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Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park in Cornish, New Hampshire, preserves the home, gardens, and studios of Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907), one of America's foremost sculptors. The house and grounds of the National Historic Site served as his summer residence from 1885 to 1897, his permanent home from 1900 until his death in 1907, and ...
Studio at the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site. The Cornish Art Colony (or Cornish Artists’ Colony, or Cornish Colony) was a popular art colony centered in Cornish, New Hampshire, from about 1895 through the years of World War I. Attracted by the natural beauty of the area, about 100 artists, sculptors, writers, designers, and politicians ...
One site, the Augustus Saint-Gaudens Memorial, is categorized as a National Historical Park. The National Historic Landmark program is operated in the United States under the auspices of the National Park Service , and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources nationwide according to a list of criteria of national ...
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (/ ˌ s eɪ n t ˈ ɡ ɔː d ə n z /; March 1, 1848 – August 3, 1907) was an Irish and American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation who embodied the ideals of the American Renaissance. [2] Saint-Gaudens was born in Dublin to an Irish-French family, and raised in New York City. He traveled to Europe for further ...
Louis St. Gaudens (1854–1913), significant American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation; brother of renowned sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens; Louis later changed the spelling of his name to St. Gaudens to differentiate himself from his well-known brother; J. D. Salinger (1919–2010), writer, best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the ...
Replicas of the statue stand at Lincoln Tomb in Springfield, Illinois, Parque Lincoln in Mexico City, Parliament Square in London, and at the Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park in Cornish, New Hampshire. [2] [8] [9] [10] The Parliament Square statue was given to the United Kingdom in July 1920.
Restored plaster cast at the National Gallery of Art. A plaster cast, which was exhibited at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition, is displayed at the National Gallery of Art, [13] on loan by the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, New Hampshire. [14]
In addition to Saint-Gaudens' portrayals of Anderson at the Sherman Monument and on $20 gold coins, reduced-size bronze versions of Victory belong to institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art (no. 17.90.1), Toledo Museum of Art (no. 1986.34), Carnegie Museum of Art (19.5.2), Arlington National Cemetery, and Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park in Cornish, New Hampshire.