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Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (August 2, 1834 – October 4, 1904) was a French sculptor. He is also known as Amilcar Hasenfratz, a pseudonym used for his paintings of Egyptian subjects, apparently because of concern that his work in another medium would distract from his sculpture.
in Colmar, Alsace, Bartholdi went to Paris to further his studies in architecture as well as painting.
Frédéric Bartholdi died of tuberculosis in Paris on October 4
New York City]]
The work for which Bartholdi is most famous is Liberty Enlightening the World, the Statue of Liberty, donated in 1886 by the Union Franco-Americaine (Franco-American Union), founded by Edouard de Laboulaye, to the United States.
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Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (August 2, 1834 – October 4, 1904) was a French sculptor. He is also known as Amilcar Hasenfratz, a pseudonym used for his paintings of Egyptian subjects, apparently because of concern that his work in another medium would distract from his sculpture.
Biography
Born in Colmar, Alsace, Bartholdi went to Paris to further his studies in architecture as well as painting.
Frédéric Bartholdi died of tuberculosis in Paris on October 4
The Statue of Liberty
in New York City]]
The work for which Bartholdi is most famous is Liberty Enlightening the World, the Statue of Liberty, donated in 1886 by the Union Franco-Americaine (Franco-American Union), founded by Edouard de Laboulaye, to the United States. It was rumored all over France that the face of the Statue of Liberty was modeled after Bartholdi’s mother; and the body after his mistress. Before starting his commission, Bartholdi traveled to the United States to personally select New York Harbor as the site for the statue.
In 1879, Bartholdi was awarded design patent for the Statue of Liberty. This patent covered the sale of small copies of the statue. Proceeds from the sale of the statues helped raise money to build the full statue.
Works in Colmar
Bartholdi's hometown Colmar prides itself with a number of statues and monuments by the sculptor, as well as with a museum in the house in which he was born.
- Monument du Général Rapp - 1856 (first shown 1855 in Paris. Bartholdi's earliest major work)
- Fontaine de l'Amiral Bruat - 1864
- Fontaine Roeselmann - 1888
- Monument Hirn - 1894
- Fontaine Schwendi - 1898
- Statue "Les grands soutiens du monde" - 1902 (in the courtyard of the museum)
Other major works
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Bartholdi’s other major works includes a variety of statues at at Clermont-Ferrand, in Paris and in other places. Notable works include the following:
- The The Lion of Belfort, in Belfort, France, a massive sculpture of a lion carved into the side of a mountain, depicting the huge struggle of the French to hold off the Prussian assault at the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Bartholdi was an officer himself during this period, attached to Garibaldi.
- Switzerland Succoring Strasbourg, at Basel, Switzerland, was a gift from the French city of Strasbourg, in appreciation of the help it received during the Franco-Prussian War.
- The Bartholdi Fountain in Bartholdi Park, the United States Botanic Garden, Washington, DC, United States;
- The Marquis de Lafayette Statue, in Union Square, New York City, United States;
- The four angelic trumpeters on the corners of the First Baptist Church tower, Boston, Massachusetts, United States;
- the Lafayette and Washington Monument, at Morningside Park, New York City, United States.
- Fontaine Bartholdi, on the Place des Terreaux, in Lyon, France.
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