Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (August 2, 1834, Colmar, Haut-Rhin – October 4, 1904) was a French sculptor who is remembered mainly for designing the Statue of Liberty. 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.
Born in Colmar, Alsace, Bartholdi went to Paris to further his studies in architecture as w...
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Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (August 2, 1834, Colmar, Haut-Rhin – October 4, 1904) was a French sculptor who is remembered mainly for designing the Statue of Liberty. 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.
Born in Colmar, Alsace, Bartholdi went to Paris to further his studies in architecture as well as painting.
Auguste Bartholdi died of tuberculosis, in Paris, on 4 October 1904.
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, Jean Emilie. Before starting his commission, Bartholdi traveled to the United States to...
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