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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.
Gutzon Borglum (born March 25, 1867, St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, U.S.—died March 6, 1941, Chicago, Illinois) was an American sculptor, who is best known for his colossal sculpture of the faces of four U.S. presidents on Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.
Sculptor Gutzon Borglum Photograph of Gutzon Borglum. The path which led Sculptor John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum to Mount Rushmore began on a homestead near Bear Lake, Idaho, where he was born in March of 1867.
Gutzon Borglum was known in the early twentieth-century art world as much for his fiery personality as for his monumental sculptures, including the carved portraits at Mount Rushmore.
Gutzon Borglum. John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum liked to tinker with his own legend, subtracting a few years from his age, changing the story of his parentage. The best archival research has...
Oct 30, 2011 · In August 1924, Robinson wrote to Gutzon Borglum, an ambitious sculptor who was already carving on a granite cliff face in Georgia. “He knew that Borglum would have the skills and knowledge to...
John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum 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...
May 6, 2024 · Sculptor Gutzon Borglum invested 14 years into carving his vision into Mount Rushmore before dying in 1941. (Library of Congress photo) Crafting one of the most recognizable fixtures of...
While working on the massive presidential heads of Mount Rushmore, Borglum was asked to create a public monument of Woodrow Wilson for the Polish city of Poznan.
Jan 26, 2023 · Gutzon Borglum selected these four presidents because from his perspective, they represented the most important events in the history of the United States. Would another artist at that time, or perhaps a modern artist choose differently?
