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Dallin converted to [[Unitarianism]] and initially turned down the offer to sculpt the [[angel Moroni]] for the spire of the LDS Church's [[Salt Lake Temple]]. He later accepted the commission and, after finishing the statue said, "My angel Moroni brought me nearer to God than anything I ever did."<ref name="Young">[[Levi Edgar Young]], "The Angel Moroni and Cyrus Dallin", ''[[Improvement Era]]'', April 1953, p. 234.</ref><ref name="LDS">[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2006/04/news-of-the-church/sculptors-works-top-temple-towers-worldwide "Sculptor's Works Top Temple Towers Worldwide"], ''[[Ensign (LDS magazine)|Ensign]]'', April 2006.</ref> His statue became a symbol for the LDS Church and was the model for other angel Moroni statues on the spires of [[Temple (LDS Church)|LDS Church temples]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Bronzes of the American West|last=Broder|first=Patricia Janis|last2=McCracken|first2=Harold|date=1974|publisher=Harry N. Abrams|isbn=978-0-8109-0133-9|location=New York|language=en|oclc=640913}}</ref>
Dallin converted to [[Unitarianism]] and initially turned down the offer to sculpt the [[angel Moroni]] for the spire of the LDS Church's [[Salt Lake Temple]]. He later accepted the commission and, after finishing the statue said, "My angel Moroni brought me nearer to God than anything I ever did."<ref name="Young">[[Levi Edgar Young]], "The Angel Moroni and Cyrus Dallin", ''[[Improvement Era]]'', April 1953, p. 234.</ref><ref name="LDS">{{Cite web|title=Sculptor’s Works Top Temple Towers Worldwide|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/eng/ensign/2006/04/news-of-the-church/sculptors-works-top-temple-towers-worldwide|access-date=2022-12-30|website=www.churchofjesuschrist.org|language=en}}</ref> His statue became a symbol for the LDS Church and was the model for other angel Moroni statues on the spires of [[Temple (LDS Church)|LDS Church temples]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Bronzes of the American West|last=Broder|first=Patricia Janis|last2=McCracken|first2=Harold|date=1974|publisher=Harry N. Abrams|isbn=978-0-8109-0133-9|location=New York|language=en|oclc=640913}}</ref>


In Boston, Dallin became a colleague of [[Augustus St. Gaudens]] and a close friend of [[John Singer Sargent]]. 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 [[Drexel University|Drexel Institute]] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, while completing his ''Sir Isaac Newton'' (1895) for the [[Library of Congress]]. 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 (Dallin)|The Medicine Man]]'' in the Salon of 1899 and the [[Exposition Universelle (1900)]].<ref name="harvardsquarelibrary.org"/> The couple moved to [[Arlington, Massachusetts]], in 1900, where they established their residence and raised three sons.
In Boston, Dallin became a colleague of [[Augustus St. Gaudens]] and a close friend of [[John Singer Sargent]]. 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 [[Drexel University|Drexel Institute]] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, while completing his ''Sir Isaac Newton'' (1895) for the [[Library of Congress]]. 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 (Dallin)|The Medicine Man]]'' in the Salon of 1899 and the [[Exposition Universelle (1900)]].<ref name="harvardsquarelibrary.org"/> The couple moved to [[Arlington, Massachusetts]], in 1900, where they established their residence and raised three sons.
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The full-size [[Staff (building material)|staff]] version of ''Protest of the Sioux'' was exhibited at the 1904 [[Louisiana Purchase Exposition]], 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://smofa.org/collections/browse.html?x=art&art_id=428&name=Protest |title=''The Protest'' |publisher=Smofa.org |access-date=February 6, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222010033/http://smofa.org/collections/browse.html?x=art&art_id=428&name=Protest |archive-date=February 22, 2014 }}</ref>
The full-size [[Staff (building material)|staff]] version of ''Protest of the Sioux'' was exhibited at the 1904 [[Louisiana Purchase Exposition]], 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://smofa.org/collections/browse.html?x=art&art_id=428&name=Protest |title=''The Protest'' |publisher=Smofa.org |access-date=February 6, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222010033/http://smofa.org/collections/browse.html?x=art&art_id=428&name=Protest |archive-date=February 22, 2014 }}</ref>


''Appeal to the Great Spirit'' became an icon of American art and is Dallin's most famous work.<ref>[http://www.publicartboston.com/content/appeal-great-spirit ''Appeal to the Great Spirit''] from Boston Public Art.</ref> 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 [[Boston Museum of Fine Arts]] in 1912. Smaller versions of the work are in numerous American museums and in the permanent collection of the [[White House]].
''Appeal to the Great Spirit'' became an icon of American art and is Dallin's most famous work.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1Win - Revisão do site de apostas brasileiro|url=https://www.publicartboston.com/|access-date=2022-12-30|website=www.publicartboston.com|language=pt-BR}}</ref> 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 [[Boston Museum of Fine Arts]] in 1912. Smaller versions of the work are in numerous American museums and in the permanent collection of the [[White House]].


