Misplaced Pages

#123876

48-697: The central figure of the Cornish Colony was Augustus Saint-Gaudens . Beginning around 1885, Augustus attracted a summer colony of artists that grew into a single extended social network. Some were related, some were friends, some were promising students from the Art Students League of New York that Saint-Gaudens had co-founded, and some were Saint-Gaudens' assistants who developed significant careers of their own. After his death in 1907 it slowly dissipated. His house and gardens are now preserved as Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site . Though

96-560: A monument to Civil War Admiral David Farragut , in New York's Madison Square ; his friend Stanford White designed an architectural setting for it, and when it was unveiled in 1881, its naturalism, its lack of bombast and its siting combined to make it a tremendous success, and Saint-Gaudens' reputation was established. The commissions followed fast, including the colossal Abraham Lincoln: The Man in Lincoln Park , Chicago in

144-549: A 2005 auction for $ 2,990,000. The coin was then adapted into the High relief version, which, although requiring eight fewer strikes than the Ultra High Relief coins, was still deemed impractical for commerce. 12,317 of these were minted, and are currently among the most in-demand U.S. coins. The coin was finally modified to a normal-relief version, which was minted from 1907 to 1933. This design (an "ultra-high relief" $ 20)

192-406: A college. Educational studios are colloquially referred to as "studio" by students, who are known for staying up late hours into the night doing projects and socializing. The studio environment is characterized by two types in education: Studio pottery is made by an individual potter working on his own in his studio, rather than in a ceramics factory (although there may be a design studio within

240-499: A deaf American art student, Augusta Fisher Homer. They married on June 1, 1877. The couple had one child, a son named Homer Saint-Gaudens . In 1874, Edwards Pierrepont , a prominent New York reformer, hired Saint-Gaudens to create a marble bust of himself. Pierrepont, a phrenologist , proved to be a demanding client, insisting that Saint-Gaudens make his head larger. Saint-Gaudens said that Pierrepont's bust "seemed to be affected with some dreadful swelling disease" and he later told

288-483: A friend that he would "give anything to get hold of that bust and smash it to atoms". In 1876, he won a commission for a bronze David Farragut Memorial . He rented a studio at 49 rue Notre Dame des Champs . Stanford White designed the pedestal. It was unveiled on May 25, 1881, in Madison Square Park . He collaborated with Stanford White again in 1892–94 when he created Diana as a weather vane for

336-530: A larger manufacturing site). Production studios are those studios which act as centres for the production in any of the arts ; alternatively they can also be the financial and commercial entity behind such endeavours. In radio and television production studio is the place where programs and radio commercial and television advertising are recorded for further emission. Animation studios , like movie studios , may be production facilities, or financial entities. In some cases, especially in anime , they continue

384-573: A rare example of true-to-life, non-derogatory, depictions of African physical characteristics in 19th-century American art. For the Lincoln Centennial of 1909, Saint-Gaudens produced another statue of the president. A seated figure, Abraham Lincoln: The Head of State , is in Chicago's Grant Park . Saint-Gaudens completed the design work and had begun casting the statue at the time of his death—his workshop completed it. The statue's head

432-663: A setting by architect White, 1884–1887, considered the finest portrait statue in the United States (a replica was placed at Lincoln's tomb in Springfield, Illinois , and another stands in Parliament Square , London). The statue was highly influential for American artists and received widespread praise by critics. A long series of memorials, funerary monuments and busts, including the Adams Memorial ,

480-487: A significant role in the production which occurs in a studio space. A studio is more or less artful to the degree that the artist who occupies it is committed to the continuing education in his or her formal discipline. Academic curricula categorize studio classes in order to prepare students for the rigors of building sets of skills which require a continuity of practice in order to achieve growth and mastery of their artistic expression. A versatile and creative mind will embrace

528-601: A steady stream of reliefs and public sculpture. In 1901, he was appointed a member of the Senate Park, or McMillan, Commission for the redesign of Washington, D.C.'s Mall and its larger park system, along with architects Daniel Burnham and Charles Follen McKim , and landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. ; in 1902, the Commission published their report, popularly known as the McMillan Plan . In 1904, he

SECTION 10

#1732794518124

576-558: A studio is similar to, and derived from, movie studios , with a few amendments for the special requirements of television production. A professional television studio generally has several rooms, which are kept separate for noise and practicality reasons. Many healing arts and activities such as zen, yoga, judo and karate are "studied" in a studio. It is widespread to see yoga studios and martial arts studios established in settings that might previously have been for other uses, described as studios. These are not recreational centers or gyms in

