Artist

Augustus Saint-Gaudens

born Dublin, Ireland 1848-died Cornish, NH 1907
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1904, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0021709
Born
Dublin, Ireland
Died
Cornish, New Hampshire, United States
Active in
  • New York, New York, United States
  • Paris, France
  • Rome, Italy
Biography

Sculptor who combined naturalism and monumentality in his works and was one of the best-known and influential sculptors of his day. Powerful in its restraint, his most distinctive piece, the Adams Memorial (1886–91), is a seated, draped, brooding figure. [SAAM 1970.11]

Joan Stahl American Artists in Photographic Portraits from the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection (Washington, D.C. and Mineola, New York: National Museum of American Art and Dover Publications, Inc., 1995)

Works by this artist (18 items)

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, The Puritan, ca. 1899, bronze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Samuel D. Chapin Family, 2001.21
The Puritan
Dateca. 1899
bronze
On view
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Francis Davis Millet, modeled 1879, relief/metal: bronze/electrotype, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Ernst G. Fisher, 1935.7.1
Francis Davis Millet
Datemodeled 1879
relief/metal: bronze/electrotype
On view
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Charles Cotesworth Beaman, modeled 1894, bronze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Charles C. Beaman, 1969.176
Charles Cotesworth Beaman
Datemodeled 1894
bronze
On view

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