Gutzon Borglum
Sculptor
Restoration of Wheeler Fountain starts...president of the West Side/West End Neighborhood Revitalization Zone. The 97-year-old fountain was assembled and erected in 1912 by Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor of the iconic Mount Rushmore monument in South Dakota. The fountain's three... In this article: Mount Rushmore, St. John's Episcopal Church, and Gutzon Borglum |
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boston.com - Education news | November 05, 2009
A Historic River Town Where the West Began
...the Muskingum River to Harmar Village, site of the territory's first fort. Muskingum Park is home to "Westward Ho!," a sculpture by Gutzon Borglum, who later carved Mount Rushmore. Every September, some 100,000 people crowd into town for...
In this article: Marietta College, Revolutionary War, Rufus Putnam, Calvin Coolidge, Charles G. Dawes, Ohio, and Cappuccino
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Wikipedia | November 05, 2009
Construction of Mount Rushmore
...Dakota approved of the proposal, and federal funds helped the project. Robinson asked architect and sculptor Gutzon Borglum to sculpt and design the monument. Borglum decided to use Mount Rushmore for the sculpture, since it appeared the...
In this article: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Mount Rushmore, Doane Robinson, South Dakota, National Park Service, and Black Hills
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Wikipedia | October 28, 2009
Sculpture of the United States
...of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills in South Dakota. The monument was finished after his death by his son Lincoln Borglum. Gutzon Borglum also was responsible for starting the Stone Mountain project in Georgia but had a falling-out with...
In this article: United States, Daniel Chester French, Crazy Horse, Karl Bitter, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Bethesda Fountain, Ideology, Crazy Horse Memorial, and Civil War
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Wikipedia | October 23, 2009
Gutzon Borglum
...Dakota , the famous carving on Stone Mountain near Atlanta, as well as other public works of art. The son of Danish immigrants, Gutzon Borglum was born in 1867 in St. Charles , Idaho. His father worked mainly as a woodcarver. A commemorative...
In this article: Mount Rushmore, Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, Ku Klux Klan, Stone Mountain, Washington, D.C., Theodore Roosevelt, and Academie Julian
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BusinessWeek Online | September 02, 2009
Michael Jackson's Burial Place Is As Colorful As Him
...himself is buried in the main chapel-in Westminster Abbey-like fashion under the altar-next to a collection of VIPs that includes Gutzon Borglum, carver of Mount Rushmore. Jackson will join many other celebs at Forest Lawn, although the...
In this article: Michael Jackson, Hubert Eaton, Inventory, QuickBooks, Life Insurance, McGraw Hill, BusinessWeek, and The King
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Oregonian | August 02, 2009
Friends of Mount Tabor Park celebrate its centennial
...statue of Harvey W. Scott, editor of The Oregonian from 1865-1872 and from 1877 until his death in 1910. The statue was sculpted by Gutzon Borglum, best known as the mastermind behind the presidential sculptures at Mount Rushmore National...
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New Jersey On-Line | July 05, 2009
Newark fails to secure matching funds for park revitalization
...funds for park revitalization Sunday July 05, 2009, 7:00 AM Newark's Military Park, home to famed Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum's "Wars of America," was to get a cash infusion to begin a transformation of "extremely...
In this article: Essex County, Recession, and Essex County
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San Francisco Chronicle | June 28, 2009
Mining Mt. Rushmore for trivia
...told him it had none and said, "But from now on, we'll call it Rushmore." Thomas Jefferson is a do-over. At first, sculptor Gutzon Borglum put Thomas Jefferson on George Washington's right. But after 18 months of carving, Borglum changed...
In this article: Mount Rushmore, Charles E. Rushmore, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, National Park Service, Stone Mountain, New York, South Dakota, Ku Klux Klan, and Google Earth
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Wikipedia | June 04, 2009
Lincoln Borglum
Named after his father's favorite president, Abraham Lincoln, and called by his middle name, Lincoln Borglum was the first child of Gutzon Borglum and his second wife, Mary. During his youth, Lincoln accompanied his father to the Black...
In this article: Lincoln Borglum, Mount Rushmore, Abraham Lincoln, University of Virginia, and T. Roosevelt
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www.washingtonpost.com | August 14, 2007
Lincoln May Have Had Facial Defect
...and deleted by a magazine editor, said Daniel Weinberg, owner of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago. Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum described the left side of Lincoln's face as primitive, immature and unfinished. When...
In this article: Abraham Lincoln, Surgery, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Chicago, Archives of Ophthalmology, Cleft lip and palate, and Smallpox
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(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, as well as other public works of art.
- Birth Date:
- March 25, 1867
- Death Date:
- March 06, 1941
- Nationality:
- American
- Field:
- Sculpture, Painting
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