Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Rognier Business] |
Object Name |
Photograph, Black-and-White |
Description |
Rognier Business. Digital photograph of image from Rognier Photo Album page 5. An exterior photo of a display of a plethora of Greco-Roman style statues of cherubs and other dieties. A Ionic column is seen behind some of the cherubic statues, as well as a large vase atop another column or raised bench. This is likely outside but still covered as the sunlight comes in from the right only about halfway, but is bright enough to illuminate the entire display. |
Date |
n.d. |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Studio |
n/a |
Catalog Number |
2020.004.002.12 |
Collection |
Archival - Photographs |
Place |
San Mateo, CA |
Provenance |
The Rognier Family |
Notes |
"Gaston August Rognier arrived in New York City at the turn of the century (circa 1900) as a craftsman, from France, to help refurbish the Statue of Liberty... Having endured New York without any real success, Gaston panhandled across the United States and arrived in San Francisco just following the great earthquake... he eventually met Charles Crocker and conviced Mr. Crocker he could make garden ornaments... People on the West Coast had no local source and had to travel to Europe to find artistic items to accent their gardens and beautify their homes... The client list became the "Who's Who" of Northern California and included Senator Phelan, the Crocker family, James C. Flood, Leland Stanford, William Bourne, Moses Gunst, the Palace of Fine Arts, De Young Museum, George Newhall, as well as local dignitaries and their estates." [The Rognier Family, 2020.004.002.4] |
People |
Rognier, Andre Rognier, Gaston |
Search Terms |
Rognier Garden Ornaments Shop Rognier Ornamental Garden Works Rognier, Andre Rognier, Gaston |
Subjects |
Statues |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Chris Rognier |