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Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi

French sculptor and painter best known for designing the Statue of Liberty.

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi

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He is best known for designing the Statue of Liberty in New York City, which was completed with construction by Viollet-le-Duc and then Gustave Eiffel.[1] The French artist Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, who worked as both a sculptor and painter, came into the world on 2 August 1834 in Colmar, France.[2][3] Tuberculosis claimed Bartholdi's life in Paris on 4 October 1904 when he was 70 years old.[4]

Quick Facts

Born
2 August 1834
Birthplace
Colmar, Alsace, France
Died
4 October 1904
Place of death
Paris, France
Resting place
Montparnasse Cemetery
Education
Lycee Louis-le-Grand
Alma mater
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
Notable works
Statue of Liberty

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

Bartholdi's father Jean-Charles died when Bartholdi was two years old, after which he moved with his mother and older brother to Paris.[5][6] In 1855, he executed his first masterpiece, a bronze statue of General Rapp inaugurated in Colmar in 1856.[6] During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, Bartholdi served as a squadron leader and as a liaison officer to Italian General Giuseppe Garibaldi.[7][6] The Statue of Liberty was inaugurated in 1886 after years of work and fundraising.[8]

Antoine Étex taught Bartholdi sculpture, while Henri Labrouste and Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc instructed him in architecture.[7] The Freemasons Lodge Alsace-Lorraine in Paris welcomed Bartholdi as a member in 1875.[9] Jeanne-Emile Baheux became Bartholdi's wife in Providence, Rhode Island during 1876.[10]

What the cited sources add

The Musée Bartholdi biography notes that Bartholdi's mother Charlotte was a wealthy heiress of land holdings.[6] The National Park Service states the Statue of Liberty is 305 feet and 1 inch from ground to tip of the flame.[11] French artists later created a new torch with a copper flame gilded in 24K gold to Bartholdi's original specifications.[11] The Musée Bartholdi biography records that Bartholdi's mother died in November 1891 after joining him in Paris.[6]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi" (CC BY-SA 4.0) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Bartholdi", Collins English Dictionary; "Bartholdi, Auguste", Oxford University Press (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Biographie", musee-bartholdi.fr; "Bartholdi, Frédéric-Auguste", www.nga.gov (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "1904, Décès, 06", Archives de Paris, p. 30–31 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Bartholdi, Frédéric-Auguste", www.nga.gov; "Bartholdi, Frédéric-Auguste", www.nga.gov; "Bartholdi, Frédéric-Auguste", www.nga.gov; Schenk, "Mein Leben im Dreiland: Die Freiheitsstatue steht in Colmar bz Basel", bz - Zeitung für die Region Basel, 30 March 2016 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. "Biographie", musee-bartholdi.fr. facts only, no text reused. musee-bartholdi.fr
  7. Wikipedia, "Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Bartholdi, Frédéric-Auguste", www.nga.gov (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Bartholdi, Frédéric-Auguste", www.nga.gov; "Bartholdi, Frédéric-Auguste", www.nga.gov; "Bartholdi, Frédéric-Auguste", www.nga.gov (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Moreno, "The Statue of Liberty", Arcadia Publishing, 10 November 2004; Giuseppe Seganti, Massoni Famosi, Rome, Atanòr, 2005, . (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Bartholdi, Frédéric-Auguste", www.nga.gov; "Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi's Visit to the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Part 1", Chicagos 1893 Worlds Fair, 5 July 2021; "Bartholdi, Frédéric-Auguste", www.nga.gov (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. "Statue of Liberty: Frequently Asked Questions" , National Park Service website. facts only, no text reused. nps.gov

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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