Annetta, Louis and Paul St. Gaudens at their Cornish home,
a former Shaker meeting house

Louis, Annetta and Paul St. Gaudens

Louis St. Gaudens (1853-1913), younger brother of Augustus, was taught cameo cutting by Augustus in 1872. He worked as his brother’s assistant and later as a colleague and independent artist. Louis adopted "St. Gaudens" as the spelling of his name to differentiate himself from his older brother. In 1898 he married Annetta Johnson (1869-1943), an assistant in Saint-Gaudens' New York studio. The couple moved to Annetta's family home in Ohio, where their son Paul was born. In 1900, Annetta, Louis and Paul came to live in Cornish at the request of Augustus, and Louis helped Augustus in his studio until Augustus' death in 1907. The family maintained their Cornish home for years, Paul and Annetta eventually creating the Orchard Kiln pottery there.