Homer Saint-Gaudens

Homer Shiff Saint-Gaudens (1880–1953) was the only child of sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens and his wife Augusta (née Homer). He served as the Director of the Art Museum of the Carnegie Institute and was a founder of the Saint-Gaudens Memorial, a non-profit organization that maintained the family home as a museum before its donation to the National Park Service in 1965.

Saint-Gaudens was instrumental in the formation of the American Camouflage Corps in 1917; another leader was Saint-Gaudens' roommate at Harvard, Barry Faulkner. With the unit formalized as Company A of the 40th Engineers, Saint-Gaudens commanded the Corps as Captain when they sailed to Europe on January 4, 1918,^[1] and deployed to battlefield service.

Saint-Gaudens was featured on the cover of Time magazine for its 12 May 1924 edition, in connection with his direction and promotion of the annual Carnegie International art exhibition.^[2]

References

^ International Studio. John Lane Company. 1 January 1919. p. 73. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
^ Platt, Susan (1 January 1996). ""Gambling, Fencing and Camouflage: Homer Saint-Gaudens and the Carnegie International 1922 - 1950" (PDF). International Encounters, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh. Retrieved 25 September 2021.

External links

Works by or about Homer Saint-Gaudens at the Internet Archive

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Senator William Borah	Cover of Time Magazine 19 May 1924	Succeeded by Henry Seidel Canby

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[1] International Studio. John Lane Company. 1 January 1919. p. 73. Retrieved 26 September 2021.

[2] Platt, Susan (1 January 1996). ""Gambling, Fencing and Camouflage: Homer Saint-Gaudens and the Carnegie International 1922 - 1950" (PDF). International Encounters, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh. Retrieved 25 September 2021.

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