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  2. Gutzon Borglum - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Equestrian statue of Philip Sheridan (Washington, D.C.)

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    Borglum is best known for his carvings at Mount Rushmore and Stone Mountain. The Sheridan sculpture is his only equestrian monument in Washington, D.C. [7] Borglum's other works in Washington, D.C., include Rabboni at Rock Creek Cemetery and several statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol. [8]

  4. Construction of Mount Rushmore - Wikipedia

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    The sculptor of the memorial was Gutzon Borglum, the son of Danish immigrants. He chose the two most famous presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, and chose Thomas Jefferson because of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase (which included the land that became South Dakota). Theodore Roosevelt was suggested by Calvin Coolidge. Borglum's ...

  5. William Dempster Hoard Sculpture - Wikipedia

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    The sculpture is bronze and it was created in 1922 by Gutzon Borglum. [1] [2] It is located on the University of Wisconsin–Madison's campus in front of Agricultural Hall. [1] The sculpture was created to honor Dempster's contribution to agriculture and was erected just four years after his death.

  6. Nathaniel Wheeler Memorial Fountain - Wikipedia

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    The fountain was a mid-career work of American sculptor Gutzon Borglum. This was the first of a small number of commissions given to him in Bridgeport. The baby held by the mermaid is modeled on his son Lincoln, who was reportedly baptized in the fountain. [2]

  7. Borglum - Wikipedia

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    Gutzon Borglum (1867 – 1941), American sculptor, famous for creating the monumental presidents' heads at Mount Rushmore Lene Børglum (born 1961), Danish film producer Lincoln Borglum (1912 – 1986), American sculptor, son of Gutzon and first superintendent of Mount Rushmore National Memorial

  8. Finding some fascinating Georgia history during a ...

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    Oct. 22—DECATUR — I have long been an admirer of Gutzon Borglum's monumental carvings on Mount Rushmore. We lived in South Dakota for a few years and made several trips to see them. So imagine ...

  9. John Sherrill Houser - Wikipedia

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    When Houser left Gutzon to devote his talents to his own work, Gutzon's son, Lincoln, took over as Assistant- sculptor to his father. Encouraged in art from childhood, young Houser studied art at Lewis and Clark College (Portland, Oregon), the University of California and Art Center College of Design (Los Angeles, now Pasadena, California).