45 pieces by Saint-Gaudens, 1848-1907, will be presented at The Met beginning June 30, 2009. Born in Dublin, Ireland, he moved to the U.S. as a child and apprenticed in New York City. He is credited with steering American sculpture away from the usual classical subjects of the time to a more natural, dynamic style. (Saint-Gaudens made everyday things, like a mantelpiece, beautiful)
Augustus Saint-Gaudens * 6/30/09 – 11/19/09
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave and 86 Street, NYC
Images:
Vanderbilt Mantelpiece, 1883 (marble, oak and cast iron)
Davida Johnson Clark, 1886 (Plaster and shellac)