Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Despite waning energy he continued to work producing a steady stream of reliefs and public sculpture. The coin was finally modified to a normal-relief version which was minted from 1907 to 1933. The statues head was used for the commemorative postage stamp issued on the 100th anniversary of Lincoln's birth.

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (/ɔːˈɡʌstəs ˌseɪntˈɡɑːdəns/; March 1 1848 – August 3 1907) was the Irish-born American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation who most embodied the ideals of the "American Renaissance". Raised in New York City he traveled to Europe for further training and artistic study and then returned to New York where he achieved major critical success for his monuments commemorating heroes of the American Civil War many of which still stand. His brother Louis Saint-Gaudens was also a well-known sculptor with whom he occasionally collaborated.