Frdric Auguste Bartholdi was born on August 2, 1834.
 Bartholdi's hometown in Alsace had just passed into German control in the Franco-Prussian War
 Bartholdi's earliest major work)"Fontaine Schongauer"  1863 (in front of the Unterlinden Museum)"Fontaine de l'Amiral Bruat"  1864"Fontaine Roeselmann"  1888"Monument Hirn"  1894"Fontaine Schwendi", depicting Lazarus von Schwendi  1898Les grands soutiens du monde  1902 (statue in the courtyard of the museum)=== Other major works ===Bartholdi's other major works include a variety of statues at Clermont-Ferrand; in Paris, and in other places

