Saint-gaudens


augustus, 1848–1907, u.s. sculptor, born in ireland.
historical examples

we walked up a narrow spanish-looking street and there was a little shoe-store and on it the sign ‘saint-gaudens.’
mcclure’s magazine, vol. xxxi, no. 6, october, 1908 various

for the first few weeks in paris saint-gaudens was miserable.
mcclure’s magazine, vol. xxxi, no. 6, october, 1908 various

but great and true artists have yielded, occasionally or habitually, to these other two; saint-gaudens never does.
artist and public kenyon c-x

the merits of saint-gaudens’s work were fully recognized in his lifetime.
artist and public kenyon c-x

saint-gaudens used to reply at great length, but his letters were destroyed, according to directions left in his friend’s will.
mcclure’s magazine, vol. xxxi, no. 6, october, 1908 various

saint-gaudens afterward said that on the night of that arrival in rome he felt as if he were slaking a great thirst.
mcclure’s magazine, vol. xxxi, no. 6, october, 1908 various

something of this imaginative quality there is in almost everything saint-gaudens touched, even in his purely decorative figures.
artist and public kenyon c-x

saint-gaudens, however, could never be happy long away from his work, and he was soon writing from his studio again.
mcclure’s magazine, vol. xxxi, no. 6, october, 1908 various

saint-gaudens had always admired his work greatly, and treasured photographs of his pictures.
mcclure’s magazine, vol. xxxi, no. 6, october, 1908 various

saint-gaudens himself feared that he might be making a serious mistake.
mcclure’s magazine, vol. xxxi, no. 6, october, 1908 various

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