Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04
ST, GAUDENS DEAD
IN NORTHERN HOME
Nations Foremost Sculptor Ac-
claimed Genius by World.
MASTERPIECE IN THIS CITY
Awe-Inspiring adams Memorial" in
Rock Creek Cemetery.
FOUNDED SCHOOL OF SCULPTURE
Tributes Of Appreciation From Wash
ingtonians Who Knew Him and
Studied Under Him.
Awe-1nspiring adams Memorial" in
Rock Creek Cemetery.
FOUNDED SCHOOL OF SCULPTURE

CORNISH, N. H, August 3.-Augustus
Saint Gaudens. LID. Lid. the sculptor
died at his home in Cornish at $50 O clock
this evening, after a long illness.
Death was due to a general breakdown of
the system. caused in part to a form Of
nervous dyspepsia, with which he had long
been troubled. Last year Mr.. Saint Gaudens
was operated upon for minor trouble, but.
although he was temporarily relieved. he
continued in poor health. The past month
his decline had been rapid Until the
first part of July he visited his studio
nearly every day. but. as he grew weaker
he had to be assisted to his work Since
the middle Of July he was obliged to remain
in bed.
Last Wednesday night his condition was
such that 1t was feared he would not live
until morning. He rallied, however. but
continued in weak state. For two DAYS
before his death he was unconscious the
greater part of the time, and his physicians
saw that it was but a question of hours be-
fore the end
Saint Gaudens' Career.
If that famous statue of Diana on the
tower of the Madison Square Garden in
New York should some day in needing
the gentle south wind, bend her arrow
halfway downward. it would point to the
spot on 23d street where her creator, Au-
gustus Saint Gaudens, spent twenty years of
his early life, and where he received the
inspiration that was to make him Americas
foremost sculptor.
Born in Dublin, Ireland March 1, 1s4s.
Of French father and an. Irish mother.
Saint Gaudens was brought to New York
when six months old. At the age of thir-
teen years he began work as a cameo cut
ter. He was given such schooling as his
father, a small shoe dealer on 4th avenue
near ODD street, could afford, but he supple-
mented his practice In the cameo shop by
taking night courses in the art school at
Cooper Union. Hard work landed him in
Paris in 1867, the exposition year. and there
| 1t became apparent to the young man that
his nfework must be that of a sculptor
| rather than that of cameo worker.
,, Beginning of His Fame
He began modelling at the Ecole des
Beaux Arts under Francois Jouffroy, and
after three years of constant application
went to Rome, where his first statue. that
OF Hiawatha, was created and the founda-
ton Of his fame was laid. 1t was Mont
gomery Gibbs OF New York. who first dis
closed the talents of Saint Gaudens to the
| world, when he brought back from Rome a
| plaster cast OF Hiawatha, and shortly after
| permitted former Gov. E. D. Morgan to
| have perpetuated in marble. Returning to
this country in 1887. Saint Gaudens almost
| Immediately received commission for a
portrait bust of William M. Evarts, then
| acting as a member OF the Geneva award
| commission. This attracted wide notice.
Orders followed plentifully and from that
| time until his death Saint Gaudens' fame
increased with the unwilling of every work
| The master hand and mind is best seen,
| artists declare, In the Lincoln statue In Chi
| caso, the Farragut, Sherman and Cooper