color illustrations. His i
#19 Warren Sattler
Warren Sattler (born September 7, 1934) [1] is an American artist and cartoonist , who contributed work to many popular publications from the early 1960s through the 1990s. American artist and cartoonist (born 1934) Warren Sattler Born ( 1934-09-07 ) September 7, 1934 (age 87) Connecticut National
#20 Irena Sedlecká
Irena Sedlecká (7 September 1928– 4 August 2020) [1] was a Czech sculptor [2] and Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors . This article needs additional citations for verification . ( October 2021 ) Czech sculptor (1928–2020) The statue of Freddie Mercury in Montreux . Beau Brummell statue
Tempe Center for the Arts (TCA) is a publicly owned performing and visual arts center in Tempe, Arizona . It opened in September 2007 and houses a 600-seat proscenium theater, a 200-seat studio theater and a 3,500-square-foot gallery. Its Lakeside Room seats 200 and overlooks Tempe Town Lake, with v
The Museum of Glass (MOG) is a 75,000-square-foot (7,000 m²) art museum in Tacoma, Washington dedicated to the medium of glass . [2] Since its founding in 2002, the Museum of Glass has been committed to creating a space for the celebration of the studio glass movement through nurturing artists, impl
Château de Linardié is the name for a once active cultural center located in the South West area of France seven kilometres from Gaillac in the Tarn, France . It operated for 10 years, from 1996 to 2006. Château de Linardié
Established in 1991, the Catharine Clark Gallery presents the work of contemporary, living artists using a variety of media. The gallery is located in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill Neighborhood, at 248 Utah Street. The Catharine Clark Gallery is the only commercial gallery in San Francisco with an en
Joyce Olga Evans OAM , B.A., Dip. Soc. Stud. (21 December 1929 – 20 April 2019) [1] was an Australian photographer active as an amateur from the 1950s and professional photographic artist from the 1980s, director of the Church Street Photography Centre in Melbourne (1976–1982), art curator and colle
#6 Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon
The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon is a museum of fine arts opened in 1787 in Dijon , France . It is one of the main and oldest museums of France. It is located in the historic city centre of Dijon and housed in the former ducal palace which was the headquarters of the Burgundy State in the 15th cent
#7 Kelvin Hall
The Kelvin Hall , located on Argyle Street in Glasgow , Scotland, is one of the largest exhibition centres in Britain and now a mixed-use arts and sports venue that opened as an exhibition venue in 1927. It has also been used as a concert hall , home to the Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena to
#8 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 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
#10 Ronchini Gallery
Ronchini Gallery is a contemporary art gallery founded by Lorenzo Ronchini in Umbria , Italy , in 1992. The gallery's first exhibition was a solo show of Italian Neo-Futurist artist Marco Lodola. Other artists exhibited at the gallery included Mario Schifano , Alighiero Boetti , Piero Gilardi , Paol
#11 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
#13 Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art
The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art is a teaching museum on the campus of Hamilton College [1] in Clinton, New York . The Wellin invites visitors to discover the arts and form unexpected connections through groundbreaking exhibitions, a globally representative teaching collection, and engaging p
Midway Contemporary Art is a non-profit arts organization located in Minneapolis , Minnesota . Its gallery and research library are located in the Sheridan and Marcy Homes neighborhoods of the city, respectively. Both are free and open to the public. Midway Contemporary Art Midway Contemporary Art i
#15 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
#16 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 Pinacothèque de Paris ( French: [pinakɔtɛk də paʁi] ) was an art gallery in Paris , France , with exhibition space for temporary exhibitions of artworks. [1] It was owned and run by Modigliani enthusiast Marc Restellini . [2] It closed in 15 February 2016 after going into receivership in Novem
#18 Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The Hall of Fame for Great Americans is an outdoor sculpture gallery located on the grounds of Bronx Community College (BCC) in the Bronx , New York City . It is the first such hall of fame in the United States. Built in 1901 as part of the University Heights campus of New York University (NYU), the
#19 Grohmann Museum
The Grohmann Museum , at the Milwaukee School of Engineering , houses an art collection dedicated to the evolution of human work. The museum opened on October 27, 2007 and is located at 1000 N. Broadway, Milwaukee , Wisconsin , United States. [ citation needed ] It is next to the German-English Acad
#20 C-Pop (gallery)
C-Pop Gallery (sometimes stylized as "(C)-Pop" or "©-Pop") was a metro Detroit art gallery that operated from 1996 to 2009. Image of the rear outside wall of the former site of C-Pop Gallery at 4160 Woodward, Detroit, Michigan as of April 20, 2016
