Augustus
Saint-Gaudens built his reputation
by completing portrait commissions for prominent
New Yorkers. He subsequently built a tremendous
reputation based on his monumental depictions of
several Civil War heroes. He is also responsible
for one of the rarest and most valuable of all
U.S. coins. |
François-Auguste-René
Rodin is probably best known for the
sculpture popularly known as The Thinker,
which is actually meant to be a representation of
Dante, author of the classic work of literature
called The Inferno. |