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Artist Index Sculptures
Solon Hannibal de la Mothe Borglum (December 22, 1868 – January 31, 1922)[1] was an American sculptor. Life and career Born in Ogden, Utah, Borglum was the younger brother of Gutzon Borglum and uncle of Lincoln Borglum, the two men most responsible for the creation of the carvings at Mount Rushmore. The son of Mormon Danish immigrants who settled on the great plains, Solon Borglum spent his early years as a rancher in western Nebraska.[2] Borglum studied under Louis Rebisso in Cincinnati, Ohio and with Emmanuel Frémiet in Paris.[3] He moved to the Silvermine neighborhood of New Canaan, Connecticut, where he helped found the "Knockers Club" of artists. His brother, Gutzon, lived in nearby Stamford, Connecticut from 1910 to 1920. Though he later lived in Paris and New York and achieved a reputation as one of America's notable sculptors, it was his depictions of frontier life, and especially his experience with cowboys and Native American peoples, which was the basis of his reputation. Works Two of his works are located in Jersey City, New Jersey. His sculpture "Buffalo and Bears" is in Leonard Gordon Park in the city's Heights section and his "Soldiers and Sailors Victory Monument" stands in front of City Hall downtown. Borglum sculpted a larger than life bronze equestrian statue for the Buckey O'Neill and the Rough Riders monument in Prescott, Arizona.[4] Teddy Roosevelt had persuaded O'Neill to join the Rough Riders and he was killed at the Battle of San Juan Hill. Other of Borglum's pieces can be found at the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody, Wyoming, including "Evening," a depiction of a cowboy leaning against his unsaddled horse at the end of the day. Two of Borglum's sculptures, "Inspiration" and "Apiration", which depict Native American men, stand in the front courtyard of St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, flanking the front gate. Sculpture by Solon Borglum Notes 1. ^ Carrington, M. Marquette (March 1922). "Solon H. Borglum, Artist, Soldier and Patriot". Art and Archaeology: The Arts Throughout the Ages 13 (3): 144. http://books.google.com/books?id=iscUAAAAYAAJ&dq=solon%20borglum&pg=PA144#v=onepage&q=solon%20borglum&f=false. Retrieved 2010-03-22. From Wikipedia. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License ==--==--==
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