Gutzon Borglum

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:sculpture
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:National_Academy_of_Design
gptkbp:art_movement gptkb:American_Realism
gptkbp:art_style Monumental sculpture
gptkbp:artistic_contribution Public monuments
American public art.
gptkbp:artistic_influence American nationalism
Modern American sculpture.
gptkbp:artistic_legacy Mount Rushmore as a national landmark.
gptkbp:artistic_philosophy Art should inspire patriotism.
gptkbp:artistic_technique Pointing machine.
gptkbp:artistic_vision National recognition.
Create a lasting tribute.
Posthumous honors.
gptkbp:artwork_location gptkb:Black_Hills,_South_Dakota
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Mount_Rushmore
gptkb:National_Park_Service
gptkbp:awards Honorary Doctorate from the University of South Dakota
gptkbp:birth_date 1867-03-25
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:St._Charles,_Idaho
gptkbp:born March 25, 1867
gptkbp:born_in 1867
gptkbp:challenges Funding and weather conditions.
gptkbp:children gptkb:Lincoln_Borglum
gptkbp:collaborated_with gptkb:architect
gptkb:engineers
his son Lincoln Borglum
gptkbp:collaborative_projects Skilled laborers.
gptkbp:cultural_impact American identity
national pride
artistic innovation
Symbol of American history
tourism in South Dakota
gptkbp:cultural_influence American frontier spirit.
gptkbp:cultural_symbol American democracy.
gptkbp:death_date 1941-03-06
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois
gptkbp:descendant Danish immigrants
gptkbp:died March 6, 1941
gptkbp:died_in 1941
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkb:Art_Students_League_of_New_York
gptkbp:exhibition gptkb:Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:Museum_of_Modern_Art
gptkb:Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:National_Gallery_of_Art
gptkb:Smithsonian_American_Art_Museum
gptkbp:famous_for large-scale sculptures
gptkbp:famous_quote " The man who is not a part of his time is a man who is not a part of his country."
gptkbp:famous_work gptkb:Stone_Mountain
gptkbp:field gptkb:sculpture
gptkbp:funding gptkb:federal_government
gptkbp:historical_context Great Depression era.
gptkbp:historical_significance Presidential memorials
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gutzon Borglum
gptkbp:impact Tourism in South Dakota.
gptkbp:influence gptkb:landscape_architecture
cultural heritage preservation
American public art
gptkbp:influenced American sculpture
modern American sculpture
future generations of sculptors
gptkbp:influenced_artists gptkb:Augustus_Saint-Gaudens
gptkb:David_Smith
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Michelangelo
gptkbp:inspired_by gptkb:American_history
American landscape
gptkbp:involvement World War I memorials
gptkbp:is_influenced_by American Renaissance.
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:Mount_Rushmore
gptkb:Mount_Rushmore_National_Memorial
gptkbp:legacy Cultural icon of American art
Mount Rushmore as a national symbol
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_artist gptkb:granite
gptkb:The_Crazy_Horse_Memorial
Carving
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Stone_Mountain
gptkb:Confederate_Memorial_at_Stone_Mountain
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:St._Charles,_Idaho
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois
gptkbp:project gptkb:Mount_Rushmore_National_Memorial
1941
14 years
Honor the founding fathers of the United States.
Rushmore project
14 years for Mount Rushmore
3 years for Stone Mountain
gptkbp:project_funding_source Private donations.
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Montgomery
gptkb:Mary_Montgomery_Borglum
gptkbp:style monumental sculpture
gptkbp:technique gptkb:carving
modeling
Granite carving
dynamite blasting
pointing machine
gptkbp:work_location gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
gptkb:Georgia
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkb:South_Dakota
gptkbp:year October 31, 1941.
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mount_Rushmore
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4