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Cyrus Edwin Dallin (November 22, 1861 – November 14, 1944) was an American
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best known for his depictions of Native Americans. He created more than 260 works, including the ''Equestrian Statue of Paul Revere'' in Boston, Massachusetts; ''the
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'' atop
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in Salt Lake City, Utah; and '' Appeal to the Great Spirit'' (1908), at the
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. He was also an accomplished painter and an Olympic
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.


Biography

Dallin was born in Springville,
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, the son of Thomas and Jane (Hamer) Dallin, both of whom had left
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(LDS Church) before their marriage. At age 19, he moved to Boston to study sculpture with
Truman Howe Bartlett Truman Howe Bartlett (1835–1922), also known as T. H. Bartlett, was an American sculptor, and father to sculptor Paul Wayland Bartlett. Bartlett was born in Dorset, Vermont, studied under Robert Eberhard Launitz in New York City and subseq ...
. He studied in Paris, with
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and at the
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. In 1883, he entered a competition to sculpt an equestrian statue of
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for Boston, Massachusetts. He won the competition and received a contract, but six versions of his model were rejected. The fifth model was not accepted because of fundraising problems. The seventh version was accepted in 1939 and the full-size statue was unveiled in 1940. File:Paul Revere (870670168).jpg,
Equestrian Statue of Paul Revere An equestrian statue of Paul Revere by Cyrus Edwin Dallin is installed at Paul Revere Mall near the Old North Church in Boston, Massachusetts. Description and history The sculpture was modeled in 1885, cast in bronze in 1940, and dedicated on ...
, (1940) North End, Boston, Massachusetts
Dallin converted to
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and initially turned down the offer to sculpt the
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for the spire of the LDS Church's
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. He later accepted the commission and, after finishing the statue said, "My angel Moroni brought me nearer to God than anything I ever did." Levi Edgar Young, "The Angel Moroni and Cyrus Dallin", ''
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'', April 1953, p. 234.
His statue became a symbol for the LDS Church and was the model for other angel Moroni statues on the spires of LDS Church temples. In Boston, Dallin became a colleague of
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and a close friend of
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. He married Vittoria Colonna Murray in 1891 and returned to Utah to work on ''The Angel Moroni'' (1893). He taught for a year at the
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in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, while completing his ''Sir Isaac Newton'' (1895) for the
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. In 1897, he traveled to Paris, and studied with Jean Dampt. He entered a ''Don Quixote'' statuette in the Salon of 1897, and '' The Medicine Man'' in the Salon of 1899 and the Exposition Universelle (1900). The couple moved to
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, in 1900, where they established their residence and raised three sons. At the
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in St. Louis, Missouri, Dallin competed in archery, winning the bronze medal in the team competition. He finished ninth in the Double American round and 12th in the Double York round. From 1899 to 1941, he was a member of the faculty of Massachusetts Normal Art School (now the
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) where one of his more notable students was Bashka Paeff. In 1912, he was elected into the
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as an Associate member and became a full Academician in 1930. He also was a member of the
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and the National Association of Arts and Letters, as well as an associate at the at the
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. When he died in 1944, his life was celebrated in a Unitarian service and he is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Arlington, Massachusetts .


Equestrian sculptures of indigenous peoples

Dallin created four prominent equestrian sculptures of indigenous people: '' A Signal of Peace'', or ''The Welcome'' (1890); '' The Medicine Man'', or ''The Warning'' (1899); '' Protest of the Sioux'', or ''The Defiance'' (1904); and '' Appeal to the Great Spirit'' (1908). ''A Signal of Peace'' was exhibited at the 1893
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and was installed in Chicago's
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in 1894. ''The Medicine Man'' was exhibited at the 1899
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, and the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, where it won a gold medal. It was installed in Philadelphia's
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in 1903. The full-size
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version of ''Protest of the Sioux'' was exhibited at the 1904
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, where it won a gold medal. The mounted brave defiantly shaking his fist at an enemy was never cast as a full-size bronze and survives only in statuette form. A one-third-size bronze version, cast in 1986, is at the Springville Museum of Art in Springville, Utah. ''Appeal to the Great Spirit'' became an icon of American art and is Dallin's most famous work. The full-size version was cast in bronze in Paris and won a gold medal at the 1909 Paris Salon. It was installed outside the main entrance to the
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in 1912. Smaller versions of the work are in numerous American museums and in the permanent collection of the
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. In 1929, a full-sized bronze version of ''Appeal to the Great Spirit''—personally overseen and approved by Dallin— was installed in Muncie, Indiana, at the intersection of Walnut and Granville Streets, and is considered by many residents to be a symbol of their city. A one-third-size plaster version was given to Tulsa, Oklahoma's Central High in 1923. It stood in the school's main hall until 1976, when Central closed its doors. In 1985, that plaster was used to cast a one-third-size bronze version, which is now in Woodward Park (Tulsa), at the intersection of 21st and Peoria Streets. There is also a version at St. John University in Wisconsin. File:IndianPeace.JPG, '' A Signal of Peace'' (1890),
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, Chicago, Illinois File:Philly Med Man.jpg, '' The Medicine Man'' (1899),
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, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania File:Sculpture- Protest of the Sioux by Cyrus E. Dallin.jpg, '' Protest of the Sioux'' (1904), at the
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File:Appeal to the Great Spirit.jpg, '' Appeal to the Great Spirit'' (1908), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts


