Borglum

American

[bawr-gluhm] / ˈbɔr gləm /

noun

John Gutzon 1867–1941, and his brother Solon Hannibal, 1868–1922, U.S. sculptors.

Borglum British

/ ˈbɔːɡləm /

noun

( John ) Gutzon (ˈɡʌtsən). 1867–1941, US sculptor, noted for his monumental busts of US presidents carved in the mountainside of Mount Rushmore

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Gutzon Borglum, the Western sculptor who was later to carve Mount Rushmore, was hired in 1915 as a consultant to the project.

From Slate • Jul. 8, 2020

As it happened, Borglum only made it as far as sculpting Lee's head before the initial version of the project bogged down in financial difficulties and intra-Klan sectarian strife in 1925.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2020

Borglum was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, according to Mount Rushmore historian and writer Tom Griffith.

From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2020

Borglum joined the Klan to raise money for the Confederate memorial, and Griffith argues his allegiance was more practical than ideological.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2020

Lincoln, Head of: in marble, by Borglum, at Washington, 240.

From The Poets' Lincoln Tributes in Verse to the Martyred President by Oldroyd, Osborn H. (Osborn Hamiline)

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