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Augustus Saint-Gaudens ( / ˌseɪntˈɡɔːdənz /; 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 training and ...
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia. Diana – also known as Diana of the Tower – is an iconic statue by sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, representing the goddess Diana. Once a major artistic feature of New York City, the second version stood atop the tower of Madison Square Garden from 1893 to 1925. Since 1932, it has been in the ...
The Puritan. (statue) Coordinates: 42.10306°N 72.58527°W. The Puritan. The Puritan is a bronze statue by sculptor Augustus St. Gaudens in Springfield, Massachusetts, which became so popular it was reproduced for over 20 other cities, museums, universities, and private collectors around the world, and later became an official symbol of the ...
November 8, 1964. The Adams Memorial is a grave marker for Marian Hooper Adams and Henry Adams located in Section E of Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. The memorial features a cast bronze allegorical sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (which he called The Mystery of the Hereafter and The Peace of God that Passeth Understanding, but which ...
The Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site was authorized by Congress on August 31, 1964, and established on May 30, 1977. Besides a portion of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, this is the only NPS site in New Hampshire. The NPS later acquired two adjacent properties associated with Saint-Gaudens and the Cornish Art Colony, which were ...
Statue of David Farragut. / 40.74277; -73.98767. Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, also known as the Admiral Farragut Monument, is an outdoor bronze statue of David Farragut by Augustus Saint-Gaudens on a stone sculptural exedra designed by the architect Stanford White, installed in Manhattan 's Madison Square, in the U.S. state of New York .
William Tecumseh Sherman, also known as the Sherman Memorial or Sherman Monument, [ 1 ][ 2 ] is a sculpture group honoring William Tecumseh Sherman, created by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and located at Grand Army Plaza in Manhattan, New York. Cast in 1902 and dedicated on May 30, 1903, the gilded-bronze monument consists of an equestrian statue of ...
0860[1] Grand Army Plaza(formerly Fifth Avenue Plazaand Central Park Plaza) is a public squareat the southeast corner of Central Parkin Manhattan, New York City, near the intersection of Fifth Avenueand Central Park South(59th Street). It consists of two rectangular plots on the west side of Fifth Avenue between 58th and 60th streets.