Louis Saint-Gaudens
Born	1854 (1854) New York City, U.S.
Died	1913 (1914) Cornish, New Hampshire, U.S.
Education	École des Beaux-Arts
Known for	Sculpture
Spouse	Annetta Johnson

Louis Saint-Gaudens (January 1, 1854 – March 8, 1913) was an Americansculptor of theBeaux-Arts generation. He was the brother of renowned sculptorAugustus Saint-Gaudens; Louis later changed the spelling of his name to St. Gaudens to differentiate himself from his well-known brother.

Saint-Gaudens was born inNew York City to aFrench-born father, Bernard Paul Ernest Saint-Gaudens, and anIrish-born mother, Mary McGuiness, Louis received his early training as a cameo cutter from his brother, who later assisted him in beginning his art studies inRome. In 1878, he and his brother Augustus moved toParis where they shared a studio and attended theÉcole des Beaux-Arts from 1879 to 1880.

In 1898, he returned to the United States, where he settled inFlint, Ohio, and met his future wife, sculptorAnnetta Johnson. Their son, Paul Saint-Gaudens, was a master potter who became known for his Orchard Kiln Pottery Works.

In 1900, the family relocated toCornish, New Hampshire, a mile away from Louis's brother's studio.^[1]

For the rest of his life, Louis Saint-Gaudens not only worked as his brother's assistant but also pursued commissions of his own. He sculpted major pieces for theBoston Central Library, theChurch of the Ascension and theBrearley School inNew York City,Washington Union Station inWashington, D.C., theAlexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House inNew York City,St. Louis Art Museum, theMetropolitan Museum of Art and New York Life Insurance Company Building in New York City.

He was a recipient of the Joseph Francis U.S. Congressional Medal and the Benjamin Franklin Centennial Medal in 1906.

Over 50 sculptures by Saint-Gaudens, considered his masterworks, were completed forWashington Union Station inWashington, D.C. He was a member of theNational Sculpture Society.

Louis Saint-Gaudens died of pneumonia, aged 59, inCornish, New Hampshire.His home and studio in Cornish, New Hampshire, a formerShaker Meetinghouse, were on the National Register of Historic Places until they were destroyed by fire in 1980.^[2]

• 1890 Eagle and nest of eaglets -New York Life Insurance Building inKansas City, Missouri
• 1891 Young St. John the Baptist - Font ofChurch of the Ascension
• 1894 Lions -Boston Central Library inBoston
• 1896 Statue of Homer - Main Reading Room,Library of Congress inWashington, D.C.
• 1902 Eagles and seal of the State of New York - Roswell P. Flower Monument, inWatertown, New York (withAugustus Saint-Gaudens)
• 1905 Holland Statue, Exterior ofAlexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House inNew York City
• 1905 Portugal Statue, Exterior ofAlexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House inNew York City
• 1908Joseph Francis Medal, United States Mint
• 1912The Progress of Railroading,Washington Union Station inWashington, D.C.
• 1914 Forty-six Roman Legionnaire Statues - Interior of Washington Union Station in Washington, D.C.

• "Art In American Churches",New York Times, January 20, 1895
• "Art Notes",New York Times, December 21, 1884
• "Louis St. Gaudens Dead",New York Times, March 13, 1913
• "Uncle Sam's Medal Factory",Washington Post, June 13, 1909
• Armstrong, Craven, et al.,200 Years of American Sculpture, Whitney Museum of Art, NYC, 1976
• Craven, Wayne,Sculpture in America, Thomas Y. Crowell Co, NY, NY 1968
• Goode, James M.,The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, DC, Smithsonian Press, Washington, DC, 1974
• Johnson, Louis,Early History of the Home & Studios of Louis and Annette St. Gaudens Published by John H. Dryfhout, Cornish, NH
• Saint-Gaudens, Augustus,The Reminiscences of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Edited and Amplified by Homer Saint-Gaudens, Published By The Century Co. New York, MCMXIII
• Taft, Lorado,The History of American Sculpture, MacMillan Co., New York, NY 1925
• Wilkinson, Burke, and David Finn, photographs,Uncommon Clay: The Life and Works of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, San Diego 1985
• The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris byDavid McCullough, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, May 2011

• Louis Saint-Gaudens Home, New Hampshire
• "LOUIS SAINT-GAUDENS DEAD.; Brother of the Famous Sculptor a Victim of Pneumonia".New York Times. March 10, 1913. Retrieved2008-08-07.
• Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Master Sculptor, exhibition catalog fully online as PDF from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on Louis Saint-Gaudens
• "Columbus taking possession of the New World" sculpture by Louis Saint-Gaudens and Mary Lawrence Tonetti at the east portal of the Administration Building - World's Columbian Exposition 1893 in Chicago, Ill.
• Benjamin Franklin Bicentennial Medal in Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

• 1854 births
• 1913 deaths
• Artists from New York City
• American people of French descent
• American people of Irish descent
• American architectural sculptors
• Deaths from pneumonia in New Hampshire
• American alumni of the École des Beaux-Arts
• Artists from New Hampshire
• 19th-century American sculptors
• 19th-century American male artists
• American male sculptors
• 20th-century American sculptors
• 20th-century American male artists
• Sculptors from New York (state)
• Artists of the Boston Public Library

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