Augustus Saint-Gaudens:
Irish-born American Realist Sculptor, 1848-1907, He was the Irish-born American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts 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, and then returned to major critical success in the design of monuments commemorating heroes of the American Civil War, many of which still stand. In addition to his famous works such as the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial on Boston Common and the outstanding grand equestrian monuments to Civil War generals John A. Logan, atop a tumulus in Chicago, 1894-97 . Related Artists to Augustus Saint-Gaudens : |
Paulus Bor |
Henri Lucien Doucet |
Mirza Ali |
Johan Carl Neumann |
John Bettes the Elder |
