FLASHBACK: On June 22, 1905, members of the “Cornish Art Colony” staged an outdoor pageant at Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ home in honor of his 20th year in Cornish. The cast was a Whos Who of the Gilded Age art scene, and the play, “A Masque of ‘Ours’, also known as The Gods and the Golden Bowl, sparked a nationwide interest in pageantry. Saint-Gaudens was so moved that he spent months sculpting a thank you gift for the neighbors and colleagues who were involved in the production. The following summer his wife, Augusta Saint-Gaudens, presented a small inscribed plaquette to each participant. A plaster cast of Gus thank you gift is shown below; a bronze version is displayed in the Little Studio. When you visit the park now, you can see where Saint-Gaudens was ultimately laid to rest, in the very spot where his friends had performed.
Posted on: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 16:40:00 +0000
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