624-667: A thousand miles for the sake of a sitting" with him. Saint-Gaudens was also commissioned by a variety of groups to create medals including varied commemorative themes like The Women"s Auxiliary of the Massachusetts Civil Service Reform Association Presentation Medal and the World's Columbian Exposition Medal. Such pieces stand testament to both his broad appeal and the respect that was given to him by his contemporaries. A statue of philanthropist Robert Randall stands in

672-525: A tumulus in Chicago, 1894–1897, and to William Tecumseh Sherman at the corner of Central Park in New York (with the African-American model Hettie Anderson posing as an allegorical Victory), 1892–1903, the first use of Robert Treat Paine 's pointing device for the accurate mechanical enlargement of sculpture models. The depictions of the African-American soldiers on the Shaw memorial is noted as

720-457: Is both a workspace and a corporate body. As a workspace it provides space to take, develop, print and duplicate photographs. A radio studio is a room in which a radio program or show is produced, either for live broadcast or for recording for a later broadcast. The room is soundproofed to avoid unwanted noise being mixed into the broadcast. A recording studio is a facility for sound recording which generally consists of at least two rooms:

768-462: Is derived from the Italian : studio , from Latin : studium , from studere , meaning to study or zeal. The French term for studio, atelier , in addition to designating an artist's studio is used to characterize the studio of a fashion designer. Studio is also a metonym for the group of people who work within a particular studio. The studio of any artist, especially from the 15th to

816-461: Is named after Saint-Gaudens. Saint-Gaudens referred to his early relief portraits as "medallions" and took a great interest in the art of the coin : his $ 20 gold piece, the double eagle coin he designed for the US Mint, 1905–1907, though it was adapted for minting, is still considered one of the most beautiful American coins ever issued. Chosen by Theodore Roosevelt to redesign the coinage of

864-654: The Diana , and employed his design skills in numismatics . He designed the $ 20 Saint Gaudens Double Eagle gold piece (1905–1907) for the US Mint, considered one of the most beautiful American coins ever issued, and the $ 10 "Indian Head" gold eagle ; both of these were minted from 1907 until 1933. In his later years he founded the " Cornish Colony ", an artist's colony in New Hampshire that included notable painters, sculptors, writers, and architects. His brother Louis Saint-Gaudens , with whom he occasionally collaborated,

912-495: The Robert Gould Shaw Memorial on Boston Common , Abraham Lincoln: The Man , and grand equestrian monuments to Civil War generals : General John Logan Memorial in Chicago's Grant Park and William Tecumseh Sherman at the corner of New York's Central Park . In addition, he created the popular historicist representation of The Puritan . Saint-Gaudens also created Classical works such as

960-676: The Art Students League of New York , and took on a large number of assistants. He was an artistic advisor to the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, an avid supporter of the American Academy in Rome , and part of the McMillan Commission , which brought into being L'Enfant 's long-ignored master plan for the nation's capital . Through his career Augustus Saint-Gaudens made a specialty of intimate private portrait panels in sensitive, very low relief, which owed something to

1008-663: The Cooper Union in New York City. Two years later, he was hired as an apprentice of Jules Le Brethon, another cameo cutter, and enrolled at the National Academy of Design . His apprenticeship was completed by the age of 19 and he traveled to Paris in 1867, where he studied in the atelier of François Jouffroy at the École des Beaux-Arts . In 1870, he left Paris for Rome to study art and architecture , and worked on his first commissions . There he met

SECTION 20

#1732794518124

1056-528: The 19th centuries, characterized all the assistants, thus the designation of paintings as "from the workshop of..." or "studio of..." An art studio is sometimes called an " atelier ", especially in earlier eras. In contemporary, English language use, "atelier" can also refer to the Atelier Method , a training method for artists that usually takes place in a professional artist's studio. The above-mentioned "method" calls upon that zeal for study to play

1104-630: The American novelist Winston Churchill , and the sculptor Louis St. Gaudens , Augustus's brother. After his death in 1907, it slowly dissipated. His house and gardens are now preserved as the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site . Saint-Gaudens was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1896. In 1901, the French government made him an Officier de la Légion d'honneur . In 1920, Saint-Gaudens

1152-625: The Florentine Renaissance . It was felt he heavily influenced another Irish American sculptor, Jerome Connor . Over the course of his long career Saint-Gaudens employed, and by doing so, trained, some of the next generation's finest sculptors. These included James Earle Fraser , Frances Grimes , Henry Hering , Charles Keck , Mary Lawrence , Frederick MacMonnies , Philip Martiny , Helen Mears , Robert Paine , Alexander Phimister Proctor , Louis Saint-Gaudens , Elsie Ward and Adolph Alexander Weinman . New York City's PS40

