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1867 Bear Lake, Idaho - 1941 Chicago, Illinois. Known for: Historical figure portrait sculpture, monumental public art.
Born in Bear Lake, Idaho in a log house, Gutzon Borglum is best known as the large-scale portrait sculptor of the heads of presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore... Read full biography
Born in Bear Lake, Idaho in a log house, Gutzon Borglum is best known as the large-scale portrait sculptor of the heads of presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. This project on which he worked, 1927 to 1941, cost... Read full biography
Born in Bear Lake, Idaho in a log house, Gutzon Borglum is best known as the large-scale portrait sculptor of the heads of presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. This project on which he worked, 1927 to 1941, cost the United States Government $989,000.00 and was called "sculpture with dynamite" (Samuels 58) because he blasted stone within inches of the final carving. The last day of work on the presidential heads... Read full biography
Born in Bear Lake, Idaho in a log house, Gutzon Borglum is best known as the large-scale portrait sculptor of the heads of presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. This project on which he worked, 1927 to 1941, cost the United States Government $989,000.00 and was called "sculpture with dynamite" (Samuels 58) because he blasted stone within inches of the final carving. The last day of work on the presidential heads was October 31, 1941, shortly after Borglum's death the preceding March and just before the United States entered World War II. On the Mount Rushmore project, the nose of President Washington is 20 feet long, and the overall height of the figures is... Read full biography
Born in Bear Lake, Idaho in a log house, Gutzon Borglum is best known as the large-scale portrait sculptor of the heads of presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. This project on which he worked, 1927 to 1941, cost the United States Government $989,000.00 and was called "sculpture with dynamite" (Samuels 58) because he blasted stone within inches of the final carving. The last day of work on the presidential heads was October 31, 1941, shortly after Borglum's death the preceding March and just before the United States entered World War II. On the Mount Rushmore project, the nose of President Washington is 20 feet long, and the overall height of the figures is about 60 feet. Borglum's son, Lincoln, oversaw the final touches and clean up of the project. Early in his career, Bo... Read full biography
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About Gutzon Borglum: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (18)
All MuseumsDakota Discovery Museum
1200 West University Avenue
Mitchell, SD 57301Fogg Art Museum: Harvard University Art Museums
Harvard University
32 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138Helmerich Cntr. for American Research, Gilcrease Museum,Univ. of Tulsa
1400 N. Gilcrease Museum Road
Tulsa, OK 74127-2100Joslyn Art Museum
2200 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68102Mission San Juan Capistrano Museum
26801 Ortega Highway
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue
Kearney, NE 68847Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA 94607Phoenix Art Museum
1625 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004-1685R W Norton Art Gallery
4747 Creswell Ave.
Shreveport, LA 71106Rockford Art Museum
711 North Main Street
Rockford, IL 61103-6999San Antonio Museum of Art
200 West Jones Avenue
San Antonio, TX 78215-1406San Diego Museum of Art
Balboa Park, 1450 el Prado
Po 122107
San Diego, CA 92101The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873The Stamford Museum & Nature Center
39 Scofieldtown Road
Stamford, CT 06903Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
401 Museum Drive
Hagerstown, MD 21741-0423White House Historical Association (WHHA)
740 Jackson Place NW,
Washington, DC 20006Witte Museum
3801 Broadway
San Antonio, TX 78209