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Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Augustus Saint-Gaudens

1848–1907
WA-00013985
SculptureRenaissance
Representation
None documented
2
Institutional Exhibitions
80
Works in Collection
92
Assets Indexed
5
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (1)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Three Centuries of American Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1938
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American Painting and Sculpture, 1862�1932
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1932–1933

Field Verification (4 fields)

3 cross-verified · 1 single-source
  • Birth yearArtsy + Duplicate Merge· 85%✓
  • Death yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
  • Primary mediumDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
  • NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (1)

  • Artist Index
    Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%
About

Why this artist matters now

Augustus Saint-Gaudens was an Irish sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation who embodied the ideals of the American Renaissance. 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 artistic study. After he returned to New York City, he achieved major critical success for his monuments commemorating heroes of the American Civil War, many of which still stand. Saint-Gaudens created works such as the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial on Boston Common, Abraham Lincoln: The Man, and grand equestrian monuments to Civil War generals: General John Logan Memorial in Chicago's Grant Park and William Tecumseh Sherman at the corner of New York's Central Park. In addition, he created the popular historicist representation of The Puritan.

Source: Artist Index · Trust score: 35% · Updated 2mo ago

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement
Renaissance
Medium
Sculpture
Related Artists
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Institutional

Museum Collections

Canonical record

Artworks (80)

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Artwork sources (5)

80 published of 80 catalogued · 35 with image
  • The Met
    45 published
  • Smithsonian
    15 published15 img
  • Art Institute Chicago
    11 published11 img
  • Nga
    8 published8 img
  • Tate
    1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources
  • Robert Louis Stevenson
    1887 · Tate · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Record

Images

12 assets
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1897)
Smithsonian Institution
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1897)
Smithsonian Institution
Diana (modeled 1899)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Amor Caritas (modeled 1898, cast after 1898)
Cleveland Museum of Art
World's Columbian Exposition Commemorative Medal (1892–93)
Art Institute of Chicago
Bust from the Adams Memorial (Modeled 1892–93, cast 1912)
Art Institute of Chicago
Artsy artwork: Young Emperor Augustus (ca. 1872)
Artsy
Artsy artwork: Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1898)
Artsy
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Relationships

6
Movements1
Renaissance
Collections5
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtSmithsonian American Art MuseumArt Institute of ChicagoNational Gallery of ArtTate
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Representation & Collections

In collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In collection
Smithsonian American Art Museum
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
In collection
National Gallery of Art
In collection
Tate
Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group ExhibitionThree Centuries of American Art
New York · 1938
Group ExhibitionAmerican Painting and Sculpture, 1862�1932
New York · 1932