Saint-Gaudens, Augustus
Title
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus
Cornish Dates
1885 to 1907
Accompanied By
Cornish Residence(s)
Invited By
Invited With
Birth
1 Mar 1848
Dublin, Ireland
Dublin, Ireland
Death
3 Aug 1907
Cornish, New Hampshire
Cornish, New Hampshire
Non-Cornish Residence
New York, New York
Relations
Augusta Homer Saint-Gaudens (wife)
Homer Saint-Gaudens (son)
Louis St. Gaudens (brother)
Annetta Johnson St. Gaudens (sister-in-law)
Carlota Dolley Saint-Gaudens (daughter-in-law)
Paul St. Gaudens (nephew)
Augustus Saint-Gaudens Jr (grandson)
Calota Saint-Gaudens (granddaughter)
Harold Saint-Gaudens (grandson)
Homer Saint-Gaudens (son)
Louis St. Gaudens (brother)
Annetta Johnson St. Gaudens (sister-in-law)
Carlota Dolley Saint-Gaudens (daughter-in-law)
Paul St. Gaudens (nephew)
Augustus Saint-Gaudens Jr (grandson)
Calota Saint-Gaudens (granddaughter)
Harold Saint-Gaudens (grandson)
Profession
Sculptor
Painter
Painter
Location Studied
Cooper Union
École des Beaux-Arts
National Academy of Design
Petite École
École des Beaux-Arts
National Academy of Design
Petite École
Studied Under
François Jouffroy
Affiliations
Society of American Artists
American Academy in Rome
National Academy of Arts and Letters
National Academy of Design
National Sculpture Society
Columbian Exposition (Chicago, 1893)
American Academy in Rome
National Academy of Arts and Letters
National Academy of Design
National Sculpture Society
Columbian Exposition (Chicago, 1893)
Awards
Special award, Pan-American Exposition (Buffalo, 1901)
Grand Prize, Exposition Universelle (Paris, 1900)
Correspondent of the Institute of France (1901)
Légion d'honneur (France, 1901)
Grand Prize, Exposition Universelle (Paris, 1900)
Correspondent of the Institute of France (1901)
Légion d'honneur (France, 1901)
Masque of Ours
Honoree
Sources
Augustus Saint-Gaudens papers, ML-4, Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH.
Colby, Virginia Reed and James B. Atkinson, Footprints of the Past: Images of Cornish, New Hampshire & the Cornish Colony (Cornish NH: Cornish Historical Society, 2010), 352-366.
Greenthal, Kathryn, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Master Sculptor, exhibition catalogue (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985).
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus and Homer Saint-Gaudens, The Reminiscences of Augustus Saint-Gaudens (New York: Century Company, 1913).
Tolles, Thayer, “Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907),” in Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000).
University Art Galleries, University of New Hampshire, A Circle of Friends: Art Colonies of Cornish and Dublin (Dublin NH: University of New Hampshire, 1985), 107-111.
Wilkinson, Burke, Uncommon Clay: The Life and Works of Augustus Saint Gaudens (San Diego CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985).
Augustus Saint-Gaudens - Wikipedia
Colby, Virginia Reed and James B. Atkinson, Footprints of the Past: Images of Cornish, New Hampshire & the Cornish Colony (Cornish NH: Cornish Historical Society, 2010), 352-366.
Greenthal, Kathryn, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Master Sculptor, exhibition catalogue (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985).
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus and Homer Saint-Gaudens, The Reminiscences of Augustus Saint-Gaudens (New York: Century Company, 1913).
Tolles, Thayer, “Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907),” in Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000).
University Art Galleries, University of New Hampshire, A Circle of Friends: Art Colonies of Cornish and Dublin (Dublin NH: University of New Hampshire, 1985), 107-111.
Wilkinson, Burke, Uncommon Clay: The Life and Works of Augustus Saint Gaudens (San Diego CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985).
Augustus Saint-Gaudens - Wikipedia
Citation
“Saint-Gaudens, Augustus,” The Cornish Colony Compendium, accessed October 9, 2026, https://cornishcolony.org/items/show/543.