Scientist, artist, etc. - a polymath, the first "renaissance man".
Born in Vinci, Italy (No? Really?). Died in France.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Leonardo da Vinci
Commemorated ati
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Oskar Kokoschka
Painter. Born in Pöchlarn, Austria. He studied in Vienna and worked in Berlin for many years where he painted expressionist portraits and did illustrations for the periodical 'Der Sturm'. Branded a...
1 memorial
Lord Frederick Leighton
Born Scarborough, Yorkshire. President of the Royal Academy. In 1860 Leighton was a first commander of the Artists Rifles. 1892 painted some of the murals at the Royal Exchange. Knighted in 1878. ...
3 memorials
Piet Mondrian
Painter. Born the Netherlands. September 1938, avoiding the Nazis, he moved to Hampstead and, assisted by Ben Nicholson, rented a room in the house with the plaque. He painted it white, includin...
1 memorial
Mychael Barratt
Painter and printmaker. Born Canada c.1960. Based in London since 1984. Personal website.
1 memorial
John Heartfield
Born Helmut Herzfeld in the outskirts of Berlin. Changed his name in 1917 in protest at the anti-British feelings in Germany. Fleeing the Nazis in 1938 he came to England where he was interned for ...
1 memorial
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Yury Gagarin statue
SE10, Greenwich Park, Physical Observatory
The statue, a gift via the British Council, to the UK from the Russian Space Agency, is a copy of an existing one outside Gagarin's forme...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Teddington Studios - Morecambe and Wise
TW11, Broom Road, Teddington Studios
This plaque replaced the one for Eric Morecambe on his own.
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
St Bartholomew
EC2, Threadneedle Street
2021: Since we visited in 2012 the plaque has been moved around the corner into Bartholomew Lane, same building. We must return and take...
3 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
St Pancras Basin
NW1, Regent's Canal tow path
2020: This plaque is no longer here so we've marked it as Lost.
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
The Island mural
N16, Benthal Road, Heatherley Court, 45 - 48
This mural repays some examination. Firstly, looking at the buildings in the background at the top: those at the right, with the 'Victory...
3 subjects commemorated,
1 creator