BORGLUM (John) Gutzon (de la Mothe), American sculptor and painter: b. Idaho, 25 March 1867. He studied at the San Francisco Art Association, and the Julian Academy of Paris 1890-93. In 1893 he returned to California, removing to London in 1895. From 1896 to 1901 he exhibited both painting and sculpture in Paris and London, and was elected to the Royal Society of British Artists and to the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts. He settled in New York in 1902. A determina tion to produce American art chiefly mani fested by choice of subject, gained for him a considerable section of the public. His success in other circles is obtained by his skilful manipulation of his material, due to thorough schooling and a judicious adoption of the free technique of Rodin. He is an able representer of movement as in his 'Mares of Diomedes' at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, though he uses the quality rather in the manner of an illustrator than of a creator of sculptural de sign. Gutzon Borglum is a member of the Architectural League of New York, and the American Numismatic Society. He has re
ceived the gold medal of the Association of Western Arts, and one from the Saint Louis Exposition of 1904. Well-known works by him are the Sheridan monument, Washington D. C.; the colossal head of Lincoln at the Capitol; Collis P. Huntington, New York; Wyatt Me morial, Raleigh, N. C.; Pursued,' two youth ful figures upon horseback (in possession of the Kaiser) ; 'The Boer,' an eqestrian figure; the small and characteristic figures of John Ruskin (Metropolitan Museum), and Nero; a number of highly original gargoyles for Prince ton University; the colossal figures of the 12 apostles for the cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York ; statue of Lincoln, Newark, N. J.; statue of Henrry Ward Beecher, Brook lyn; Alteeld statue, Chicago; and the marble figures 'Wonderment of Motherhood' ; 'Mod ern Atlas' ; 'Night'; 'Babes in the Wood.' His paintings include 'Captive doned' ; gag° and Cassio) ; and mural decora tions in Leeds and Manchester, England.