Augustus saintgaudens 18481907 was the preeminent sculptor of the gilded age of american art. Robert gould shaw and the famed massachusetts 54th regiment of african american volunteers. It was stanford white with saintgaudens, that great sculptor, whose work dignifies nearly all the great cities in america, who had most to do with the exhibition buildings of the worlds fair in chicago in 1893. Augustus saintgaudens in his paris studio in 1898 with the cast for his statue, the puritan, behind him.
The park is open daily from memorial day weekend through the end of october and exhibits more than 100 of saintgaudens works. Bond, who wrote the book augustus saintgaudens, the man and his art, mentioned that a client of his father was impressed by a drawing made by augustus in. There are only three factual pieces of information about davida. He had an intense creative energy that drove him to produce many drawings as a child and to attend night classes at cooper union while in his teens. Saintgaudens began with a clay study of a nude two feet high. This is the most complete compendium ever attempted of the life and work of augustus stgaudens. The museums collection fully represents the range of his oeuvrefrom early cameos to innovative painterly basreliefs to reductions after public. The reminiscences of augustus saintgaudens 2 volumes. He worked for forbes magazine and for push pin studio. Augustus saintgaudens created his original diana as an eighteenfoottall wind vane that was mounted atop the tower at madison square garden in new york city. As an advocate of new ideas and a new approach to sculpture, saintgaudens played a preeminent role in developing americas cultural life and revitalizing the art of sculpture in the modern age. One of the bestknown sculptors of the period, he was known for his large and robust compositions. The reminiscences of augustus saintgaudens by augustus saintgaudens author isbn. Augustus saintgaudens project gutenberg selfpublishing.
The project gutenberg ebook of mcclures magazine, vol. In 1962, john alcorn designed and illustrated books, a book. The shaw memorial saintgaudens national historical park. The metropolitan museum of art owns some 50 sculptures by augustus saintgaudens 18481907, the american beauxarts sculptor who worked in new york, paris, and cornish, new hampshire. Augustus saintgaudens at the metropolitan museum of art.
This enchanting design was created by the celebrated sculptor augustus saintgaudens and his name has since. Augustus saintgaudens was born in dublin, ireland, on march 1, 1848, and taken to america as an infant. He returned to this design, which he described as one of the things i care for most that i have done, to produce the last and. The life and works of augustus saint gaudens by burke wilkinson. American renaissance, aestheticism, modern art, neoclassicism, classicism, tile club. Through the whole slow, drawnout process, the great volume of clay had to. This book required a considerable amount of research, which was possible due to extensive papers, books, and authorities on the subject of augustus saint gaudens. Saintgaudens had an early interest in art and worked as an apprentice to a cameocutter in 1861. Around the same time he also started taking evening art classes at the cooper union in new york city. John davis batchelder collection library of congress publisher. He worked in rome 187072 and 187375 and in the united states. The life and works of augustus saint gaudens by burke. John dryfhout has assembled over 500 illustrations depicting the cameos, sculptures, basreliefs, bronzes, coins, and medals forming the saintgaudens oeuvre, as well as scenes of the artists life and studio in cornish, new hampshire.
The sculpture of augustus saintgaudens 18481907, called the american michelangelo, has often been compared to the magnificent works of the renaissance. Arguably the greatest american sculptor, augustus saint gaudens 18481907 left a rich legacy of artwork including public monuments such as the adams memorial in washington, d. Among the greatest american sculptors and monument builders of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was augustus saintgaudens. Augustus saintgaudenss masterful statues allow americans to come face to face with lincoln, sherman, and other legendary figures as they stroll through city parks. John dryfhout has assembled over 500 illustrations depicting the cameos, sculptures, basreliefs, bronzes, coins, and medals forming the saint gaudens oeuvre, as well as scenes of the artists life and studio in cornish, new hampshire. He was not considered to be a young talent though, although john w. The statues design was originally offered to augustus saintgaudens who designed statues for. Augustus saint gaudens high relief high relief saint. Saintgaudens family moved to new york when he was six months old. Mar 1, 2020 augustus saintgaudens was an american sculptor of the beauxarts generation who embodied the ideals of the american renaissance. The commission of a fountain to honor denver pioneers was the catalyst to begin planning of civic center. Augustus saintgaudens was an american sculptor of the beauxarts generation who embodied the ideals of the american renaissance.
This text is part of parks historical signs project and can be found posted within the park. Augustus saintgaudens in the metropolitan museum of art. The sculptor who brought dead civil war heroes to life. On one side a portrait of the elderly, bearded bryant is bracketed on the left by bryant and his father looking at a. Shaw memorial, final version, saintgaudens national historical park. The reminiscences of augustus saintgaudens augustus. The subtitle of an exhibition opening this weekend at the saintgaudens national historical park in cornish says it all. It also took him the longest sculpture to complete. Augustus saintgaudens about augustus saintgaudens pbs.
