Augustus Saint-Gaudens -- Tombstone Tuesday

  Augustus Saint-Gaudens was cremated and is buried on his property.

If you would like to see more of his house (above), studio and fabulous gardens, please see my Blog, from earlier today at Home, Gardens and Studios of Augustus Saint- Gaudens.

Home, Gardens and Studio of Augustus Saint-Gaudens

View from the Studio of Augustus Saint-Gaudens in Cornish, New Hampshire, looking towards Mt. Ascutney in Vermont.

Side view of the house and side porch.

 

Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
 http://www.nps.gov/saga/index.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Gaudens_National_Historic_Site

 Front of the studio.

Outside the studio, above and below.

"Diana"in the Studio.

PBS Documentary - Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master of American Sculpture - The Diana (4.07 minute tape)

"The Puritan" Deacon Samuel Chapin

(the original is in Springfield, MA.)

Shaw Memorial (above), the original is in Boston.

Two small turtle fountains.

There is a 50 minute YouTube report about Augustus Saint-Gaudens, New Yorker, and His Metropolitan Museum Art, on view at the Met June 30-November 15, 2009. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC_P0jG6K8U