Background
Gaudens, Augustus Saint was born on March 1, 1848 in Dublin, Ireland. Son of Bernard Paul Ernest S.
Gaudens, Augustus Saint was born on March 1, 1848 in Dublin, Ireland. Son of Bernard Paul Ernest S.
Came to the United States in infancy. Learned trade of cameo-cutter. Studied drawing at Cooper Institute, 1861.
Student at National Academy Design, 1865-1866.
(honorary Doctor of Laws, Harvard. Doctor of Humane Letters, Princeton).
At École des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1867-1870.
In Rome, 1870-1872, producing there, 1871, his 1st figure, “Hiawatha”. Settled in New York, 1872. Among his works are “Adoration of the Cross” (in Saint Thomas Church, New York), “The Puritan,” “Diana” (on tower of Madison Square Garden, New York).
Statues of Abraham Lincoln and John A. Logan, Chicago.
Admiral Farragut, New New York Peter Cooper, New New York
Colonel R. G. Shaw, Boston. Monument to General Sherman, New New York Corresponding member Institute of France.
Officer of the Legion of Honor.
Received medal of honor, Paris, 1900. Special medal of honor, Buffalo, 1901. Home: Windsor, Vermont
Member Institute of France.
Married Augusta F. Homer, 1877.