Legacy

The Cyrus E. Dallin Museum is located in the Jefferson Cutter House in Arlington, Massachusetts, is a museum devoted to his works with a collection of over 60 pieces, and many other of his sculptures are in the vicinity. An elementary school in Arlington is named for him. The Taylor-Dallin House in Arlington, Massachusetts, where Dallin and his family lived is a privately owned residence and has not been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. More than 30 of Dallin's works are on display at the Springville Museum of Art in his birthplace of
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. The Dallin House at 253 S. 300 East in
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, is listed on the
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. Dallin's papers are at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art.


Selected works

*''Model for Equestrian Statue of Lafayette'' (1889),
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, Washington, D.C. *''The Angel Moroni'' (1893), atop
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,
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*''
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'' (1893), Main and South Temple Streets, Salt Lake City, Utah *''Sunol'' (1893), Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame,
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*''Sir Isaac Newton'' (1895), Main Reading Room,
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, Washington, D.C. *''Don Quixote de La Mancha: The Knight of the Windmill'' (1898), Springville Museum of Art,
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*
Equestrian statue of Paul Revere An equestrian statue of Paul Revere by Cyrus Edwin Dallin is installed at Paul Revere Mall near the Old North Church in Boston, Massachusetts. Description and history The sculpture was modeled in 1885, cast in bronze in 1940, and dedicated on ...
(1899, dedicated 1940), Paul Revere Mall, opposite
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, Boston, Massachusetts *''View of Hobble Creek'' (ca 1900),
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, Salt Lake City, Utah *''
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Tablet'' (1902), Richmond County Courthouse,
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*''
The Pickett ''The Picket'' (1905) is an equestrian sculpture by Cyrus E. Dallin in Hanover, Pennsylvania. The work is also referred to by the titles ''Cavalryman'' and ''The Sentry''. The sculpture is made of cast bronze and sits on a granite pedestal measurin ...
'' (1905),
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,
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*''Victory'' (1909), Pioneer Park, Provo, Utah *'' General Winfield Scott Hancock'' (1909–10), Pennsylvania State Memorial,
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,
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*'' Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument'' (1909–1911), Clinton Square, Syracuse, New York *''My Boys'' (c. 1910), Robbins Memorial Library,
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*''
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'' (1914),
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, Arlington, Massachusetts *''
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'' (1915, dedicated 1922),
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, Boston, Massachusetts *''Governor William Bradford'' (1920, dedicated 1976),
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,
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*
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(1920) *''Signing the
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'' (1921),
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* ''Boy and His Dog'' (1923)
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*''Memory'' (1924), Sherborn War Memorial,
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*''Spirit of Life'' (1929). Springville Museum of Art,
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*''Pioneer Women of Utah'' (1931), Springville Museum of Art,
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*''Alma Mater'' (1925), Mary Institue of
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, Ladue, Missouri *''Memorial to The Pioneer Mothers of Springville'' (1932), Springville City Park,
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Indigenous American works

*'' A Signal of Peace'' (1890),
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, Chicago, Illinois *'' The Medicine Man'' (1899),
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, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania *'' Protest of the Sioux'' (1904) **A one-third-size bronze version (cast 1986) is in the Springville Museum of Art in Springville, Utah *'' Appeal to the Great Spirit'' (1909),
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, Boston, Massachusetts **Smaller bronze versions are in Muncie, Indiana and the Museum of the West in Scottsdale, Arizona **A one-third-size plaster version, and a 1985 bronze version (cast from that plaster) are in Tulsa, Oklahoma *'' The Scout'' (1910, dedicated 1922), Penn Valley Park, Kansas City, Missouri **A one-third-size bronze version is in Seville, Spain; a 1992 gift from Seville's sister-city, Kansas City, Missouri *''Chief Joseph'' (1911),
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, New York City *'' Menotomy Indian Hunter'' (1911), Robbins Memorial Gardens, Arlington, Massachusetts *''
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'' (1920),
Cole's Hill Cole's Hill is a National Historic Landmark containing the first cemetery used by the ''Mayflower'' Pilgrims in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. The hill is located on Carver Street near the foot of Leyden Street and across the street from Pl ...
, opposite
Plymouth Rock Plymouth Rock is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the ''Mayflower'' Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in December 1620. The Pilgrims did not refer to Plymouth Rock in any of their writings; the first known writt ...
, Plymouth, Massachusetts **Other casts are at
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, Salt Lake City, Utah;
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, Provo, Utah; Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah; Mill Creek Park, Kansas City, Missouri; and
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, Dayton, Ohio. *''On the Warpath #28'' (c. 1920),
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, Salt Lake City, Utah and Brookgreen Garden Museum, Brookgreen, South Carolina *''Passing of the Buffalo'', also known as ''The Last Arrow'' (1929), Muncie, Indiana *''Pretty Eagle,'' Portrait Bust *''
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,'' (1914) Native American woman with infant,
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, Arlington, Massachusetts *''Sacagawea (1914)'', Museum of the West in Scottsdale, Arizona, Plaster version
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, Arlington Massachusetts


