Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

  • French


French sculptor, notable for desinging the Statue of Liberty. - AsNotedIn


Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Sculptor First Baptist Church Boston
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
1876/06/00 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
1876/07/00 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
1876/07/04 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)

2 Creative Works by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi »

Title Type Association Y/M/D Moniker
Title Type Association Y/M/D Moniker
Lion of Belfort (sculpture) Sculptor Sculpture 1880/00/00
  • 300 or So Notable Sculpture
  • Monument Historique France
Statue de Vercingetorix par Bartholdi (sculpture) Sculptor Sculpture 1903/00/00

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