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

Gerald Davis (1938 - 2005)
Gerald Davis
1938 - 2005
John Ryan (1925 - 1992)
John Ryan
1925 - 1992
William Crozier (1930 - 2011)
William Crozier
1930 - 2011
Albert Julius Olsson (1864 - 1942)
Albert Julius Olsson
1864 - 1942
John Henry Foley (1818 - 1874)
John Henry Foley
1818 - 1874
Genieve Figgis (1972)
Genieve Figgis
1972
Francis Joseph O'Meara (1853 - 1888)
Francis Joseph O'Meara
1853 - 1888
William Magrath (1838 - 1918)
William Magrath
1838 - 1918
Thomas Hickey (1741 - 1824)
Thomas Hickey
1741 - 1824
Markey Robinson (1918 - 1999)
Markey Robinson
1918 - 1999
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh (1856 - 1918)
Joseph Malachy Kavanagh
1856 - 1918
Les Levine (1935)
Les Levine
1935
Walter Osborne (1859 - 1903)
Walter Osborne
1859 - 1903
Paul Kane (1810 - 1871)
Paul Kane
1810 - 1871
Roderick O'Conor (1860 - 1940)
Roderick O'Conor
1860 - 1940
Richard Burchett (1815 - 1875)
Richard Burchett
1815 - 1875

Creators Neoclassicism

Andreas Schelfhout (1787 - 1870)
Andreas Schelfhout
1787 - 1870
Erich Correns (1821 - 1877)
Erich Correns
1821 - 1877
 N. F. Gilllet (XX century - ?)
N. F. Gilllet
XX century - ?
Martin Johann Schmidt (Kremser) (1718 - 1801)
Martin Johann Schmidt (Kremser)
1718 - 1801
Theodore Valerio (1819 - 1879)
Theodore Valerio
1819 - 1879
Rudolph Pöppel (1823 - 1889)
Rudolph Pöppel
1823 - 1889
Adolf Hengeler (1863 - 1927)
Adolf Hengeler
1863 - 1927
Christopher Wilmarth (1943 - 1987)
Christopher Wilmarth
1943 - 1987
Hermann Heindrich (1854 - 1931)
Hermann Heindrich
1854 - 1931
Joseph Michael Gandy (1771 - 1843)
Joseph Michael Gandy
1771 - 1843
Alois Arnegger (1879 - 1967)
Alois Arnegger
1879 - 1967
Joseph-Charles Valette (1813 - 1888)
Joseph-Charles Valette
1813 - 1888
Hendrikus van de Sande Bakhuyzen (1795 - 1860)
Hendrikus van de Sande Bakhuyzen
1795 - 1860
Hubert Sattler (1817 - 1904)
Hubert Sattler
1817 - 1904
Auguste Borget (1808 - 1877)
Auguste Borget
1808 - 1877
Charles Lorraine Smith (1751 - 1835)
Charles Lorraine Smith
1751 - 1835
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