La Femme au Cheval (also known as Woman with Horse , L'Écuyère and Kvinde med hest ) is a large oil painting created toward the end of 1911, early 1912, by the French artist Jean Metzinger (1883–1956). The work was exhibited in Paris at the Salon des Indépendants (20 March–16 May) in 1912 and the Sa
#2 Freedom from Fear (painting)
Freedom from Fear is the last of the well-known Four Freedoms oil paintings produced by the American artist Norman Rockwell . The series was based on the four goals known as the Four Freedoms , which were enunciated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his State of the Union Address on January 6, 1
The Cervara Altarpiece or Cervara Polyptych was an oil-on-oak-panel altarpiece painted by the Flemish painter Gerard David early in the 16th century for the high altar of Cervara Abbey in Liguria , Italy . Panel paintings by Gerard David This article needs additional citations for verification . ( A
The Croatian Apoxyomenos ( Croatian : Hrvatski Apoksiomen ) is an Ancient Greek statue cast in bronze in the 2nd or 1st century BC; it was discovered in 1996 on the bottom of the sea near the Croatian islet of Vele Orjule , southeast of the island of Lošinj . It represents an athlete – Apoxyomenos (
#5 Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros
The Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros is a cultural, political and social facility located in Mexico City as part of the World Trade Center Mexico City . It was designed and decorated by David Alfaro Siqueiros in the 1960s and hosts the largest mural work in the world called La Marcha de la Humanidad . T
#6 Sessão do Conselho de Estado
Sessão do Conselho de Estado (Session of the State Council) is an artwork of the genre historical painting made by Georgina de Albuquerque in 1922. It portrays the session of 2 September 1822 of the State Council of Brazil , preceding Brazilian independence . The artwork is part of the collection on
Madame X or Portrait of Madame X is a portrait painting by John Singer Sargent of a young socialite, Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau , wife of the French banker Pierre Gautreau. Madame X was painted not as a commission, but at the request of Sargent. [1] It is a study in opposition. Sargent shows a
#8 The Pioneer Mother Memorial
The Pioneer Mother Memorial , also known as Pioneer Mother and Pioneer Mothers , [1] [2] is a 1928 bronze sculpture by American artist Avard Fairbanks , installed at Esther Short Park in Vancouver, Washington , in the United States. The memorial depicts a mother and three children, and commemorates
The Sibelius Monument ( Finnish : Sibelius-monumentti ; Swedish : Sibeliusmonumentet ) by Eila Hiltunen is dedicated to the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865–1957). The monument is located at the Sibelius Park ( Finnish : Sibeliuspuisto ; Swedish : Sibeliusparken ) in the district of Töölö in Hel
#10 Thomas A. Hendricks Monument
The Thomas A. Hendricks Monument is a public artwork by American artist Richard Henry Park and is located on the southeast corner of the Indiana Statehouse grounds in Indianapolis, Indiana . The monument is a tribute to Thomas A. Hendricks (September 7, 1819 – November 25, 1885), the 21st Vice Pre
#11 18. Oktober 1977
18. Oktober 1977 is the title of a series of paintings by Gerhard Richter . It is based on photographs that document the deaths of three leading terrorists of the Baader-Meinhof Group in the Stammheim Prison after the release of the hostages in the hijacking by four members of the Popular Front for
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
#13 Sir Nicholas Serota Makes an Acquisitions Decision
Sir Nicholas Serota Makes an Acquisitions Decision is one of the paintings that was made as a part of the Stuckism art movement, [1] [2] and is recognized as a "signature piece" for the movement, [3] It was painted by the Stuckism co-founder Charles Thomson in 2000, and has been exhibited in a numbe
The Virgin of Vladimir , also known as Vladimir Mother of God , Our Lady of Vladimir [1] ( Russian : Влади́мирская ико́на Бо́жией Ма́тери , Ukrainian : Вишгородська ікона Божої Матері ), and the Theotokos of Vladimir ( Greek : Θεοτόκος του Βλαντίμιρ ), is a 12th-century Byzantine icon depicting the
Alien is a 2012 sculpture by the British artist David Breuer-Weil . It depicts a giant humanoid figure five times as large as a person, embedded head-first in grass. The sculpture was first installed in Grosvenor Gardens in the City of Westminster in April 2013, as part of the City of Sculpture init
#16 The Descent from the Cross (Rubens, 1612–1614)
The Descent from the Cross is the central panel of a triptych painting by Peter Paul Rubens in 1612–1614. It is still in its original place, the Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp , Belgium , along with another great altarpiece The Elevation of the Cross . The subject was one Rubens returned to again an
#17 Liberty Leading the People
Liberty Leading the People ( French : La Liberté guidant le peuple [la libɛʁte ɡidɑ̃ lə pœpl] ) is a painting by Eugène Delacroix commemorating the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled King Charles X . A woman of the people with a Phrygian cap personifying the concept of Liberty leads a varied gro
#18 Bosnian Girl
