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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Patrick MacDowell (1799 - 1870)
Patrick MacDowell
1799 - 1870
Christopher Hewetson (1736 - 1798)
Christopher Hewetson
1736 - 1798
Mary Swanzy (1882 - 1978)
Mary Swanzy
1882 - 1978
James Doyle Penrose (1862 - 1932)
James Doyle Penrose
1862 - 1932
Edward Quinn (1920 - 1997)
Edward Quinn
1920 - 1997
Tony O'Malley (1913 - 2003)
Tony O'Malley
1913 - 2003
Susanna Drury (1698 - 1770)
Susanna Drury
1698 - 1770
Sean Scully (1945)
Sean Scully
1945
Brian O'Doherty (1928 - 2022)
Brian O'Doherty
1928 - 2022
John Edward Jones (1806 - 1862)
John Edward Jones
1806 - 1862
Genieve Figgis (1972)
Genieve Figgis
1972
James Ward (1851 - 1924)
James Ward
1851 - 1924
William Michael Harnett (1848 - 1892)
William Michael Harnett
1848 - 1892
Sean Keating (1889 - 1977)
Sean Keating
1889 - 1977
Reginald Gray (1930 - 2013)
Reginald Gray
1930 - 2013
Michael Craig-Martin (1941)
Michael Craig-Martin
1941

Creators Neoclassicism

Franz Xaver Mandl (1812 - 1880)
Franz Xaver Mandl
1812 - 1880
Jan Mateiko (1838 - 1893)
Jan Mateiko
1838 - 1893
Daniel Huntington (1816 - 1906)
Daniel Huntington
1816 - 1906
Clemens Freitag (1883 - 1969)
Clemens Freitag
1883 - 1969
Rembrandt Peale (1778 - 1860)
Rembrandt Peale
1778 - 1860
Hans Treiber (1869 - 1968)
Hans Treiber
1869 - 1968
Gustave Doré (1832 - 1883)
Gustave Doré
1832 - 1883
Horace Wolcott Robbins (1842 - 1904)
Horace Wolcott Robbins
1842 - 1904
Bertalan Sekei (1835 - 1910)
Bertalan Sekei
1835 - 1910
John Wesley Jarvis (1781 - 1839)
John Wesley Jarvis
1781 - 1839
Johann Christoph Nabholz (1752 - 1797)
Johann Christoph Nabholz
1752 - 1797
Bernhard Buttersack (1858 - 1925)
Bernhard Buttersack
1858 - 1925
Fedele Fischetti (1732 - 1792)
Fedele Fischetti
1732 - 1792
Charles Burton Barber (1845 - 1894)
Charles Burton Barber
1845 - 1894
Anton Radl (1774 - 1852)
Anton Radl
1774 - 1852
Pierre-Adrien Pâris (1745 - 1819)
Pierre-Adrien Pâris
1745 - 1819