Background
Solon Borglum was born in Ogden, Utah, United States on the 22nd of December 1868; the son of James Borglum, a Danish wood-carver. His elder brother, Gutzon Borglum (b. 1867), showed himself an artist of some originality.
Solon Borglum was born in Ogden, Utah, United States on the 22nd of December 1868; the son of James Borglum, a Danish wood-carver. His elder brother, Gutzon Borglum (b. 1867), showed himself an artist of some originality.
He studied under Lotus F. Rebisso in the Cincinnati art school in 1895-1897, and under Fremiet in Paris.
Borglum took as his chief subjects incidents of western life, cowboys and Indians, with which he was familiar from his years on the ranch; notably "Lassoing Wild Horses, " "Stampeding Wild Horses, " "Last Round-up, " "On the Border of White Man's Land, " and "Burial on the Plains. "
He was awarded the Croix de Guerre by France for his work with Les Foyers du Soldat service clubs during World War I. Borglum received a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle (1900) and another at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. In 1904 Borglum won the gold medal at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition held in St. Louis. In 1920, he established the American School of Sculpture in New York City.
In 1911, Borglum was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member.
Solon married in 1898 to Emma.
