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[[File:Gutzon Borglum letter.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Letter by Gutzon Borglum about HPB painting]] | |||
[[File:Borglum portrait of HPB.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Portrait of H. P Blavatsky by Gutzon Borglum]] | |||
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'''John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum''' (1867-1941) was an American artist best known as the sculptor of Mount Rushmore. He painted an oil portrait of [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|Madame Blavatsky]] at the request of his father, a Theosophist. The painting now hangs in the Meditation Room of the [[L. W. Rogers Building]] at the [[Olcott (campus)|headquarters]] of the [[Theosophical Society in America]]. | '''John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum''' (1867-1941) was an American artist best known as the sculptor of Mount Rushmore. He painted an oil portrait of [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|Madame Blavatsky]] at the request of his father, a Theosophist. The painting now hangs in the Meditation Room of the [[L. W. Rogers Building]] at the [[Olcott (campus)|headquarters]] of the [[Theosophical Society in America]]. | ||
Revision as of 14:43, 11 March 2014
John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum (1867-1941) was an American artist best known as the sculptor of Mount Rushmore. He painted an oil portrait of Madame Blavatsky at the request of his father, a Theosophist. The painting now hangs in the Meditation Room of the L. W. Rogers Building at the headquarters of the Theosophical Society in America.
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- Blavatsky and Mount Rushmore by John Algeo