Augustus Saint-Gaudens

American, born Ireland, 1848 - 1907

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American artist (1848–1907)

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Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Adolph Alexander Weinman, Henri Weil, Tiffany Studios, Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Medal [reverse], 1905, bronze, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Corcoran Thom), 2015.19.3752.b

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Medal [reverse]

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Adolph Alexander Weinman, Henri Weil, Tiffany Studios · 1905 · bronze ·  Accession ID  2015.19.3752.b

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, "Double Eagle" Twenty Dollar Gold Piece [obverse], model 1905-1907, struck 1907, gold alloy, Gift of John Wilmerding, 2008.100.1.a

"Double Eagle" Twenty Dollar Gold Piece [obverse]

Augustus Saint-Gaudens · model 1905-1907, struck 1907 · gold alloy ·  Accession ID  2008.100.1.a

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, "Double Eagle" Twenty Dollar Gold Piece [reverse], model 1905-1907, struck 1907, gold alloy, Gift of John Wilmerding, 2008.100.1.b

"Double Eagle" Twenty Dollar Gold Piece [reverse]

Augustus Saint-Gaudens · model 1905-1907, struck 1907 · gold alloy ·  Accession ID  2008.100.1.b

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Adolph Alexander Weinman, Henri Weil, Tiffany Studios, Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Medal [obverse], 1905, bronze, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Corcoran Thom), 2015.19.3752.a

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Medal [obverse]

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Adolph Alexander Weinman, Henri Weil, Tiffany Studios · 1905 · bronze ·  Accession ID  2015.19.3752.a

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Wayne and Virginia C. MacVeagh

Augustus Saint-Gaudens · model 1902-1903, cast 1906 · bronze ·  Accession ID  2014.136.251

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Dr. David Jayne Hill, 1901, marble, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dr. Hill), 2015.19.3629

Dr. David Jayne Hill

Augustus Saint-Gaudens · 1901 · marble ·  Accession ID  2015.19.3629

A white man in military uniform rides a horse in front of a regiment of five rows of Black troops in this sculpture, which is painted entirely in gold. The artist created a shallow, stage-like space with an arched top so the men are sculpted in three dimensions, though they become more compressed as they move back in space. The men and horse face our right in profile in this view. The man on the horse has a pointed, straight nose and a goatee. He wears a cap with a flat top and narrow brim, a knee-length coat, gloves, and knee-high boots with spurs. He holds a thin sword down by the side of the horse with his right hand and holds the reins of the horse with his left. The horse’s head is pulled upward by the short reins, and its mouth is open around the bit. About twenty soldiers are lined up in rows beyond the horse, and they march in unison. They carry blankets rolled atop knapsacks, canteens, and rifles resting on their right shoulders. However, the details of how their uniforms bunch up around their equipment and the way their caps have been molded and fit is unique to each person. Their ages also vary from young and cleanshaven to bearded, older men. Two men carry furled flags near the back, to our left, and a drummer boy plays at the head of the regiment, to our right. All the men look straight ahead, their lips closed. A woman in a billowing robe floats above them under the arched top of the sculpture with her eyes closed. Her left arm is outstretched, and she holds a laurel branch and poppies close to her body with her right arm. An inscription in the upper right corner is created with raised capital letters: “OMNIA RELINQVIT SERVARE REMPVBLICAM.” A longer inscription is carved into the base along the bottom edge of the memorial, also in all caps: “ROBERT GOVLD SHAW KILLED WHILE LEADING THE ASSVLT ON FORT WAGNER JVLY TWENTY THIRD EIGHTEEN HVNDRED AND SIXTY THREE.” The artist’s signature is inscribed In the lower right corner, in smaller letters: “AVGVTVS SAINT GAVDEN M-D-C-C-C-L X X X X V I I I.”
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, The Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial, 1900, patinated plaster, U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, New Hampshire, X.15233

The Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial

Augustus Saint-Gaudens · 1900 · patinated plaster ·  Accession ID  X.15233

Cast in bronze, this free-standing sculpture shows a slender, young, nude woman balanced on the toes of one foot on a globe as she pulls back an arrow in a bow. The smooth, dark brown bronze surface is touched with hints of honey gold where light catches it, as on her chest and along her outstretched leg. In this photograph, her body is angled to our right, and she turns her head so we see her profile facing our right. She balances on the ball of her left foot, farther from us, as she lifts her nearly straight right leg up behind her. Her left arm extends straight, holding the bow. With her other hand, she pulls the long arrow and bowstring back to nearly touch her right shoulder, so the arms of the bow are almost parallel. Her wavy hair is pulled up in a bun on the crown of her head. She has a long, straight nose, and her lips are closed. The ball on which she stands balances on a rectangular, slightly flaring plinth, which is about half the height of the woman. The bottom corners of the plinth nestle between the wings of two sphinx-like creatures with animal faces, horns, wide, lion-like paws, and wings. Below a row of three stylized rosettes near the top edge of the plinth, the cast inscription reads, “DIANA OF THE TOWER.”
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Diana of the Tower, model 1892/1893, cast 1899, bronze, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, 1975.12.1

Diana of the Tower

Augustus Saint-Gaudens · model 1892/1893, cast 1899 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1975.12.1

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Philip Martiny, Gorham Manufacturing Company, George Washington Inaugural Centennial Medal [obverse], 1889, bronze, Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Gorham Manufacturing Company), 2015.19.3895.a

George Washington Inaugural Centennial Medal [obverse]

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Philip Martiny, Gorham Manufacturing Company · 1889 · bronze ·  Accession ID  2015.19.3895.a

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Philip Martiny, Gorham Manufacturing Company, George Washington Inaugural Centennial Medal [reverse], 1889, bronze, Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Gorham Manufacturing Company), 2015.19.3896.b

George Washington Inaugural Centennial Medal [reverse]

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Philip Martiny, Gorham Manufacturing Company · 1889 · bronze ·  Accession ID  2015.19.3896.b

Bibliography

1913

  • Saint-Gaudens, Homer, ed. The Reminiscences of Augustus Saint-Gaudens. 2 vols. New York, 1913 (reissued with an introduction by H. Barbara Weinberg, New York, 1976).

1969

  • Dryfhout, John H., and Beverly Cox. Augustus Saint-Gaudens. The Portrait Reliefs. Exh. cat. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. New York, 1969.

  • Tharp, Louise H. Saint-Gaudens and the Gilded Era. Boston, 1969.

1982

  • Dryfhout, John. The Work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Hanover and London, 1982.

1985

  • Greenthal, Kathryn. Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Master Sculptor. Exh. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1985.

  • Wilkinson, Burke. Uncommon Clay. The Life and Works of Augustus Saint-Gaudens. San Diego, 1985.

1996

  • "Augustus Saint-Gaudens." In The Dictionary of Art. Edited by Jane Turner. 34 vols. New York and London, 1996:27:556-558.

1999

  • Augustus Saint-Gaudens 1848-1907: A Master of American Sculpture. Exh. cat. Musée des Augustins, Toulouse; Musée national de la coopération franco-américaine, Château de Blérancourt. Paris, 1999.

2000

  • Butler, Ruth, and Suzanne Glover Lindsay, with Alison Luchs, Douglas Lewis, Cynthia J. Mills, and Jeffrey Weidman. European Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 453-454.