Louis Saint-Gaudens American sculptor and younger brother of Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Augustus Saint-Gaudens was the Irish-born American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation who most embodied the ideals of the "American Renaissance"...

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Born in New York City, he had his early training as a cameo cutter. In 1878 he and his brother moved to Paris where they shared a studio and attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts

École des Beaux-Arts

École des Beaux-Arts refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The most famous is the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, now located on the left bank in Paris, across the Seine from the Louvre, in the 6th arrondissement. The school has a history spanning more than 350 years,...

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Returning to America he settled in Flint, Ohio

Flint, Ohio

Flint is an unincorporated community in Sharon Township, Franklin County, Ohio, United States, located north of downtown Columbus near the intersection of Flint and Park Roads...

 from 1898 to 1900. There he met his future wife, sculptor Annetta Johnson Saint-Gaudens. On 1900 he relocated to Cornish, New Hampshire

Cornish, New Hampshire

Cornish is a town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,640 at the 2010 census. Cornish has three covered bridges. Each August, it is home to the Cornish Fair.-History:...

, a mile away from his brother' studio there.
For the rest of his life he both worked as his brother's assistant and pursued commissions of his own.

Work

• Lions inside Boston Public Library
  Boston Public Library
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• 6 statues for the facade of Union Station (Washington, D.C.)
  Union Station (Washington, D.C.)
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• figures on the facade of the St. Louis Art Museum building
• Homer
  Homer
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  . Library of Congress
  Library of Congress
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  , Washington D.C.