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Gutzon Borglum
Gutzon Borglum (John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum) , 1867–1941, American sculptor, b. Idaho; son of a Danish immigrant physician and rancher. He studied at the San Francisco Art Academy and in Paris at Julian's academy and the École des Beaux-Arts. His first commission after his return to New York in 1901 was the statue of Lincoln that stands in the rotunda of the Capitol, Washington, D.C. Other works of his earlier period include another figure of Lincoln (Newark), a statue of Henry Ward Beecher (Brooklyn), Mares of Diomedes (Metropolitan Mus.), and figures of the apostles created for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City.
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"Gutzon Borglum." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Gutzon Borglum." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Borglum.html "Gutzon Borglum." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Borglum.html |
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Borglum, Gutzon
Borglum, Gutzon (b Bear Lake, Ida., 25 Mar. 1867; d Chicago, 6 Mar. 1941). American sculptor of Scandinavian descent. He specialized in extremely large works and is best known for the ‘carving’ (he used dynamite and pneumatic drills) of a huge cliff at Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota with colossal portrait busts of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. The project, begun in 1927, was sponsored by the US government and cost more than $1,000,000. Washington's head was completed in 1930, Jefferson's in 1936, Lincoln's in 1937, and Roosevelt's in 1939; the final details were added in 1941, after Borglum's death, by his son Lincoln. Solon Hannibal Borglum (1868–1922), Gutzon's brother, was also a sculptor, mainly of Wild West subjects.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Borglum, Gutzon." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Borglum, Gutzon." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-BorglumGutzon.html IAN CHILVERS. "Borglum, Gutzon." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-BorglumGutzon.html |
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Borglum, Gutzon
Borglum, Gutzon (1867–1941). American sculptor of Scandinavian descent. He specialized in extremely large works and is best known for the ‘carving’ (he used dynamite and pneumatic drills) of a huge cliff at Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota with colossal portrait busts of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. The project, begun in 1927, was sponsored by the US Government and cost more than $1,000,000. Washington's head was completed in 1930, Jefferson's in 1936, Lincoln's in 1937, and Roosevelt's in 1939; the final details were added in 1941, after Borglum's death, by his son Lincoln. Solon Hannibal Borglum (1868–1922), Gutzon's brother, was also a sculptor, mainly of Wild West subjects.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Borglum, Gutzon." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Borglum, Gutzon." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-BorglumGutzon.html IAN CHILVERS. "Borglum, Gutzon." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-BorglumGutzon.html |
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Borglum, (John) Gutzon
Borglum, (John) Gutzon (1867–1941) US sculptor. From a six-ton marble block he fashioned a head of Abraham Lincoln, which now stands in the Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C. His last and most exacting project was to carve the heads of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt in a rock face at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota. The final details were completed by his son.
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"Borglum, (John) Gutzon." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Borglum, (John) Gutzon." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-BorglumJohnGutzon.html "Borglum, (John) Gutzon." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-BorglumJohnGutzon.html |
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