Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
French
French sculptor, notable for desinging the Statue of Liberty. - AsNotedIn
French sculptor, notable for desinging the Statue of Liberty. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1834/08/02 | Born | ||||||
| 1871/06/01 | After a 13-day crossing, Bartholdi arrives in the port of New York on the PEREIRE, a ship of the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique. He is here to promote the idea of a colossal statue of Liberty as a gift from the French to the American people. | Life | Liberty Enlightening the World (sculpture) | Statue of Liberty | Statue of Liberty National Monument | ||
| 1876/00/00 | Frederic Bartholdi models four colossal frieze depicting baptism, communion, marriage and death. The figure in the baptismal frieze is Charles Sumner, the communion includes Henry Longfellow, Ralph W Emerson and Nathaniel Hawthorne. | Sculptor | First Baptist Church | Boston | |||
| 1876/06/00 | Right arm of Statue of Liberty, holding the torch, is exhibited at the Centennial Exposition to raise money for its completion. | Sculptor | Liberty Enlightening the World (sculpture) | Statue of Liberty | Statue of Liberty National Monument | Centennial Exposition 1876 | |
| 1876/07/00 | Bartholdi exhibits the bronze statues of "The Young Vine-Grower", "Genie Funebre", "Peace" and "Genius in the Grasp of Misery" and receives a bronze medal. | Sculptor | Memorial Hall | Philadelphia, PA | Centennial Exposition 1876 | ||
| 1876/07/04 | Frederic Auguste Bartholdi's statue of Marquis de Lafayette is dedicated at the United States Centennial. | Sculptor | Union Square Park | New York City | |||
| 1876/12/15 | Rev Charles T Brooks joins Jeanne-Emilie Baheux de Puysieux and Frederic Auguste Bartholdi in holy matrimony in the parlor of the La Farge home with only La Farge, Margaret and their young daughter as witnesses. | Groom | Margaret Mason Perry House | Newport, RI | Marriage of Jeanne-Emilie Baheux de Puysieux and Frederic Auguste Bartholdi | ||
| 1878/06/30 | At the Exposition Universelle, the completed head of the Statue of Liberty is exhibited in the garden of the Trocadero palace (lost), while other pieces are on display on the Champs de Mars. | Sculptor | Liberty Enlightening the World (sculpture) | Palais de Chaillot | Paris | 1878 Exposition Universelle | |
| 1880/00/00 | Frederic Bartholdi completes "Lion of Belfort". | Sculptor | Lion of Belfort (sculpture) | ||||
| 1880/00/00 | Frederic Bartholdi's santstone "Lion of Belfort" is installed near the Belfort citadel in Belfort, France. | Sculptor | Lion of Belfort (sculpture) | Belfort, FR | Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | ||
| 1880/00/00 | The municipality of Paris buys a bronze version of Bartholdi's "Lion of Belfort" at the cost of 20,000 francs and installs it on Place Denfert-Rochereau. | Sculptor | Lion of Belfort (sculpture) | Place Denfert-Rochereau, Paris | Paris | ||
| 1884/07/00 | In the summer, the Statue of Liberty is completed at the Gaget, Gauthier and Co studio (lost) on rue de Chazelles, Paris. No 21 was Bartholdi's workshop. | Sculptor | Liberty Enlightening the World (sculpture) | ||||
| 1886/10/28 | Bartholdi releases the tricolor French flag that covers Liberty's face glistening with rain from the wet and foggy weather. One million spectators applaud for 15 minutes as guns provide a salute and whistles sound off. | Sculptor | Liberty Enlightening the World (sculpture) | Statue of Liberty | Statue of Liberty National Monument | ||
| 1892/00/00 | Frederic Bartholdi creates a life size, silver statue, commissioned by Gorham silver manufacturing company for display in the Manufactures Building at the Columbian Exposition. | Sculptor | Statue of Christopher Columbus Providence | Johnston, RI | World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago | ||
| 1903/00/00 | Frederic A Bartholdi creates a bronze equestrian "Statue de Vercingetorix". | Sculptor | Statue de Vercingetorix par Bartholdi (sculpture) |
3 Creative Works by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi »
| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
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| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
| Lion of Belfort (sculpture) | Sculptor | Sculpture | 1880/00/00 |
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| Liberty Enlightening the World (sculpture) | Sculptor | Sculpture | 1884/07/00 |
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| Statue de Vercingetorix par Bartholdi (sculpture) | Sculptor | Sculpture | 1903/00/00 |
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