Augustus St. Gaudens George Washington Inaugural Centennial Medal 1889 Bronze

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Augustus St. Gaudens George Washington Inaugural Centennial Medal 1889 Bronze:
$499.00

GEORGE WASHINGTON INAUGURAL CENTENNIAL MEDAL4 1/2 inches in diameter, gilt bronze patina1889GILT BRONZE MEDALINSCRIPTION: \"Avgvstvs Saint-Gaudens\" and \"Copyright by, Philip Martiny Modeller Designer\" and \"George Washington, Pater/Patriae/MDCCL/XXXIX, To Commemorate the Inauguration of George Washington as First President of the Untied States of America at New York/April XXX MDCCLXXXIX By the Authority of the Committee on Celebration New York April XXX/MDCCCLXXIX
About the Sculptor/Medalist: During the three decades of Augustus Saint-Gaudens\' remarkable career, he redirected and invigorated the course of American sculpture away from a worn-outNeoclassical aestheticto a lively, naturalistic style, while also ardently promoting the nationalistic concept of an American school of sculpture flourishing on American shores. An artist of exceptional talent, Saint-Gaudens was born in Dublin, Ireland, son of a French father and an Irish mother. When he was an infant, his family immigrated to New York, where his father established a successfulboot and shoeshop. In 1861, at age thirteen, Saint-Gaudens was apprenticed to Louis Avet, a Frenchstone cameocutter working in New York, and over the next three years gained a facile command of the medium. He next worked with another Frenchcameocutter, Jules Le Brethon, and supplemented this employment with formal studies at the Cooper Union and the National Academy of Design.