Saint-Gaudens

[seynt-gawd-nz]

noun

1. Augustus, 1848–1907, U.S. sculptor, born in Ireland.

Example Sentences

Several of these artists were students of the great 19th century Beaux-Arts sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, who was a generation older.

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Secularism permeates the nation’s liberal founding documents — the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights — even as the history of Saint-Gaudens’ statue of my pious ancestor demonstrates the idealistic tenacity of religious faith.

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Saint-Gaudens’ imposing, full-length bronze figure, soon nicknamed “The Puritan,” was an immediate sensation.

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At his Paris studio, Saint-Gaudens began pumping out scaled-down versions, each about 2½ feet tall and in a choice of different bronze patinas — black, green, golden brown — to meet customer demand.

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For the 250th anniversary of Springfield’s founding, Saint-Gaudens was commissioned to create a monument — not to Pynchon, but to Chapin.

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