Who carved Stone Mountain, but is better known for his work on Mt. Rushmore?

• A. Gutzon Borglum
• B. Daniel Chester French
• C. Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
• D. Auguste Rodin

Answer: (A)

Gutzon Borglum is the sculptor connected to both sites, and he’s best known for Mount Rushmore. He began carving Stone Mountain in Georgia, but his lasting fame comes from directing the Mount Rushmore project in the Black Hills of South Dakota, where four U.S. presidents’ faces were carved into granite from 1927 until his death in 1941 (with his son Lincoln finishing the work). That leadership and the scale of Mount Rushmore make him the figure most closely associated with both monumental projects.

The other sculptors are known for different works: Daniel Chester French is famous for the Lincoln statue in the Lincoln Memorial, Bartholdi for the Statue of Liberty, and Rodin for his modern sculptural works.