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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 February 2025. Mountain in South Dakota with sculptures of four U.S. presidents For the band, see Mount Rushmore (band). Mount Rushmore National Memorial Shrine of Democracy Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe Mount Rushmore features Gutzon Borglum's sculpted heads of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore ...
Bust of President John F. Kennedy Boston, Massachusetts. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Felix de Weldon The John F. Kennedy Bust Washington, D.C. John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. 1971 Robert Berks: John F. Kennedy Statue New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland: 2008 Ann Meldon Hugh Statue of President John F. Kennedy
Mount Rushmore before construction around 1905. A few hundred workers, most of whom were miners, sculptors, or rock climbers, used dynamite, jackhammers, and chisels to remove material from the mountain. A stairway was constructed to the top of the mountain, where ropes were fixed. Workers were supported by harnesses attached to the ropes.
The art-doll and ceramic sculpture communities also grew in numbers and importance in the late 20th century, while the entertainment industry required large-scale, spectacular (sometimes monstrous or cartoon-like) sculpture for movie sets, theme parks, casinos, and athletic stadiums.
John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum (March 25, 1867 – March 6, 1941) was an American sculptor best known for his work on Mount Rushmore.He is also associated with various other public works of art across the U.S., including Stone Mountain in Georgia, statues of Union General Philip Sheridan in Washington D.C. and in Chicago, as well as a bust of Abraham Lincoln exhibited in the White House by ...
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In 1908, Borgulm had completed the marble bust of Lincoln which is now installed at the U.S. Capitol, and he later sculpted the heads of four U.S. presidents including Lincoln at Mount Rushmore. The work was funded by a $25,000 bequest by Newark businessman Amos Hoagland Van Horn, who died in 1908.