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

Paul Kane (1810 - 1871)
Paul Kane
1810 - 1871
Francis Joseph O'Meara (1853 - 1888)
Francis Joseph O'Meara
1853 - 1888
Francis Bacon (1909 - 1992)
Francis Bacon
1909 - 1992
Henry Allan (1865 - 1912)
Henry Allan
1865 - 1912
Henry Jones Tadeus (1859 - 1929)
Henry Jones Tadeus
1859 - 1929
Norman Garstin (1847 - 1926)
Norman Garstin
1847 - 1926
Joseph Semple (Sempill) (1830 - 1877)
Joseph Semple (Sempill)
1830 - 1877
Elizabeth Thompson (1846 - 1933)
Elizabeth Thompson
1846 - 1933
Patrick MacDowell (1799 - 1870)
Patrick MacDowell
1799 - 1870
Eithne Jordan (1954)
Eithne Jordan
1954
William Crozier (1930 - 2011)
William Crozier
1930 - 2011
Tomi Ungerer (1931 - 2019)
Tomi Ungerer
1931 - 2019
Patrick Tuohy (1894 - 1930)
Patrick Tuohy
1894 - 1930
John Laporte (1761 - 1839)
John Laporte
1761 - 1839
Aloysius O'Kelly (1853 - 1936)
Aloysius O'Kelly
1853 - 1936
John Lavery (1856 - 1941)
John Lavery
1856 - 1941

Creators Neoclassicism

Anton Zottmayr (1795 - 1865)
Anton Zottmayr
1795 - 1865
Robert-Joseph Auguste (1723 - 1805)
Robert-Joseph Auguste
1723 - 1805
Louis Choris (1795 - 1828)
Louis Choris
1795 - 1828
Kharlampi Dmitrievich Kostandi (1860 - 1917)
Kharlampi Dmitrievich Kostandi
1860 - 1917
Tomaso Buzzi (1900 - 1981)
Tomaso Buzzi
1900 - 1981
Joseph Hoffmann (1831 - 1904)
Joseph Hoffmann
1831 - 1904
Abraham Teerlink II (1776 - 1857)
Abraham Teerlink II
1776 - 1857
Baldomer Galofre i Giménez (1845 - 1902)
Baldomer Galofre i Giménez
1845 - 1902
Rudolf Wiegmann (1804 - 1865)
Rudolf Wiegmann
1804 - 1865
Hermanus Koekkoek II (1836 - 1909)
Hermanus Koekkoek II
1836 - 1909
August Seidel (1820 - 1904)
August Seidel
1820 - 1904
Ernst Meisel (1838 - 1895)
Ernst Meisel
1838 - 1895
Johannes Hilverdink (1813 - 1902)
Johannes Hilverdink
1813 - 1902
Louis-Paul Le Poittevin (1847 - 1909)
Louis-Paul Le Poittevin
1847 - 1909
Pierre-Adrien Pâris (1745 - 1819)
Pierre-Adrien Pâris
1745 - 1819
Eduard Wilhelm Pose (1812 - 1878)
Eduard Wilhelm Pose
1812 - 1878
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