Jan 2, 2010
Article abstract: Saint-Gaudens’ memorial statues of America’s greatest men and women are generally regarded as among the most beautiful and inspired examples of late nineteenth century artistic realism.
Augustus Saint-Gaudens was born March 1, 1848, in Dublin, Ireland. His father was Bernard Paul Ernest Saint-Gaudens, formerly of the village of Aspet in southern France, a shoemaker who emigrated to London and then Dublin. It was in the latter city that he met and married Mary McGuiness, a handcrafter of slippers formerly from Bally Mahon,...
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