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1848 Dublin, Ireland - 1907 Cornish, New Hampshire. Known for: Portrait and figure sculpture, monuments.
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Augustus Saint-Gaudens became one of the more famous American sculptors of the late 19th century and was associated with a period called The Gilded Age. He brought the Beaux... Read full biography
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Augustus Saint-Gaudens became one of the more famous American sculptors of the late 19th century and was associated with a period called The Gilded Age. He brought the Beaux Arts style to America, as he had studied in Italy and France, where he had had rigorous training... Read full biography
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Augustus Saint-Gaudens became one of the more famous American sculptors of the late 19th century and was associated with a period called The Gilded Age. He brought the Beaux Arts style to America, as he had studied in Italy and France, where he had had rigorous training which included model classical subjects from plaster casts. A work for which he is particularly known is the monumental statue "Diana," a gilded copper weathervane for the top of the Madison Square... Read full biography
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Augustus Saint-Gaudens became one of the more famous American sculptors of the late 19th century and was associated with a period called The Gilded Age. He brought the Beaux Arts style to America, as he had studied in Italy and France, where he had had rigorous training which included model classical subjects from plaster casts. A work for which he is particularly known is the monumental statue "Diana," a gilded copper weathervane for the top of the Madison Square Garden Tower in New York City. Thirteen feet high, it was installed in 1894. He came to New York City as an infant and his father became a shoemaker. At age thirteen, Augustus apprenticed to a cameo cutter and then studied art at Cooper Union and the... Read full biography
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Augustus Saint-Gaudens became one of the more famous American sculptors of the late 19th century and was associated with a period called The Gilded Age. He brought the Beaux Arts style to America, as he had studied in Italy and France, where he had had rigorous training which included model classical subjects from plaster casts. A work for which he is particularly known is the monumental statue "Diana," a gilded copper weathervane for the top of the Madison Square Garden Tower in New York City. Thirteen feet high, it was installed in 1894. He came to New York City as an infant and his father became a shoemaker. At age thirteen, Augustus apprenticed to a cameo cutter and then studied art at Cooper Union and the National Academy of Design where he drew from antique casts and worked in clay. In 1867, he enrolled for three years in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in... Read full biography
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Keywords (57)
Art Method
- •Cameo Portrait, Cameo Cutting
- •Direct Carver, Hand Carving
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Bronze
- •Gold
- •Iron, Cast Iron
- •Marble
- •Plaster
Art Style
- •Classical Realist
- •Neo Classical, Neo Classicism
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •Abraham Lincoln
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Black, African Culture, Figure, Genre, Civil Rights
- •Commemorative, Memorial, Monument
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Human Head Images, Portrait Heads, Faces
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Portrait Bust Sculpture
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Statue Sculpture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Europe
- •Italy Before World War I
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
- •Russia
Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •National Sculpture Society
- •Society of American Artists, New York
- •Tile Club, New York
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Art Students League of New York, Teacher
- •Cooper Union Art School, Cooper School of Design, Student
- •Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, Student
- •National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Anna and Frank Hall Collection, Sheldon Gallery, Lincoln
- •The Marshall Collection
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Civil War Artist and/or Photographer
- •Figure Specialty
- •Sculpture Specialty
- •Sherwood Studio Building, New York, Resident
- •Tenth Street Studio Building Resident, New York
Artist Colony
- •Cornish Art Colony, New Hampshire
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Centennial Exposition 1876, Philadelphia
- •Louisiana Purchase Expo, St. Louis World's Fair 1904
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
- •World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892-1893
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •National Sculpture Society-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts