Homer Schiff Saint-Gaudens
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Modeled 1882, cast c. 1907
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
19.4 × 10.2 × 0.6 cm (7 5/8 × 4 × 1/4 in.)
Classification
sculpture
Department
Arts of the Americas
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
259616
About the Artist
Augustus Saint-Gaudens · 1848–1907
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907) was an Irish-born American sculptor widely regarded as the greatest American sculptor of the nineteenth century. Born in Dublin to a French father and Irish mother, he was brought to New York City as an infant. He trained as a cameo cutter, studied at the Cooper Union and the National Academy of Design, and then traveled to Paris, where he studied at the École de...