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 6. Storage space for artwork done by Rognier company. Some of the statues seen in photo are: stoic lions, Corinthian columns, floral vases, statues in contraposto, fountains, and wall reliefs from antiquity. |
Date |
n.d. |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Studio |
n/a |
Catalog Number |
2020.004.002.13 |
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 Statues |
Subjects |
Statues Gardens |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Chris Rognier |