Alexandra Russell's List: who invented the Statue of Liberty

• • It was Gustave Eiffel's ASSISTANT Maurice Koechlin that designed the internal structure. Need I say more?

  • The internal structure was designed by the assistant to Gustave Eiffel. His name was Maurice Koechlin.

• It is a masterpiece by the French sculptor Frédéric Auguste  Bertholdi, in collaboration with Maurice Koechlin and Eugène  Viollet-le-Duc.

  • Yes, but it was in collaboration with Maurice Koechlin and Eugene Viollet-le-Duc.

  • It was made by Frederic Auguste Bertholdi.

• sculpture made of steel and copper on Liberty Island in NY that was designed by Frédéric Bartholdi

  • But that was the external statue. Who designed the internal skeleton?

  • Designed by Frederic Bartholdi

• Sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was commissioned to design a sculpture

  • Fred was the designer
• Meanwhile in France, Bartholdi required the assistance of an engineer to address  structural issues associated with designing such a colossal copper sculpture.  Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (designer of the Eiffel Tower) was commissioned to  design the massive iron pylon and secondary skeletal framework which allows the  Statue's copper skin to move independently yet stand upright.

  • He was "commissioned" to design the inner structure, but that doesn't mean he didn't hire someone else to do it!

  • Frederic got the help of Gustave Eiffel to design the inner structure.

• At that dinner was the sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi (bar-TOLE-dee).
• Engineer Gustave Eiffel, who would later design the Eiffel Tower in Paris, designed Liberty’s “spine.”

  • Yes, but they don't say it was Maurice Koechlin who did the work under Gustave Eiffel. Check the other diigo bookmarks!

  • It was Gustave Eiffel who designed the interior of the statue.

• Frederic Auguste  Bartholdi was a French sculptor born in Alsace. He created many  monumental sculptures, his most famous work was the Statue of Liberty. The  statue is constructed of copper sheets which are assembled on a framework of  steel supports designed by Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc and Alexandre-Gustave  Eiffel.

  • So is it Maurice Koechlin? Or is it Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc?
•  oldi  was a French sculptor born in Alsace. He created  many  monumental sculptures, his most famous work was the Statue  of Liberty. The statue is constructed of copper sheets which are assembled on a  framework of  steel  supports designed by Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc and  Alexandre-Gustave  Eiffel.   For transit to America, the figure was disassembled into 350 pieces and packed  in 214 crates. Four months later, it was reassembled on Bedloe's Island (renamed  Liberty Island in 1956). On October 28, 1886, President Grover Cleveland  dedicated the Statue of Liberty before thousands of spectators. Since the 1892  opening of nearby Ellis Island Immigration Station, Bartholdi's Liberty has  welcomed more than 12,000,000 immigrants to America. Emma Lazarus's famous lines  engraved on the statue's pedestal are linked to our conception of the statue  Americans call "Lady Liberty":
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