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 15. An exterior photograph of the Rognier shop yard. The perspective faces outwards onto El Camino Real with all of the statuary facing the street for the pedestrians and motorists to see. Some of the statues featured are a meditating Bhudda, a Greco-Roman woman in contraposto, a diving koi fish atop a swirling column, and two ribbed columns with Corinitian tops holding a pediment with a decoractive vase. On the other side of the chain link fence there are two mid-century automobiles, one is a convertable, and a long building that likely serves as office space and apartments. There is a tall Redwood tree next to the building on either side. On the very left the "A. Rognier" sign can be seen. |
Date |
n.d. |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Studio |
n/a |
Catalog Number |
2020.004.002.22 |
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 |
Gardens Gardens-San Mateo County Rognier Garden Ornaments Shop Rognier Ornamental Garden Works Rognier, Andre Rognier, Gaston Statues |
Subjects |
Gardens Statues |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Chris Rognier |