The J. F. Kennedy Memorial, a mosaic mural to John F. Kennedy, by Kenneth Budd on Floodgate Street, Digbeth, Eastside, Birmingham, West Midlands.
«The mosaic was erected on St Chad's Circus, outside the City's Roman Catholic St Chad's Cathedral, in July 1968, at a cost of £5,000. When the road system was redeveloped in 2007 the mosaic was demolished. Key features, including the heads of some of the main figures, were retrieved and retained by Kenneth Budd's son Oliver.
In 2012 it was re-created using new materials. The new mosaic was erected in January 2013, in the city's Irish Quarter, on Floodgate Street in Digbeth, in reworked form, including the controversial addition of a new face, that of former Lord Mayor of Birmingham Mike Nangle, the city's first Irish Lord Mayor. The work was overseen by Budd's son, Oliver, who worked from his father's original drawings. The retained sections were not used as the colours had faded and would not match the new Smalti mosiac tiles. A formal unveiling took place on 23 February 2013.
Featured alongside Kennedy in the mosaic are his brother Teddy, the Seal of the President of the United States (using real gold), Martin Luther King, American policemen and other figures.» (Ben Abel on flickr, 2017)
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- 2024-05-04 20:59:25 / Per Krohg, Wandgemälde, Rathaus, Oslo, Norwegen
- 2024-05-04 20:57:39 / Henrik Sørensen, Arbeit, Administration, Fest, Rathaus (Haupthalle), Oslo, Norwegen
- 2024-05-04 20:55:43 / Edvard Munch, Leben, Rathaus (Munchsaal), Oslo, Norwegen
- 2024-05-04 20:54:22 / Willi Midelfart
- 2024-05-04 20:53:56 / Willi Midelfart, Wandgemälde, Rathaus (Bankettsaal), Oslo, Norwegen
- 2024-05-04 20:52:44 / Axel Revold, Wandgemälde, Rathaus (Festgalerie), Oslo, Norwegen
- 2024-05-04 20:49:13 / Reidar Aulie
- 2024-05-04 20:48:56 / Reidar Aulie, Arbeiterbewegung, Rathaus, Oslo, Norwegen
- 2024-05-04 20:47:43 / Karl Högberg
- 2024-05-04 20:47:25 / Karl Högberg, Handel und Gewerbe, Rathaus, Oslo, Norwegen
- 2024-05-04 20:44:01 / Magnus Poulsson
- 2024-05-04 20:43:33 / Arnstein Arneberg
- 2024-05-04 20:42:58 / Arnstein Arneberg, Magnus Poulsson, Oslo rådhus, 1931–39, Rådhusplassen 1, Oslo, Norge
- 2024-05-03 22:34:17 / Axel Langer, Miremont-le-Crêt. Genf 1956–57. Marc-Joseph Saugey, in: Anna Meseure, Martin Tschanz, Wilfried Wand, Architektur im 20. Jahrhundert. Schweiz, Münc[…]
- 2024-05-03 21:51:10 / Universitetet i Oslo, Problemveien 11, Oslo, Norge
- 2024-05-03 21:48:22 / Per Krohg, Fresko, Universität, Oslo, Norwegen
- 2024-05-03 21:47:17 / Per Krohg, Fresko, Stadtbibliothek, Oslo, Norwegen
- 2024-05-03 21:46:02 / Per Krohg, Plafondmalerei, Künstlerhaus, Oslo, Norwegen
- 2024-05-03 21:44:22 / Per Krohg, Die Natur, 1927, Hersleb-Schule, Oslo, Norwegen
- 2024-05-03 21:42:20 / Aage Storstein
- 2024-05-03 21:41:11 / Axel Revold, Wandgemälde, 1916, Börse, Bergen, Norwegen
- 2024-05-03 21:40:28 / Axel Revold
- 2024-05-03 21:39:21 / Per Krohg, Wandgemälde, 1919, Seemannsschule, Oslo, Norwegen
- 2024-05-03 21:34:51 / Axel Langer
- 2024-05-03 21:33:52 / Altartavlan av Henrik Sörensen