Roger Noble Burnham studied art history and architecture and later also sculpturing at Harvard. After graduating from Harvard University in 1899, he entered the American Academy of Dramatic Art and graduated in 1907. From 1912-17 he taught modeling at Harvard’s School of Architecture. Later he was a teacher at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. He became known as a sculptor, teacher, and lecturer. In his studio in the Berkeley Hills, he fulfilled several portrait commissions. His most famous project was called The Answer, a colossal figure of Jesus Christ who spreads his arms, which was to be placed above the sign “Hollywood” with a view of the city. However, this project was never implemented.
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