Bosnian Girl [1] is a discriminator art work by a visual artist Šejla Kamerić that started in 2003 as a public project consisting of postcards, posters, billboards, that is exhibited either as an intervention into public space or as a black and white photograph in various dimensions. It was done in
#19 Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (painting)
Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1787) is an oil on canvas portrait painted by Thomas Gainsborough between 1785 and 1787. It was acquired by the National Gallery of Art in 1937. Mrs. Sheridan ( Elizabeth Ann Linley ) was a talented musician who enjoyed professional success in Bath and London before m
Paul Taylor (Melbourne, 1957–7 September 1992) was an Australian art critic, curator, editor and publisher. In 1981, he founded Art & Text , the contemporary art journal considered to be responsible for generating and promoting postmodernist discourse in Australian art . Australian art critic, born
#2 Max Emden
Max James Emden (28 October 1874 in Hamburg – 26 June 1940 in Muralto , Switzerland) was a German chemist, wholesale merchant, art collector and from 1926 owner of the Brissago Islands on Lake Maggiore . [1] [2] Some of Emden's properties, including valuable paintings, have been the object of Nazi-e
Henri Focillon (7 September 1881 – 3 March 1943) was a French art historian. French art historian This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . ( July 2019 ) He was the son of the printmaker Victor-
#4 Lee Johnson (art historian)
Professor Lee Frederick Johnson (7 September 1924 – 6 July 2006) was an art historian and specialist in the works of the French nineteenth-century painter Eugène Delacroix .
#5 Paige Powell
Paige Powell (born 1950 or 1951) [1] is an American photographer, curator , art consultant , and animal rights activist . Powell was the public affairs director of the Portland Zoo before she moved to New York City in 1980. Between 1982 and 1994, she worked at Interview magazine. She started out sel
Alain Madeleine-Perdrillat (7 September 1949, Paris) is a French art historian. French art historian
Friedrich Dworschak (born February 27, 1890, in Krems an der Donau; died September 7, 1974 there) was an Austrian numismatist and art historian, and museum director during the Nazi era.
Sir Ellis Kirkham Waterhouse (16 February 1905 – 7 September 1985) was an English art historian and museum director who specialised in Roman baroque and English painting. [1] He was Director of the National Galleries of Scotland (1949–52) and held the Barber chair at Birmingham University until his
#9 Taco Dibbits
Taco Dibbits (born 7 September 1968) is an art historian from Amsterdam, Netherlands and director of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam . Taco Dibbits Born ( 1968-09-07 ) 7 September 1968 (age 53) Nationality Dutch Occupation Director of Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
#10 Bart Cassiman
Bart Cassiman (born 1961), freelance-curator, art critic and editor, is an art historian and studied press- and communication sciences at the Ghent University (1979-1984). Thomas Schütte & Bart Cassiman (left) meeting each other after many years at the Skulpturenhalle in Neus (2017) This biographica
#11 Otto Pächt
Otto Pächt (7 September 1902, Vienna - 17 April 1988, Vienna) was an Austrian art historian and one of the representatives of the second wave of the Vienna School of Art History . He mostly wrote on the medieval and Renaissance art of Europe. An exile from the Nazis, he taught in England and United
Michael Hall (September 7, 1926 – May 24, 2020) was a former American actor [1] who later was an art dealer and collector. [2] American actor (1926–2020) Michael Hall Born ( 1926-09-07 ) September 7, 1926 Wichita, Kansas , U.S. Died May 24, 2020 (2020-05-24) (aged 93) Miami Beach, Florida , U.S. O
Alain Weill (born 7 September 1946) is a French expert in graphic design and advertising , a specialist on posters , art critic and collector . [1] Alain Weill Born ( 1946-09-07 ) September 7, 1946 (age 76) Paris , France Nationality French Alma mater École pratique des hautes études Occupation
#14 Werner Spies
Werner Spies (born 1 April 1937 in Tübingen ) is a German art historian, journalist and exhibition organizer. From 1997 to 2000, he was a director of the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris . [1] Klaus Albrecht Schröder, director of the Albertina in Vienna , has called Spies "one of the most influentia
#15 Shafi Aqeel
Shafi Aqeel (1930 – 6 September 2013) was a Pakistani journalist, writer, poet, art critic and translator. Pakistani journalist, poet, writer Shafi Aqeel Born 1930 ( 1930 ) Died 6 September 2013 (aged 83) Nationality Pakistani Occupation Journalist, writer, poet Notable work Popular Folk Tales o
Guillaume Apollinaire [lower-alpha 1] ( French: [ɡijom apɔlinɛʁ] ; 26 August 1880 – 9 November 1918) was a French poet , playwright, short story writer , novelist, and art critic of Polish-Belarusian descent. French poet and writer For other uses, see Apollinaire (disambiguation) . Guillaume Apoll
Anne Julie d'Harnoncourt (September 7, 1943 – June 1, 2008) was an American curator , museum director, and art historian specializing in modern art . She was the director and CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA), a post she held from 1982 until her sudden death in 2008. [1] She was also an ex