1200-579: The Peter Cooper Monument at Cooper Square , and the John A. Logan Monument. Arguably the greatest of these monuments is the bronze bas-relief that forms the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial on Boston Common , 1884–1897, which Saint-Gaudens labored on for 14 years; even after the public version had been unveiled, he continued with further versions. Two grand equestrian monuments to Civil War generals are outstanding: to General John A. Logan , atop

1248-719: The United States were among the richest primary sources he discovered in years of research into the lives of the American community in Paris in the late 19th century. During World War II the Liberty ship SS  Augustus Saint-Gaudens was built in Panama City, Florida , and named in his honor. In 1940, the U.S. Post Office issued a series of 35 postage stamps, ' The Famous American Series ' honoring America's famous artists, poets, educators, authors, scientists, composers and inventors. The renowned sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens

1296-550: The artist's realm. There are several different projects along these lines, most notably the SCALE-UP (Student-Centered Active Learning Environment for Undergraduate Programs) initiated at NC State . In audio, a mastering studio is a facility specialised in audio mastering . Tasks may include but not be limited to audio restoration, corrective and tone-shaping EQ, dynamic control, stereo or 5.1 surround editing, vinyl and tape transfers, vinyl cutting, and CD compilation. Depending on

1344-545: The colony's name referred to its social center in the village of Cornish, geographically it was spread out over the villages of Windsor, Vermont , and Plainfield, New Hampshire , as well. Windsor was the mailing address for the entire area and the arrival point of most of the colonists, who usually came from New York City by train. The following people are known to have been part of the colony: Augustus Saint-Gaudens Augustus Saint-Gaudens ( / ˌ s eɪ n t ˈ ɡ ɔː d ə n z / ; March 1, 1848 – August 3, 1907)

1392-760: The creation of a comic strip , comic book or graphic novel . In the early days of " Dan Dare ", Frank Hampson employed a number of staff at his studio to help with the production of the strip. Eddie Campbell is another creator who has assembled a small studio of colleagues to help him in his art, and the comic book industry in the United States has based its production methods upon the studio system employed at its beginnings. Another type of studio, common for instance in Spain , would produce work for-hire on license, with prospective buyers bringing in their own franchises for artwork and occasionally new stories. Many universities are creating studio settings for courses outside

1440-530: The file for its intended destination, which may be broadcast, DVD or digital distribution. An "acting studio" is an institution or workspace (similar to a dance studio) in which actors rehearse and refine their craft. The Neighborhood Playhouse and Actors Studio are legendary acting studios in New York. A movie studio is a company which develops, equips and maintains a controlled environment for filmmaking . This environment may be interior ( sound stage ), exterior ( backlot ) or both. A photographic studio

1488-641: The gardens of Sailors' Snug Harbor in New York. A statue of copper king Marcus Daly is at the entrance of the Montana School of Mines on the west end of Park St. in Butte, Montana . A statue of former United States Congressman and New York Governor Roswell Pettibone Flower was dedicated in 1902 in Watertown, New York. Saint-Gaudens' prominence brought him students, and he was an able and sensitive teacher. He tutored young artists privately, taught at

Cornish Art Colony - Misplaced Pages Continue

1536-509: The nation at the beginning of the 20th century, Saint-Gaudens produced an ultra high-relief $ 20 gold piece that was adapted into a flattened-down version by the United States Mint . The ultra high-relief coin took up to 11 strikes to bring up the details, and only 20 or so of these coins were minted in 1907. The Ultra High Reliefs did not stack properly and were deemed unfit for commerce. They are highly sought-after today; one sold in

1584-682: The opportunity of such practice to innovate and experiment, which develops uniquely individual qualities of each artist's expression. Thus the method raises and maintains an art studio space above the level of a mere production facility or workshop. Safety is or may be a concern in studios, with some painting materials required to be handled, stored, or used properly to prevent poisoning, chemical burns, or fire. In educational studios, students learn to develop skills related to design, ranging from architecture to product design. In specific, educational studios are studio settings where large numbers of students learn to draft and design with instructional help at

1632-620: The opportunity to make the preliminary sketches for a five-year project of a medallion depicting Stevenson, in very poor health at the time, propped in bed writing. With minor modifications, this medallion was reproduced for the Stevenson memorial in St. Giles' Cathedral , Edinburgh . Stevenson's cousin and biographer, Graham Balfour, deemed the work "the most satisfactory of all the portraits of Stevenson". Balfour also noted that Saint-Gaudens greatly admired Stevenson and had once said he would "gladly go

1680-433: The purpose of acting , architecture , painting , pottery ( ceramics ), sculpture , origami , woodworking , scrapbooking , photography , graphic design , filmmaking , animation , industrial design , radio or television production broadcasting or the making of music and financial services administration. The term is also used for the workroom of dancers , often specified to dance studio . The word studio

