Interesting facts about Romania Christ the Redeemer is a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Local engineer Heitor da Silva Costa designed the statue; it was sculpted by Polish-French sculptor Paul Landowski.The face of the statue was created by Romanian sculptor Gheorghe Leonida was born in Galati, Romania in 1893. He studied sculpture at the Fine Arts Conservatory in Bucharest, then he continued his studies for three years in Italy where he gained also a prize with his sculpture “Reveil” (the Dream). Gheorghe Leonida lived then in Paris where his work “Le Diable” (the Devil) was awarded the Grand Prize. Becoming famous in France as portraitist, he was included by Paul Landowski in the team that started working at the gigantic statue from Rio de Janeiro in 1922. Gheorghe Leonida contributed to portraying Jesus Christ’s face, which made him famous.
Posted on: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 17:30:54 +0000
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