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Augustus Saint-Gaudens in His Studio, 1905 Photograph, 8 × 10 in Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC Augustus Saint-Gaudens in His Studio, 1905 Photograph, 8 × 10 in Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Augustus Saint-Gaudens

On February 23, 2026 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, march 1

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, March 1, 1848–August 3, 1907, was an Irish- and American-born sculptor who became one of the leading figures in late nineteenth-century American art. Born in Dublin and raised in New York, he trained as a cameo cutter before studying art in Paris and Rome, where he absorbed both classical and Renaissance models that shaped his mature style.

After returning to the United States, Saint-Gaudens built a distinguished career as a sculptor of public monuments, portrait reliefs, and ideal figures. His major works include the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial in Boston, Standing Lincoln in Chicago, the Adams Memorial in Washington, and the Sherman Monument in New York, and he also designed the celebrated 1907 twenty-dollar gold piece.

In his later years Saint-Gaudens worked from Cornish, New Hampshire, while continuing to supervise important public and private commissions. His art combined technical refinement, historical seriousness, and a strong sense of form, and his monuments and reliefs helped define the highest ambitions of American sculpture at the turn of the twentieth century.

Oscar Kokoschka

On May 8, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, Austrian, march 1

Oscar Kokoschka, March 1, 1886 – February 22, 1980 was an Austrian artist

Sandro Botticelli, Idealised Portrait of a Lady/Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci as Nymph, c 1480–1485 Mixed technique on poplar, 32 × 21.3 in Städel Museum, Frankfurt Sandro Botticelli, Idealised Portrait of a Lady/Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci as Nymph, c 1480–1485 Mixed technique on poplar, 32 × 21.3 in Städel Museum, Frankfurt

Sandro Botticelli

On April 24, 2025 - 15th Century, 16th Century, Italian, march 1

Sandro Botticelli, c 1445–1510, was an Italian painter and draftsman born Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi in Florence. He trained with Fra Filippo Lippi and had established his own workshop by 1470. Filippino Lippi, the son of his teacher, became his apprentice.

Botticelli worked for the Medici family and other Florentine patrons, producing religious paintings, portraits and mythological subjects. In 1481 he went to Rome to paint frescoes for the Sistine Chapel. He returned to Florence the following year. His work combined linear drawing with tempera painting and included illustrations of Dante’s Divine Comedy.

Botticelli continued to paint religious subjects during his later years and died in Florence in 1510. Interest in his work revived during the nineteenth century. His paintings are held by the Uffizi Gallery, the National Gallery in London, the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, the Louvre Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.