1728-455: The quality of the original mix, the mastering engineer's role can change from small corrections to improving the overall sound of a mix drastically. Typically studios contain a combination of high-end analogue equipment with low-noise circuitry and digital hardware and plug-ins. Some may contain tape machines and disc cutting lathes . They may also contain full-range monitoring systems and be acoustically tuned to provide an accurate reproduction of

1776-590: The second Madison Square Garden building in New York City; a second version used is now in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art , with several reduced versions in museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The statue stood on a 300-foot-high tower, making Diana the highest point in the city. It was also the first statue in that part of Manhattan to be lit at night by electricity. The statue and its tower

1824-471: The sound information contained in the original medium. The mastering engineer must prepare the file for its intended destination, which may be radio, CD, vinyl or digital distribution. In video production , a mastering studio is a facility specialized in the post-production of video recordings. Tasks may include but not be limited to: video editing , colour grading correction, mixing, DVD authoring and audio mastering . The mastering engineer must prepare

1872-439: The studio or live room, and the control room, where the sound from the studio is recorded and manipulated. They are designed so that they have good acoustics and so that there is good isolation between the rooms. A television studio is an installation in which television or video productions take place, for live television , for recording video tape , or for the acquisition of raw footage for post-production . The design of

1920-413: The tradition of a studio where a master or group of talented individuals oversee the work of lesser artists and crafts persons in realising their vision. Animation studios are a fast rising entity and they include established firms such as Walt Disney and Pixar . A comics studio is a workroom or entertainment company that makes comics . Comics creators , employ small studios of staff to assist in

1968-543: Was a landmark until 1925 when the building was demolished. In New York, he was a member of the Tile Club, a group of prominent artists and writers, including Winslow Homer (his wife's fourth cousin), William Merritt Chase and Arthur Quartley . He was also a member of The Lambs , Salmagundi Club and the National Arts Club in New York City. In 1876, Saint-Gaudens received his first major commission:

Cornish Art Colony - Misplaced Pages Continue

2016-574: Was also a well-known sculptor. Saint-Gaudens was born in Dublin , Ireland, to an Irish mother and French father, Bernard Paul Ernest Saint-Gaudens, a shoemaker by trade from a village in the French Pyrenees , Aspet , 15 kilometers from Saint-Gaudens . His parents emigrated to America when he was six months of age, and he was reared in New York City. In 1861, he became an apprentice to a cameo-cutter , Louis Avet, and took evening art classes at

2064-405: Was among those chosen for the 'Artists' category of this series and appears on this stamp, which was first issued in New York City on September 16, 1940. New York City's PS40 is named after Saint-Gaudens. Among the public collections holding works by Augustus Saint-Gaudens are: Assisted by Henry Hering Studio A studio is an artist or worker's workroom. This can be for

2112-791: Was an Irish and American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation who embodied the ideals of the American Renaissance . Saint-Gaudens was born in Dublin to an Irish-French family, and raised in New York City . He traveled to Europe for further training and artistic study. After he returned to New York City, he achieved major critical success for his monuments commemorating heroes of the American Civil War , many of which still stand. Saint-Gaudens created works such as

2160-610: Was one of the first seven chosen for membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters . That same year the large studio burned, with the irreplaceable loss of the sculptor's correspondence, his sketchbooks, and many works in progress. The Cornish Art Colony Saint-Gaudens and his brother Louis attracted made for a dynamic social and creative environment. The most famous included painters Maxfield Parrish and Kenyon Cox , architect and garden designer Charles A. Platt , and sculptor Paul Manship . Included were painters Thomas Dewing , George de Forest Brush , dramatist Percy MacKaye ,

2208-469: Was posthumously elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans . In 1940, his image appeared on a U.S. postage stamp in the "Famous Americans" series. Saint-Gaudens and his wife figure prominently in the 2011 book The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by historian David McCullough . In interviews upon the book's release, McCullough said the letters of Augusta Saint-Gaudens to her friends and family in

2256-487: Was successfully minted in 24 karat gold; 115,178 coins were produced. This coin was issued by the U.S. Mint in 2009. Diagnosed with cancer in 1900, Saint-Gaudens decided to live at his Federal house with barn-studio set in the handsome gardens he had made, where he and his family had been spending summers since 1885, in Cornish, New Hampshire – though not in retirement. Despite waning energy, he continued to work, producing

2304-412: Was used as the model for the commemorative postage stamp issued on the 100th anniversary of Lincoln's birth. Saint-Gaudens also created the statue for the monument of Charles Stewart Parnell , which was installed at the north end of Dublin's O'Connell Street , backing on to Parnell Square in 1911. In 1887, when Robert Louis Stevenson made his second trip to the United States, Saint-Gaudens had

#123876