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American Renaissance
In the history of American architecture and the arts, the American Renaissance was the period ca 1876 - 1914 characterized by renewed national self-confidence and a feeling that the United States was the heir to Greek democracy, Roman law, and Renaissance humanism. The American preoccupation with...
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John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925) was an American painter, and a leading portrait painter of his era. During his career, he created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and...
Date of birth:
- Jan 12, 1856
Date of death:
- Apr 14, 1925 (age 69 years)
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (March 1, 1848, Dublin, Ireland – August 3, 1907, Cornish, New Hampshire), was the Irish-born American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation who most embodied the ideals of the "American Renaissance". Raised in New York City,...
Date of birth:
- Mar 1, 1848
Date of death:
- Aug 3, 1907 (age 59 years)
