After Augustus Saint-Gaudens: his memorial exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.(sculptor)

From: The Magazine Antiques | Date: September 1, 2007| Author: Tolles, Thayer | Copyright information

This year marks the centenary of the death of the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens. His passing on August 3, 1907, at age fifty-nine, after a seven-year struggle with cancer, drew international notice. Lengthy obituaries in newspapers and journals universally labeled him the greatest sculptor in the history of American art and frequently invoked the word genius. Hundreds of condolence letters were sent to his widow, Augusta, and their son Homer (1880-1958), saluting the French-Irish ...

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