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1861 Springville, Utah - 1944 Arlington Heights, Massachusetts. Known for: Native American figure sculpture, portrait busts, statues.
A sculptor of Indian figures and portraits, Cyrus Dallin created work that showed Indians as having noble bearing, simplicity, dignity, and elaborate costumes. This was a departure from earlier... Read full biography
A sculptor of Indian figures and portraits, Cyrus Dallin created work that showed Indians as having noble bearing, simplicity, dignity, and elaborate costumes. This was a departure from earlier depictions of them "as a pitiful but appealing remnant of a once-proud and noble race." (Baigell 85) He... Read full biography
A sculptor of Indian figures and portraits, Cyrus Dallin created work that showed Indians as having noble bearing, simplicity, dignity, and elaborate costumes. This was a departure from earlier depictions of them "as a pitiful but appealing remnant of a once-proud and noble race." (Baigell 85) He was a careful student of anatomy, costume, and psysiognomay, and his highly realistic figures made them seem natural, interesting and worth knowing as human beings. One of his major pieces is the... Read full biography
A sculptor of Indian figures and portraits, Cyrus Dallin created work that showed Indians as having noble bearing, simplicity, dignity, and elaborate costumes. This was a departure from earlier depictions of them "as a pitiful but appealing remnant of a once-proud and noble race." (Baigell 85) He was a careful student of anatomy, costume, and psysiognomay, and his highly realistic figures made them seem natural, interesting and worth knowing as human beings. One of his major pieces is the statue of Paul Revere at Boston's Old North Church, for which he won an equestrian art contest. Another famous work is Appeal to the Great Spirit, at the Boston Museum of the Fine Arts. Other important works are in Chicago, Signal of Peace in Lincoln... Read full biography
A sculptor of Indian figures and portraits, Cyrus Dallin created work that showed Indians as having noble bearing, simplicity, dignity, and elaborate costumes. This was a departure from earlier depictions of them "as a pitiful but appealing remnant of a once-proud and noble race." (Baigell 85) He was a careful student of anatomy, costume, and psysiognomay, and his highly realistic figures made them seem natural, interesting and worth knowing as human beings. One of his major pieces is the statue of Paul Revere at Boston's Old North Church, for which he won an equestrian art contest. Another famous work is Appeal to the Great Spirit, at the Boston Museum of the Fine Arts. Other important works are in Chicago, Signal of Peace in Lincoln Park; Medicine Man in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, and Massasoit at Plymouth, Massac... Read full biography
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Keywords (57)
Art Method
- •Medallic Art, Medallions, Medals, Coin Design
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Indian Figure Prior to 1940
- •Indians, Native American Specialty
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Self-Portrait
- •Statue Sculpture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Boston Before 1900
- •Europe
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
- •Utah Before 1900
Art Association
- •American Federation of Arts
- •Boston Art Club
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •National Sculpture Society
- •St. Botolph Club, Boston
Art Teacher
- •Henri Michel Chapu
- •Sidney Morse
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •Drexel Institute of Technology, Teacher
- •Massachusetts State School of Art, Normal, Teacher
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Alice Art Collection, Utah
- •Gerald Peters Collection
- •William Foxley Collection-Western
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Horse Subject Specialty
- •Sculpture Specialty
- •Studio Building, Boston, Resident
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889
- •Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900
- •Louisiana Purchase Expo, St. Louis World's Fair 1904
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
- •World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892-1893
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Boston Art Club-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •National Sculpture Society-
- •St. Botolph Club, Boston-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Charles Russell Art Show/Auction/ and/or Museum
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts