Horse
1916
Medium
Drawing
Classification
Drawing
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. A. Mervyn Davies
Accession Number
1971.446.2
Tags
Art Historical Context
Solon H. Borglum, a leading American sculptor renowned for his dynamic depictions of Western life and equine subjects, created *Horse* in 1916 as a preparatory drawing. Born in 1868, Borglum was part of a prominent artistic family—his brother Gut famously carved Mount Rushmore—and he excelled in capturing the power and anatomy of horses, often for monumental sculptures. This work, housed in the Smithsonian American Art, reflects the early 20th-century fascination with realism in American art, amid the rise of the Western genre that celebrated frontier spirit during World War I. Rendered as an...