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John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum (March 25, 1867 – March 6, 1941) was an American sculptor best known for his work on Mount Rushmore.He is also associated with various other public works of art across the U.S., including Stone Mountain in Georgia, statues of Union General Philip Sheridan in Washington D.C. and in Chicago, as well as a bust of Abraham Lincoln exhibited in the White House by ...
Gutzon Borglum (1867 – 1941), American sculptor, famous for creating the monumental presidents' heads at Mount Rushmore Lene Børglum (born 1961), Danish film producer Lincoln Borglum (1912 – 1986), American sculptor, son of Gutzon and first superintendent of Mount Rushmore National Memorial
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 February 2025. Mountain in South Dakota with sculptures of four U.S. presidents For the band, see Mount Rushmore (band). Mount Rushmore National Memorial Shrine of Democracy Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe Mount Rushmore features Gutzon Borglum's sculpted heads of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore ...
Oct. 22—DECATUR — I have long been an admirer of Gutzon Borglum's monumental carvings on Mount Rushmore. We lived in South Dakota for a few years and made several trips to see them. So imagine ...
Gutzon Borglum is best known for his sculptured portraits of American presidents carved in the stone of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills region of South Dakota. A relatively unknown tale by Hans Christian Andersen is titled "The Bishop of Børglum and His Kinsmen" [2] [ permanent dead link ] .
Robinson asked architect and sculptor Gutzon Borglum to sculpt and design the monument. Borglum decided to use Mount Rushmore for the sculpture, since it seemed to be the easiest and most stable of the cliffs to work on. [1] Having decided on the location of the sculpture, Borglum decided to make the monument of four presidents of the United ...
On Borglum's second meeting with Robinson, the sculptor recommended changing the location for the sculpture project from the Needles to Mount Rushmore. Borglum also decided that the sculptures should have a larger national focus, and he selected four presidents representing different elements and eras of United States history.
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date span based on active dates of Harris & Ewing, Inc. Portrait Series.