Thompson taken especially for the bookaugustus saintgaudens. But lincoln knew not to push too hard, so as to avoid war, as almost occurred during the trent affair. This barcode number lets you verify that youre getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. The family immigrated to the united states when saint gaudens was only 6 months old and he would be raised in new york city. Once the home of sculptor augustus saintgaudens, this beautiful home and garden is now open to the public for free concerts and picnics. Saintgaudens typically signed his own work in bronze no less with a hyphen. Augustus saintgaudens, born march 1, 1848, dublin, irelanddied aug. The multitalented rose nichols and her two sisters, marian and margaret, were heavily influenced in their artistic endeavors by their famous uncle, augustus saintgaudens. March 1, 1848 august 3, 1907 was an american sculptor of the beauxarts generation who most embodied the ideals of the american renaissance. Raised in new york city, he traveled to europe for further training and artistic study. During the three decades of augustus saintgaudens remarkable career, he redirected and invigorated the course of american sculpture away from a wornout neoclassical aesthetic to a lively, naturalistic style, while also ardently promoting the nationalistic concept of an american school of sculpture flourishing on american shores. Augustus saint gaudenss bronze statue of abraham lincoln towers over passersby in. Augustus saintgaudens augustus saintgaudens 18481907, the leading american sculptor of the late 19th century, is best known for his bronze historical memorials. March 1, 1848 august 3, 1907 was an american sculptor of the beauxarts generation who embodied the ideals of the american renaissance.
Augustus saintgaudens, new yorker, and his metropolitan. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Augustus saintgaudens american, born ireland, 1848 1907. Saintgaudens studied at the national academy of design in new york from 1864 to 1866 and the ecole des beauxarts in paris from 1867 to 1870. The reminiscences of augustus saintgaudens volume 2 for. Augustus saintgaudens dublin, march 1, 1848 cornish, new hampshire, august 3, 1907, was the irishborn american sculptor of the beauxarts generation who most embodied the ideals of the american renaissance. Saintgaudens, augustus, 18481907 criticism and interpretation. At the age of he was apprenticed to a cameo cutter, and he later attended classes at cooper union and the national academy of. Sculptor augustus saintgaudens was born on march 1, 1848, in dublin, ireland. Given the figures notoriety, saintgaudens saw financial advantage in issuing statuettes of the work. The book is based on the extraordinary collection of phillip h.
After he returned to new york, he achieved major critical success for his monuments commemorating heroes. He was born on march 1, 1848 in dublin, ireland to a french father and irish mother. Augustus saint gaudens is known for designing one of the most iconic us coins in history. Stanford white was one of the best of these splendid architects. Saintgaudens national historic site cornish 2020 all. Augustus saintgaudens american sculptor britannica. Augustus saintgaudens smithsonian american art museum. The nichols family kept a home in cornish, new hampshire, where they would. The ten and twenty dollar gold pieces designed by augustus saintgaudens are. Married to their mother elizabeths sister, augusta, roses uncle gus was the most renowned sculptor of his day. Curator thayer tolles, organizer of the exhibition augustus saintgaudens in the metropolitan museum of art, discusses the centenary of saintgaudenss death, including the commemorative. This is the most complete compendium ever attempted of the life and work of augustus st gaudens. The reminiscences of augustus saintgaudens, volume 2 the reminiscences of augustus saintgaudens, homer saintgaudens.
Installed in october 1891, diana drew attention as the most conspicuous nude in late nineteenthcentury american art. The shaw memorial remains one of sculptor augustus saintgaudens most stirring and celebrated masterpieces and is considered by some to be americas greatest public monument. Augustus saintgaudens plaque of stevenson became one of his most popular works, first modeled in 1887, with copies of it selling well after saintgaudens death in 1907. Augustus grew up like an ordinary child in new york at the time, but gradually he started to obtain an interest in art.
Augustus saintgaudens, the leading american sculptor of the late 19th century, is best known for his bronze historical memorials augustus saintgaudens was born in dublin, ireland, on march 1, 1848, and taken to america as an infant. As the wife of augustus saintgaudens, now widely recognized as the. The coinage of augustus saintgaudens is an issuebyissue examination of these two. David glasgow farragut bronze statue by augustus saint. The obverse, or front, mirrors the 1907 augustus saintgaudens design of lady liberty, while the reverse, or back, features the famed eagle design by miley busiek. Augustus saintgaudens moved with his family from ireland to the united states when he was six months old. Augustus saintgaudens biography, birth date, birth place. Master sculptor presents in dazzling array accounts of works described by john k. Two decades later, during the great war, poet carl sandburg would walk lincoln park. Three years earlier saint gaudens had completed amor caritas charity, or love, a lifesize bronze figure of an angel holding a tablet, for the french state collections now housed in the musee dorsay, paris.