Gheorghe Leonida

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Gheorghe Leonida was a Romanian sculptor best known for crafting the expressive face of the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro.

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Gheorghe Leonida canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Romanian artist ⓘ
human ⓘ
sculptor ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1940s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1910s ⓘ
artisticStyle expressive realism ⓘ
awardReceived prizes at art salons in Paris ⓘ
prizes at art salons in Rome ⓘ
causeOfDeath accidental fall ⓘ
collaboratedWith Heitor da Silva Costa ⓘ
Paul Landowski ⓘ
countryOfBirth Romania ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Romania ⓘ
countryOfDeath Romania ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1892 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1942 ⓘ
educatedAt National School of Fine Arts in Bucharest ⓘ
fieldOfWork sculpture ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasGenre monumental sculpture ⓘ
portrait sculpture ⓘ
hasPartIn creation of Christ the Redeemer monument ⓘ
hasWorkLocation Bucharest ⓘ
influencedBy Italian sculpture ⓘ
classical sculpture ⓘ
knownFor sculpting the face of Christ the Redeemer ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Romanian ⓘ
movement realism ⓘ
nationality Romanian ⓘ
notableFor contribution to one of the most famous statues in the world ⓘ
notableWork Christ the Redeemer ⓘ
face of Christ the Redeemer ⓘ
occupation sculptor ⓘ
partOf team of artists who created Christ the Redeemer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Galați ⓘ
placeOfDeath Bucharest ⓘ
studiedIn Italy ⓘ
workedIn France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Romania ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christ the Redeemer → collaboratingSculptor → Gheorghe Leonida ⓘ