Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848 - 1907)

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Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Augustus Saint-Gaudens was an American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation who embodied the ideals of the American Renaissance. From a French-Irish family, Saint-Gaudens was raised in New York City, he traveled to Europe for further training and artistic study. After he returned to New York, he achieved major critical success for his monuments commemorating heroes of the American Civil War, many of which still stand. Saint-Gaudens created works such as the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial on Boston Common, Abraham Lincoln: The Man, and grand equestrian monuments to Civil War generals: General John Logan Memorial in Chicago's Grant Park and William Tecumseh Sherman at the corner of New York's Central Park. In addition, he created the popular historicist representation of The Puritan.

Saint-Gaudens also created Classical works such as the Diana, and employed his design skills in numismatics. He designed the $20 Saint Gaudens Double Eagle gold piece (1905–1907) for the US Mint, considered one of the most beautiful American coins ever issued, as well as the $10 "Indian Head" gold eagle; both of these were minted from 1907 until 1933. In his later years he founded the "Cornish Colony", an artist's colony in New Hampshire that included notable painters, sculptors, writers, and architects.

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Date and place of birt:1 march 1848, Dublin, Ireland
Date and place of death:3 august 1907, Cornish City, USA
Nationality:Ireland, USA
Period of activity: XIX, XX century
Specialization:Artist, Sculptor
Art style:Romanticism, Neoclassicism
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Henry Jones Tadeus (1859 - 1929)
Henry Jones Tadeus
1859 - 1929
Richard Burchett (1815 - 1875)
Richard Burchett
1815 - 1875
Robert Hunter (1715 - 1803)
Robert Hunter
1715 - 1803
Phoebe Anna Traquair (1852 - 1936)
Phoebe Anna Traquair
1852 - 1936
Paul Kane (1810 - 1871)
Paul Kane
1810 - 1871
Charles Collins (1680 - 1744)
Charles Collins
1680 - 1744
Mildred Anne Butler (1858 - 1941)
Mildred Anne Butler
1858 - 1941
John Burke (1946 - 2006)
John Burke
1946 - 2006
Gerald Davis (1938 - 2005)
Gerald Davis
1938 - 2005
James Doyle Penrose (1862 - 1932)
James Doyle Penrose
1862 - 1932
Nathaniel Hill (1861 - 1934)
Nathaniel Hill
1861 - 1934
Christy Brown (1932 - 1981)
Christy Brown
1932 - 1981
Norman Garstin (1847 - 1926)
Norman Garstin
1847 - 1926
Susanna Drury (1698 - 1770)
Susanna Drury
1698 - 1770
John Edward Carew (1785 - 1868)
John Edward Carew
1785 - 1868
James Arthur O'Connor (1792 - 1841)
James Arthur O'Connor
1792 - 1841

Creators Neoclassicism

Pierre-Jacques Volaire (1729 - 1799)
Pierre-Jacques Volaire
1729 - 1799
Lars Hertervig (1830 - 1902)
Lars Hertervig
1830 - 1902
Girolamo Franceschini (1820 - 1859)
Girolamo Franceschini
1820 - 1859
Prilidiano Pueyrredon (1823 - 1870)
Prilidiano Pueyrredon
1823 - 1870
Julie Delance-Feurgard (1859 - 1892)
Julie Delance-Feurgard
1859 - 1892
Giuseppe Bisi (1787 - 1869)
Giuseppe Bisi
1787 - 1869
James Digman Wingfield (1800 - 1872)
James Digman Wingfield
1800 - 1872
Alfred Dehodencq (1822 - 1882)
Alfred Dehodencq
1822 - 1882
Victor Louis Hugues (1827 - 1879)
Victor Louis Hugues
1827 - 1879
Pierre Loti (1850 - 1923)
Pierre Loti
1850 - 1923
William Turner (1789 - 1862)
William Turner
1789 - 1862
Alexander Kucharsky (1741 - 1819)
Alexander Kucharsky
1741 - 1819
Saverio della Gatta (1758 - 1829)
Saverio della Gatta
1758 - 1829
Luigi Bienaimé (1795 - 1878)
Luigi Bienaimé
1795 - 1878
Johan Hendrik Louis Meijer (1809 - 1866)
Johan Hendrik Louis Meijer
1809 - 1866
Pieter Jan van Liender (1721 - 1779)
Pieter Jan van Liender
1721 - 1779
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