BOROLUM, Solon Hannibal, American sculptor: b. Ogden, Utah, 22 Dec. 1868. He spent his youth in Fremont, Neb., and his early manhood on a cattle ranch. At the age of 24 he turned to art, spent two years with his brother Gutzon in California, and in 1895 entered the art school of Cincinnati. His first group, a 'Horse Pawing a Dead Companion,' won a special prize, and in 1897 he won a scholarship which brought him to Paris. There he studied under Louis Rebisso and Fremiet. He achieved honorable mention with his 'Lame Horse' in the Salon of 1899, and attracted much attention by the originality of his subjects, taken from the life of the western frontier, which he himself had experienced. His art has perpetu ated vanishing types — the cowboy, the ranch man, Indian and the animals of the plains, with truth and inspiration and shows little French influence, even in technique. After 1900 he was active in New York. He became a member of the National Sculpture Society in 1901 and was made an associate of the National Academy in 1911. Among other awards he has received
an honorable mention at the Salon of 1899, a silver medal from the Pan-American exposition of 1901, and a gold medal at Saint Lois in 1904 Among his principal works are 'On the Bor ders of White Man's Land' and 'Bulls Fight ing) (Metropolitan Museum, New York) ; busts of C. A. Schieren, Simon Newcomb and the Packer Memorial (Brooklyn Institute Museum) ; equestrian statue of General Gordon (Atlanta, Ga.) ; Soldiers and Sailors' Monument (Danbury, Conn) ; 'Stampede of Wild Horses' (Cincinnati Museum) ; 'The Last Roundup' (Metropolitan Museum, New York) ; 'Burial on the Plains' ; (Tamed> ; 'Just Born' ; 'Evening' ; and The Bucking Broncho.> His later works include an equestrian statue of Captain O'Neill (Prescott, Ariz., 1907) ; por trait reliefs of Civil War generals in the Vicksburg National Park and 'Private Jones of the Confederate Army,' a bronze statute in Lynchburg, Va.