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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Phoebe Anna Traquair (1852 - 1936)
Phoebe Anna Traquair
1852 - 1936
John Butler Yeats (1839 - 1922)
John Butler Yeats
1839 - 1922
Elizabeth Thompson (1846 - 1933)
Elizabeth Thompson
1846 - 1933
William Orpen (1878 - 1931)
William Orpen
1878 - 1931
John Behan (1938)
John Behan
1938
Amanda Watt (1960)
Amanda Watt
1960
John Lavery (1856 - 1941)
John Lavery
1856 - 1941
Christopher Hewetson (1736 - 1798)
Christopher Hewetson
1736 - 1798
Paul Kane (1810 - 1871)
Paul Kane
1810 - 1871
Francis Bacon (1909 - 1992)
Francis Bacon
1909 - 1992
Nora McGuinness (1901 - 1988)
Nora McGuinness
1901 - 1988
Dermod O'Brien (1865 - 1945)
Dermod O'Brien
1865 - 1945
John Ryan (1925 - 1992)
John Ryan
1925 - 1992
Sean Scully (1945)
Sean Scully
1945
Nano Reid (1900 - 1981)
Nano Reid
1900 - 1981
Charles Collins (1680 - 1744)
Charles Collins
1680 - 1744

Creators Neoclassicism

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (1819 - 1905)
Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait
1819 - 1905
Christopher Unterberger (1732 - 1798)
Christopher Unterberger
1732 - 1798
Jean Gerard (XIX century - ?)
Jean Gerard
XIX century - ?
Paul Felgentreff (1854 - 1933)
Paul Felgentreff
1854 - 1933
Barbara Rosina von Lisiewska (1713 - 1783)
Barbara Rosina von Lisiewska
1713 - 1783
Henry Bright (1810 - 1873)
Henry Bright
1810 - 1873
Emil Ludwig Löhr (1809 - 1876)
Emil Ludwig Löhr
1809 - 1876
Albert Berg (1825 - 1884)
Albert Berg
1825 - 1884
Mikhail Vrubel (1856 - 1910)
Mikhail Vrubel
1856 - 1910
Leopold Fissette (1814 - 1899)
Leopold Fissette
1814 - 1899
André Giroux (1801 - 1879)
André Giroux
1801 - 1879
Theodor Groll (1857 - 1913)
Theodor Groll
1857 - 1913
John Newbott (1805 - 1867)
John Newbott
1805 - 1867
Alfred Marsaud (XIX century - ?)
Alfred Marsaud
XIX century - ?
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
1804 - 1864
Jules Laure (1806 - 1861)
Jules Laure
1806 - 1861
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