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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Creators Ireland

Amanda Watt (1960)
Amanda Watt
1960
Edward Delaney (1930 - 2009)
Edward Delaney
1930 - 2009
William Michael Harnett (1848 - 1892)
William Michael Harnett
1848 - 1892
Patrick Tuohy (1894 - 1930)
Patrick Tuohy
1894 - 1930
Francis Joseph O'Meara (1853 - 1888)
Francis Joseph O'Meara
1853 - 1888
Paul Kane (1810 - 1871)
Paul Kane
1810 - 1871
Henry Jones Tadeus (1859 - 1929)
Henry Jones Tadeus
1859 - 1929
William Orpen (1878 - 1931)
William Orpen
1878 - 1931
Eileen Gray (1878 - 1976)
Eileen Gray
1878 - 1976
Nathaniel Hill (1861 - 1934)
Nathaniel Hill
1861 - 1934
William Henry Bartlett (1858 - 1932)
William Henry Bartlett
1858 - 1932
Walter Osborne (1859 - 1903)
Walter Osborne
1859 - 1903
Sarah Purser (1848 - 1943)
Sarah Purser
1848 - 1943
Hugh Frazer (1795 - 1865)
Hugh Frazer
1795 - 1865
Roderick O'Conor (1860 - 1940)
Roderick O'Conor
1860 - 1940
Aloysius O'Kelly (1853 - 1936)
Aloysius O'Kelly
1853 - 1936

Creators Neoclassicism

John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
John Ruskin
1819 - 1900
Jan-Baptist Daveloose (1807 - 1886)
Jan-Baptist Daveloose
1807 - 1886
Auguste Anastasi (1820 - 1889)
Auguste Anastasi
1820 - 1889
Dietrich Wilhelm Lindau (1799 - 1862)
Dietrich Wilhelm Lindau
1799 - 1862
José Rodrigues (1828 - 1887)
José Rodrigues
1828 - 1887
Timofey Yegorovich Myagkov (1811 - 1865)
Timofey Yegorovich Myagkov
1811 - 1865
Martin Carlin (1730 - 1785)
Martin Carlin
1730 - 1785
James Ward (1769 - 1859)
James Ward
1769 - 1859
George Hermann Bruhn (1810 - 1889)
George Hermann Bruhn
1810 - 1889
Jean Victor Louis Faure (1786 - 1879)
Jean Victor Louis Faure
1786 - 1879
Antony Lange (1779 - 1844)
Antony Lange
1779 - 1844
Johann Jacob Tischbein (1725 - 1791)
Johann Jacob Tischbein
1725 - 1791
Antoine Ignace Melling (1763 - 1831)
Antoine Ignace Melling
1763 - 1831
Thomas Ralph Spence (1855 - 1918)
Thomas Ralph Spence
1855 - 1918
Louis Halle (1810 - 1887)
Louis Halle
1810 - 1887
Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes (1750 - 1819)
Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes
1750 - 1819
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