Feature documentary traces the life and work of American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907), considered America's premier sculptor of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

This feature documentary traces the life and work of Americansculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907) from his birth inDublin, Ireland, to his work in New York City and Paris to hisdeath in Cornish, New Hampshire. Trained in Paris and Rome,Saint-Gaudens is considered America's premier sculptor of the 19thand early 20th centuries. During a career that spanned threedecades, Saint-Gaudens created nearly 150 works of art, including anumber of major public monuments to heroes of the Civil War. Thestory of his personal life is woven around in-depth studiesof five of his major works of art, including the contemplativeStanding Lincoln in Lincoln Park, Chicago; the moving Shaw Memorialon Boston Common; the powerful Sherman Monument in Central Park;the serene Diana in the Philadelphia Museum of Art; and thestirring Adams Memorial in Washington, DC. Actor Victor Garber narrates.