Sculpture of Metals
architect and sculptor Gutzon Borglum
Mount Rushmore!(:
Gutzon Borglum
Gutzon Borglum was the master sculptor.
Gutzon Borglum
Gutzon Borglum
The Mount Rushmore Monument
The sculpture on Mt Rushmore was made by Gutzon Borglum (1867-1941). Between October 4, 1927, and October 31, 1941, Gutzon Borglum and 400 workers sculpted it.
South Dakota State Historian Doane Robinson had the idea for sculptures in the Black Hills to commemorate heroes of the Old West. He invited Gutzon Borglum to visit South Dakota and look into building such a sculpture. Gutzon Borglum suggested that a memorial with a national character would appeal better to the American people and suggested the four presidents. Gutzon Borglum began work on Mount Rushmore in 1927, with the help of hundreds of workers. Gutzon's son, Lincoln, also supervised the work on Mount Rushmore and finished the monument after his father died in 1941.
Master sculptor Gutzon Borglum wanted the massive carving to represent the meaning of American.
He made Mount Rushmore.
Gutzon Borglum's birth name is Borglum, John Gutzon de la Mothe.