The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-08-17
His Statue of Parnell Which is to be Placed
in the Irish Academy, Dublin, He Con-
sidered One of His Great Works.
And He Looked Forward to the Time When
It Would Take Its Place With Foley's
Statue of O'Connel1.

he completed a monument to Gen.
Sherman for New York city, with an
equestrian figure of the famous gen.
eral on prancing horse and god
dess of victory. 1t is said to be a
notable work.
Others are his statue of Charles
Stewart Parnell and the Logan statue
in Chicago. In New York his chief
works are the golden Diana on Madi-
son Square Garden and the seated Ag-
ure of Peter Cooper in the rear of
Cooper Union.
a very beautiful bas-relief, "The
Alteration of the Cross by Angels"
in st. Thomas Protestant Episcopal
Church, New York, and much work in
collaboration with La Fargo in Trinity
Church, Boston, testify to a religious
imagination in the sculptor, no doubt
derived from his Irish mother, who is
indeed commonly spoken of by those
| who knew of her as the source of his
artistic genius
This same character is shown to a
high degree in his noble work, the
monument to Robert Gould Shaw and
the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts, Regi-
ment of Negroes, facing the State
House on Boston Common mall, 4
strong and vivid alto relieve. full Of
the characteristics of vitality which
pertain to this form of sculpture,
which adds the freedom Of the round
to the pictural composition of the low
! relief. ....
The Boston Public Library was to
, have had some notable groups by him.
to be placed just outside of the en-
trance on either side on the immense
granite pedestals which stand there
These were we'll under way at the time
of his death.
The two lions at the head of the
grand staircase in the library were
modelled by st. Gaudens. Much of
the interior decoration of the library
was suggested by him.
He worked with John La Fargo on
! much of the interior decoration of
Trinity Church, Boston.
st. Gaudens was given the commits
sion for a statue to Phillips Brooks
which is to be placed in the triangle
in front of Trinity Church.
He did much other work and also
much in a consulting way with other
sculptors and architects.
Through a letter from President
Roosevelt, made public on Aug. 8, it
was learned that St. Gaudens designed
the new gold coins, eagle and double
eagle, which are now being completed.
These designs are probably the last
completed works that left the hands
Of the sculptor. ......
st. Gaudens was easily the foremost
of American sculptcrs. and the Amer
lean" may be emphasized without err
| ror, for his work was quite free from
French or Italian traits, and even
strikingly original to the country as
we'll as to his own genius.
He raised the standard of sculpture
in America to height little dreamed
Of 80 years ago and his influence dur
ing this period has been felt in nearly
every part Of the domain Of art in the
United States.
Though modest and retiring, he was
a power among the younger sculptors
Of the land especially, but also among
the painters, architects. noted literary
men and connoisseurs in general. No
such peculiar influence has ever been
welded by one man in this country.
To know him was to love and admire
him and to become convinced at a
glance that here truly was master.
He was among the first to catch the
awakening spirit Of art which was born
in this country about 40 years ago.
Not but that America had artists and
sculptors piror to that period. but they