Word: augustus
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Augustus St. Gaudens' statue of Lincoln was found recently in the old Fine Arts Building in Jackson Park, Chicago, after lying forgotten for 15 years...
...Augustus St. Gaudens was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1848. After study in Paris and Rome, he opened a studio in New York in 1872. At his death in 1907 the statue of Lincoln was boxed up and put away in a basement. Trustees for a $100,000 fund, which was to provide for the erection of this statue in Chicago forgot the statue and also died...
...School of Architecture there were three appointments for next year: Mr. Kenneth John Conant '15, instructor in architecture, Mr. Charles Augustus Whittemore, lecturer on the mechanical plant of buildings, and Mr. John Wilson '00, instructor in modelling...
...mysterious American collector, who has withheld his name, purchased Augustus John's famous portrait of Madame Suggia for the sum of $50,000. A vain effort was made to raise this sum by subscription to purchase the picture for the British nation. However, the purchaser is graciously permitting it to be hung for a while in one of the British National Museums before transporting it to America...
Pittsburgh has hitherto been criticized for its ultra-conservative awards. The jury, bold enough to defy Pittsburgh prejudice, consisted of: Augustus John, London; George Desvallieres, Paris; Jonas Lie and Horatio Walker, New York...