Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was a French sculptor and painter who lived from 1834 to 1904, best known for designing Liberty Enlightening the World, commonly called the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France to the United States erected in 1886 on Liberty Island in New York harbor. Its construction was begun by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc and completed by Gustave Eiffel after Viollet-le-Duc's death. Bartholdi also created the monumental Lion of Belfort, commemorating the city of Belfort's resistance during the siege of 1870 to 1871. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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He is best known for designing Liberty Enlightening the World, commonly known as the Statue of Liberty, in New York City, United States.
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He is best known for designing Liberty Enlightening the World, commonly known as the Statue of Liberty, in New York City, United States.
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Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi ( bar-T(H)OL-dee, French: [fʁedeʁik oɡyst baʁtɔldi]; 2 August 1834-4 October 1904) was a French sculptor and painter. He is best known for designing Liberty Enlightening the World, commonly known as th
Practices: Sculpture, lead paragraph
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi ( bar-T(H)OL-dee, French: [fʁedeʁik oɡyst baʁtɔldi]; 2 August 1834-4 October 1904) was a French sculptor and painter. He is best known for designing Liberty Enlightening the World, commonly known as th
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