Annetta Johnson Saint-Gaudens

Saint-Gaudens' bronze bird fountain

Annetta Johnson Saint-Gaudens (1869–1943) was an American sculptor, born in Flint, Ohio. She is best remembered for creating sculptures of "animals, children (and) fountains",^[1] but she also did the finishing carving on a "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. She later moved to New York City, where she continued her studies at the Art Students League, studying with John Twachtman and Augustus Saint-Gaudens.^[2] She was to remain associated with Saint-Gaudens for the rest of his life. Her brother was the sculptor Burt Johnson.^[3]

References

1. Petteys, C.. Dictionary of Women Artists. G K Hill & Co. publishers, 1985.
2. Rubenstein, C. S. American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions. G. K. Hall and Co. Boston, 1990. p. 127
3. Blackstock, J. Local sculptor gets his spot in the limelight again. Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. 17 June 2016.

External links

• Louis St. Gaudens Home & Studio: National Register of Historic Places. Connecticut River Joint Commissions.