Annetta Johnson Saint-Gaudens

Annetta Johnson Saint-Gaudens (1869-1943) American sculptor, born in Flint, Ohio and is best remembered for creating sculptures of "animals, children (and) fountains"[1] but she also did the finishing carving on the "colossal marble figure", the allegorical sculpture Painting in front of the St. Louis Art Museum.[2] She was also significant in the art world as being the wife of Louis St. Gaudens and the sister-in-law of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, with whom she studied and worked as an assistant.

Early years

As a young child Johnson began to draw and then model figures. Eventually her parents, realizing that their daughter had talent that needed to be developed, sent her to the Columbus Art School. This was followed by her moving to New York City where she continued her studies at the Art Students League where she studied with John Twachtman and Augustus Saint-Gaudens.[3] She was to remain associated with Saint-Gaudens for the rest of his life. Her youngest brother was the sculptor Burt Johnson, and her son the potter and ceramist Paul St. Gaudens.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Petteys, Chris, ‘’Dictionary of Women Artists’’, G K Hill & Co. publishers, 1985
  2. ↑ Rubenstein, Charlotte Streifer, ‘’American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions’’, G. K. Hall and Co. Boston, 1990 p. 127
  3. ↑ Rubenstein, Charlotte Streifer, ‘’American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions’’, G. K. Hall and Co. Boston, 1990 p. 127
  4. ↑ "Paul St. Gaudens - Artist, Fine Art, Auction Records, Prices, Biography for Paul St. Gaudens". Retrieved 2 January 2015.