Augustus Saint-Gaudens: References & Edit History

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John H. Dryfhout and Beverly Cox, Augustus Saint-Gaudens: The Portrait Reliefs (1969) focuses on the part of the artist’s oeuvre that won him popular support among patrons. For the most comprehensive catalogue raisonné of Saint-Gaudens’s artistic career, see John H. Dryfhout, The Work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1982). Kathryn Greenthal, Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master Sculptor (1985) is a critical study of the sculptor’s work, prepared for an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. For a richly illustrated biography of Saint-Gaudens’s life and career, see Burke Wilkinson, Uncommon Clay: The Life and Works of Augustus Saint Gaudens (1985, reissued as The Life and Works of Augustus Saint Gaudens, 1992).

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Anniversary information added. Feb 25, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jul 30, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Apr 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Smithsonian American Art Museum - Biography of Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Apr 26, 2019
Add new Web site: Henry Morrison Flager Museum - Biography of Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Apr 26, 2019
Add new Web site: National Gallery of Art, Washington - Biography of Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Apr 26, 2019
Added image of Augustus Saint-Gaudens's sculpture Diana of the Tower (1895). Sep 30, 2010
Added new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Aug 07, 2008
Article revised. Sep 14, 2001
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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