Sculptor. Born Dublin to a French father and Irish mother. The family emigrated to New York when Augustus was a baby. Studied in America and Europe. Very successful as a monumental sculptor and for his numismatic work (coins). Died at his home in Cornish, New Hampshire where there is now the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site.
Valley News reports that a 6th version of the Lincoln statue is to be erected at Cornish in June 2016.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Copy of the statue in Lincoln Park, Chicago (other copies being in Mexico Cit...
Born London but brought up in Dublin. Very successful and prolific sculptor but he was a difficult man with "evil habits" (which seem to have been mainly liquid) and never achieved membership of t...
Sculptor. Born Solihull. Committed socialist and campaigner. His work celebrates the heroes of liberation. The picture source web site splendidly shows many of his works and provides context fo...
Born Gloucestershire. A prolific Victorian sculptor. The splendid Speel gives this list of other works in London: pediment of Paddington Station Great Western Hotel; decorative work on the piers o...
