Gutzon Borglum

The first teachers of the young Noguchi 1904-1988 were, improbably enough, Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor of Mount Rushmore, with whom the teenage aspiring artist served a summer apprenticeship after graduating from high school, and Onorio Ruotolo, with whom Noguchi studied at New York's Leonardo da Vinci School of Art after leaving Columbia University's premed program.

Evolution of a Sculptor Karen Wilkin 2010

The carvings were executed in 1927-1941 under the direction of the American sculptor Gutzon Borglum.

Historical Guide: the Five Monumental Wonders in the U.S.A. 2008

This guy Gutzon Borglum, the guy who did Mount Rushmore?

CNN Transcript Aug 9, 2004 2004

It's the final shoe dropping I suppose on the dream of Gutzon Borglum and the other people in the Black Hills who wanted Mt. Rushmore to be carved, that if we build it they will come.

Great White Fathers: The Story of the Obsessive Quest to Create Mt. Rushmore 2002

LAMB: But in the end, Gutzon Borglum didn't put an Indian on the mountain, didn't put a woman on the mountain, but as you say he got away with promising he would.

Great White Fathers: The Story of the Obsessive Quest to Create Mt. Rushmore 2002

LAMB: And Gutzon Borglum had quite a history with this man.

Great White Fathers: The Story of the Obsessive Quest to Create Mt. Rushmore 2002

And at that point, I really had to fight hard not to write a biography of Gutzon Borglum because he is such a terrifically fascinating, complex, colossal figure in his own right, forgotten today in arts circles, one of the great and most important sculptors of the early 20th century.

Great White Fathers: The Story of the Obsessive Quest to Create Mt. Rushmore 2002

And they invited Gutzon Borglum to come down and look at it.

Great White Fathers: The Story of the Obsessive Quest to Create Mt. Rushmore 2002

Who was Gutzon Borglum, and why does Edgemont, SoDak have a museum for him?

grouse Diary Entry grouse 2001

But a far more original and imposing memorial was the statue by Gutzon Borglum, which, in 1919, was raised on the grounds of the University of Virginia.

History of the University of Virginia, 1819-1919 1922