Gallery

File:Lafayette-model.JPG, ''Model for Lafayette'' (1889),
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, Washington, D.C. File:Loc-newton-highsmith.jpg, ''Sir Isaac Newton'' (1895),
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, Washington, D.C. File:2010 NorthEnd Boston 4621037522.jpg, ''
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'' (1899, dedicated 1940), Boston, Massachusetts, near
Old North Church Old North Church (officially, Christ Church in the City of Boston), at 193 Salem Street, in the North End, Boston, is the location from which the famous "One if by land, two if by sea" signal is said to have been sent. This phrase is related ...
File:The Picket.jpg, ''The Picket'' (1905),
Battle of Hanover The Battle of Hanover took place on June 30, 1863, in Hanover in southwestern York County, Pennsylvania, as part of the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War. Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's Confederate cavalry, which was riding north to ...
, Hanover, Pennsylvania File:Soldiers-sailors 1910.jpg, '' Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument'' (1909–1911), Clinton Square, Syracuse, New York File:Civil-War-memorial-Clinton-Square-01.JPG, ''Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument'' detail File:KC Scout.jpg, '' The Scout'' (1910), Penn Valley Park, Kansas City, Missouri File:My Boys by Cyrus Dallin - IMG 3056.JPG, ''My Boys'' (c. 1910), Robbins Memorial Library, Arlington, Massachusetts File:WLA nyhistorical Cyrus Edwin Dallin.jpg, ''Chief Joseph'' (1911),
New York Historical Society The New-York Historical Society is an American history museum and library in New York City, along Central Park West between 76th and 77th Streets, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The society was founded in 1804 as New York's first museum. ...
, New York City File:Menotomy Indian Hunter by Cyrus E. Dallin - Arlington, Massachusetts.JPG, ''Menotomy Indian Hunter'' (1911), Robbins Park, Arlington, Massachusetts File:Robbins Memorial Flagstaff, Arlington, MA - b.jpg, ''Robbins Memorial Flagstaff'' (1914),
Town Hall In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or a municipal building (in the Philippines), is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually house ...
, Arlington, Massachusetts File:Anne Hutchinson statue.jpeg, ''Anne Hutchinson'' (1915, dedicated 1922),
Massachusetts Statehouse The Massachusetts State House, also known as the Massachusetts Statehouse or the New State House, is the state capitol and seat of government for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, located in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston. The buildi ...
, Boston, Massachusetts File:Massasoit statue plymouth 2007.jpg, ''Massasoit'' (1920), opposite
Plymouth Rock Plymouth Rock is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the ''Mayflower'' Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in December 1620. The Pilgrims did not refer to Plymouth Rock in any of their writings; the first known writt ...
, Plymouth, Massachusetts File:Pilgrim tercentenary half dollar commemorative reverse.jpg,
Pilgrim Tercentenary half dollar The Pilgrim Tercentenary half dollar or Pilgrim half dollar was a commemorative fifty-cent coin struck by the United States Bureau of the Mint in 1920 and 1921 to mark the 300th anniversary (tercentenary) of the arrival of the Pilgrims in N ...
(1920) File:MayflowerCompactBasrelief.jpg, ''Signing the Mayflower Compact (1921), Provincetown, Massachusetts File:Monument, Memory Statue by Cyrus Edwin Dallin - Sherborn, MA - DSC03006.JPG, ''Memory'' (1924), Sherborn War Memorial, Sherborn, Massachusetts File:Cyrus Dallin Springville Pioneer Mother Memorial.JPG, ''Memorial to the Pioneer Mothers of Springville'' (1932), Springville, Utah File:Woburn Return of the Troops.jpg, Woburn Return of the Troops


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* * * List of sculptures by Cyrus Dallin in Massachusetts
The Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum, Arlington, Massachusetts

Springville Museum of Art Springville, Utah
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