SAINT-GAUDENS EXHIBIT VISITS ALLENTOWN, PA Publique Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 6, Number 51, November 30, 2003, Article 11
SAINT-GAUDENS EXHIBIT VISITS ALLENTOWN, PA
A professional artist like Augustus Saint-Gaudens is perhaps
what the Mint is hoping to lure this time. David Gladfelter
reports that "The Allentown (PA) Art Museum is showing
"Augustus Saint-Gaudens:Master of American Sculpture"
through January 18. For info go to www.allentownartmuseum.org
For a review go to www.philly.com/mld/inquirer search
"articles last 7 days" for "sozanski".[An excerpt from the review follows:
"His influence extended even to coinage. The $20 gold
piece he designed, a commission from President Theodore
Roosevelt, is properly described as the most beautiful
American coin ever minted.""Saint-Gaudens was a lot more than a designer of monuments.
He was a prolific and equally imaginative portraitist who
favored bronze reliefs of the kind found on coins and medals.
He executed many of these as plaques, whose delicate lines
and poetic spirit have become his trademark.A sculptor of such versatility who worked so much in the
public sphere isn't easy to define through a museum
exhibition. However, the Saint-Gaudens survey in Allentown
does so magnificently."[So, here's another QUIZ QUESTION: how much was
Saint-Gaudens paid for his work on U.S. coinage designs?
How much would that be in 2003 dollars? -Editor]- 2003-11-30
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