Gutzon Borglum Artist

John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum (March 25, 1867 – March 6, 1941) was an American artist and sculptor famous for creating the monumental presidents' heads at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota; the famous carving on Stone Mountain near Atlanta; and other public works of art, including a head of Abraham Lincoln, exhibited in Theodore Roosevelt's White House and held in the United States Capitol Crypt in Washington, D.C.

Personal facts

Gutzon Borglum
Birth dateMarch 25, 1867
Birth place
Idaho , St. Charles Idaho
Nationality
Americans
Date of deathMarch 06, 1941
Place of death
Chicago

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Artist

Field of work
Sculpture
Painting
training at
Académie Julian

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External resources

  1. http://blog.nj.com/njv_mark_diionno/2009/02/four_score_and_18_years_ago_sc.html
  2. http://books.google.com/?id=zegeQtMn9JsC&pg=PA200
  3. http://cdm15017.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p15017coll10,5734
  4. http://travel-jc.com/south-dakota.html
  5. http://www.booknotes.org/Watch/173700-1/John+Taliaferro.aspx
  6. http://www.delamare.unr.edu/CampusOnAHill/mackay.html
  7. http://www.nebraskahistory.org/lib-arch/research/manuscripts/family/borglum.htm
  8. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rushmore/peopleevents/p_gborglum.html
  9. http://www.rushmoreborglum.com
  10. http://www.tfaoi.com/newsm1/n1m582.htm