Gutzon Borglum

Sculpture, Visual Artist

1867 – 1941

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Who was Gutzon Borglum?

Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum 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, as well as 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.

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Born
Mar 25, 1867
Idaho
Siblings
Children
Religion
  • Mormonism
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Académie Julian
  • Creighton Preparatory School
Lived in
  • Idaho
  • St. Charles
Died
Mar 6, 1941
Chicago

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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