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Karl Theodore Francis Bitter
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or KARL THEODORE FRANCIS BITTER (1867-), American sculptor, was born in Vienna on the 6th of December 1867. After studying art there, in 1889 he removed to the United States, where he became naturalized. In America he gained great popularity as a sculptor, and in1906-1907was president of the National Sculpture Society, New York. Among his principal works are: the Astor memorial gates, Trinity church, New York; "Elements Controlled and Uncontrolled," on the Administration Building at the Chicago Exposition; a large relief, "Triumph of Civilization," in the waiting-room of the Broad Street station of the Pennsylvania railway in Philadelphia; decorations for the Dewey Naval Arch in New York City; the "Standard Bearers," at the Pan-American Exposition grounds; a sitting statue and a bust of Dr Pepper, provost of the University of Pennsylvania; and the Villard and Hubbard memorials in the New York chamber of commerce.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Karl Theodore Francis Bitter'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/k/karl-theodore-francis-bitter.html. 1910.
