Which sculptor led the creation of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota?

Gutzon Borglum led the creation of Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota.

The monument’s enormous granite faces portray Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. South Dakota historian Doane Robinson proposed a mountain carving to attract tourists, and sculptor Gutzon Borglum developed the presidential concept and selected Mount Rushmore as the site because of its granite and favorable exposure to the sun.

Work began in 1927 and continued until 1941. Borglum directed the carving with dynamite, pneumatic drills, and crews of workers. He died in March 1941, and his son, Lincoln Borglum, helped supervise the project during its final phase. The memorial was left unfinished according to the original plans; the intended figures were to include more of the presidents’ bodies.

Mount Rushmore is in the Black Hills near Keystone. The four heads are each about 18 metres tall. The memorial is managed by the National Park Service and is one of the most recognizable landmarks in the United States.