Gutzon Borglum

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Also Known As	John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum
Born	March 25, 1867 • Idaho
Died	March 6, 1941 (aged 73) • Chicago • Illinois

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Bertel Thorvaldsen

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James Earle Fraser

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Hiram Powers

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Paul Manship

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Gaston Lachaise

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Giovanni Battista Foggini

Italian sculptor

Johann Heinrich von Dannecker

German sculptor

Jean-Jacques Caffiéri

French sculptor

Pablo Picasso

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Italian artist

Honoré Daumier

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Auguste Rodin

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Andrea del Verrocchio

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Benvenuto Cellini

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