#18 Karl Schnaase
Karl Schnaase (7 September 1798 – 20 May 1875) was a distinguished German art historian and jurist . He was one of the founders of modern art history , and the author of one of the first surveys of the history of art. German art historian and jurist (1798–1875) Karl Schnaase; portrait by Eduard Stei
#19 William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech
William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech , KG , GCMG , PC (11 April 1885 – 14 February 1964), was a British Conservative politician and banker. [1] British peer, politician and honorary military colonel The Right Honourable The Lord Harlech KG GCMG PC Secretary of State for the Colonies
#20 Kim H. Veltman
Kim (Keimpe) Henry Veltman (5 September 1948 – 1 April 2020) [1] was a Dutch/Canadian historian of science and art , director of the Virtual Maastricht McLuhan Institute (VMMI), consultant and author, known for his contributions in the fields of "linear perspective and the visual dimensions of s
#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
The Monumento al Indio Comahue ( Monument to the Comahue Indian ) is a monument located in Villa Regina , in the Argentine province of Río Negro . It was constructed to honor the native inhabitants of the Comahue Region . The monument was completed in time for the inaugural Comahue National Fair in
The Hiker is a statue created by Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson . It commemorates the American soldiers who fought in the Spanish–American War , the Boxer Rebellion and the Philippine–American War . The first version of it was made for the University of Minnesota in 1906, [1] but at least 50 copies were
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C. , honoring service members of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam War . The two-acre (8,100 m 2 ) site is dominated by two black granite walls engraved with the names of those service members who died or rema
Moose in the City was a public art display in the year 2000 in Toronto , Ontario , Canada organized by the municipal government , which placed 326 life-sized moose sculptures throughout the city and decorated by local artists. One of the remaining moose
The Henry W. Grady statue is a monumental statue of Henry W. Grady in Atlanta , Georgia , United States . Built by Alexander Doyle in 1891, the statue lies at the intersection of Marietta Street and Forsyth Street in downtown Atlanta and was unveiled shortly after Grady's death in 1889. The statue h
Charging Bull , sometimes referred to as the Bull of Wall Street or the Bowling Green Bull , is a bronze sculpture that stands on Broadway just north of Bowling Green in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City . The 7,100-pound (3,200 kg) bronze sculpture, standing 11 feet (3.4 m) t
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
The Jewel of Vicenza ( Italian : Gioiello di Vicenza ) was a silver model [1] of the city of Vicenza made as an ex-voto in the 16th century and attributed to the architect Andrea Palladio . [2] [3] The Jewel was stolen by the Napoleonic army during the Italian Campaign in the French Revolutionary Wa
#10 Wow! Gorillas
Wow! Gorillas was a project organised by Bristol Zoo in 2011 that displayed 61 decorated life-sized fibreglass gorilla sculptures on the streets of Bristol , England . [1] [2] Art installation in Bristol, England The project followed the concept of the “Land in Sicht” the original Swiss project by a
The Thiruvalluvar Statue , or the Valluvar Statue , is a 41-metre-tall (133 ft) stone sculpture of the Tamil poet and philosopher Valluvar , author of the Tirukkural , an ancient Tamil work on Dharma and morality . It is located on a small island near the town of Kanyakumari on the southernmost po
#12 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
#13 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
#14 List of public art in Edinburgh
This is a list of public art and memorials in Edinburgh , including statues and other sculptures. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( October 2012 ) The Scott Monument Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML
#15 Memorial to the First Homosexual Emancipation Movement
The Memorial to the First Homosexual Emancipation Movement ( German : Denkmal für die erste homosexuelle Emanzipationsbewegung ) is a memorial in the neighbourhood of Moabit in Berlin, Germany. [1] [2] Unveiled on 7 September 2017, the memorial is located opposite the Federal Chancellery on the Spre
#16 Robert E. Lee Monument (Richmond, Virginia)
The Robert E. Lee Monument in Richmond, Virginia , was the first installation on Monument Avenue in 1890, and would ultimately be the last monument removed from the site. [3] Before its removal on September 8, 2021, [4] the monument honored Confederate Civil War General Robert E. Lee , depicted on a
#17 Scottish American Memorial
The Scottish American Memorial , or Scots American War Memorial , is in West Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh. It was called "The Call 1914", and it was erected in 1927 and shows a kilted infantryman looking towards Castle Rock . Behind the main statue is a frieze showing queues of men answering