T Stands for the Rest of St. Gaudens

 Hi everyone. Happy T day or happy Tuesday if you aren't here for T.

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Last week I shared a few photos from St. Gaudens National Monument, and I thought I would share more with you today for T.  (Today's post is a bit long-sorry about that!)

You might remember that St. Gauden's was a sculpture who created art in the late 1800's into  the very early 1900's. The family summer home is located in Cornish, New Hampshire, right along the New Hampshire and  Vermont border. When the family gave up the home, it became a park and was later taken over by the US National Park Service.  Back in early October my daughter and I visited for an afternoon. We had both taken a road trip to that area from our separate homes, and met up early that day.

This first photo is the sculptor's studio. Isn't it an amazing building? I wish I had a building even 1/16 the size of this one in my yard to go play in, but then again, I am not a famous sculpture living and creating during the Gilded Age. Smile. 

The front porch (which you can see the corner of in the above photo) is covered with grape vines.

It also has this pretty ancient Greek style fresco along the top of of the covered porch.

And here's the inside of the  studio.

The park service shared some of his art here, including models of the US currency he designed and some of his sculptures. 

This next photo looks more like a working area in the same studio building.

Here's a  few of the sculptures on display in his studio.

You can also read about the sculptor here.

The other original building on the property is where the caretaker lived. He had a small room off the barn.

It is interesting to think about how, in just a little over 100 years, how and where we live has changed so much.

This is my link to T this week. You can notice the drinks, Including the can of coffee, on the caretaker's table. Be sure to stop by Bleubeard's and Elizabeth's blog where we share our drink related posts every Tuesday.

Here's more of the caretaker's home.

I'm not sure why this woodstove below was just sitting in the middle of the room.

And here's his facilities. I grant you they don't look like they've been cared for in all those years, but they were certainly basic, weren't they? 

The differences between the beauty of the artist's home (from last week's T day post) and the caretaker's room also says a lot about the time period too. 

Here's some of the carriages in the barn. I don't believe the family used these particular ones, but carriages were the transportation mode of the day. Another way life has really changed.

This is one of my favorite sculpture's on the grounds. It is a copy of one found on the Boston Common.

Looking at it as a whole, it doesn't really catch my eye. It's just another military statue.  The American Civil War must have  left huge emotional scars on society and the people who lived during it. With all the post-war sculptures they created, you have to wonder if they were honoring the fallen or trying to remind people about the carnage and death. 

 When you get close up and look at the details, you can see that St. Gauden's was talented. The faces of the soldiers are really amazing.

Another sign of those times. White leader on his horse, black soldiers walking. 

His statues, as I mentioned last week,  are of a classic style and are from another time. Last week Mae reminded me there was a lot about St. Gauden's in David McCullough's book, The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris.  I had read that book and forgotten at the chapter on St. Gaudens. I do recommend it if you like history.

And I'll wrap up today's post with a few more of the classic style pieces that St. Gauden's made, these were also as remembrances to the American Civil War (1860-1865).

Hope you enjoyed the visit. Next week I shall stop playing tour guide (at least for a little while-hee-hee) and get back to normal T. Have a great T day and week ahead.

And thanks, as always, for visiting.