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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tulsacentralalumni.org/projects.htm |title=Tulsa Central High School Foundation Projects |publisher=Tulsacentralalumni.org |date=February 21, 2003 |access-date=February 12, 2012}}</ref> 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.<ref>[http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!332823~!0#focus "Appeal to the Great Spirit, (sculpture)"]. ''Siris''</ref> There is also a version at St. John University in Wisconsin.
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tulsacentralalumni.org/projects.htm |title=Tulsa Central High School Foundation Projects |publisher=Tulsacentralalumni.org |date=February 21, 2003 |access-date=February 12, 2012}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Appeal to the Great Spirit, (sculpture).|url=https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile&#61;all&source&#61;~!siartinventories&uri&#61;full&#61;3100001~!332823~!0|access-date=2022-12-30|website=siris-artinventories.si.edu}}</ref> There is also a version at St. John University in Wisconsin.


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*''[[The Pickett]]'' (1905), [[Battle of Hanover]], [[Hanover, Pennsylvania]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=4997 |title=Battle of Hanover Marker |publisher=Hmdb.org |access-date=February 12, 2012}}</ref>
*''[[The Pickett]]'' (1905), [[Battle of Hanover]], [[Hanover, Pennsylvania]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=4997 |title=Battle of Hanover Marker |publisher=Hmdb.org |access-date=February 12, 2012}}</ref>
*''Victory'' (1909), Pioneer Park, Provo, Utah<ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.utah.gov/apps/markers/detailed_results.php?markerid=1612 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130626173855/http://history.utah.gov/apps/markers/detailed_results.php?markerid=1612 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 26, 2013 |access-date=June 1, 2013 |title=Indian War Memorial |website=Utah State History |department=Markers and Monuments Database}}</ref>
*''Victory'' (1909), Pioneer Park, Provo, Utah<ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.utah.gov/apps/markers/detailed_results.php?markerid=1612 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130626173855/http://history.utah.gov/apps/markers/detailed_results.php?markerid=1612 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 26, 2013 |access-date=June 1, 2013 |title=Indian War Memorial |website=Utah State History |department=Markers and Monuments Database}}</ref>
*''[[Winfield Scott Hancock (statue)|General Winfield Scott Hancock]]'' (1909–10), Pennsylvania State Memorial, [[Gettysburg Battlefield]], [[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania]]<ref>[http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13325235CT245.5987&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!11915~!109&ri=3&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Dallin,+Cyrus+Edwin,+1861-1944,+sculptor.&index=AUTHOR&uindex=&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=3#focus General Hancock] from SIRIS.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://lh6.ggpht.com/-uVETROjEPxs/TmlYh_Npb4I/AAAAAAAGH4w/370uBFqSrpE/Dallin%25252C%252520Winfield%252520Scott%252520Hancock.jpg?imgmax=640 |title=General Hancock |access-date=February 6, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021171929/http://lh6.ggpht.com/-uVETROjEPxs/TmlYh_Npb4I/AAAAAAAGH4w/370uBFqSrpE/Dallin%25252C%252520Winfield%252520Scott%252520Hancock.jpg?imgmax=640 |archive-date=October 21, 2013 }}</ref>
*''[[Winfield Scott Hancock (statue)|General Winfield Scott Hancock]]'' (1909–10), Pennsylvania State Memorial, [[Gettysburg Battlefield]], [[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Pennsylvania State Memorial: Winfield Scott Hancock, (sculpture).|url=https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session&#61;13325235CT245.5987&profile&#61;ariall&source&#61;~!siartinventories&view&#61;subscriptionsummary&uri&#61;full&#61;3100001~!11915~!109&ri&#61;3&aspect&#61;Browse&menu&#61;search&ipp&#61;20&spp&#61;20&staffonly&#61;&term&#61;Dallin,+Cyrus+Edwin,+1861-1944,+sculptor.&index&#61;AUTHOR&uindex&#61;&aspect&#61;Browse&menu&#61;search&ri&#61;3|access-date=2022-12-30|website=siris-artinventories.si.edu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://lh6.ggpht.com/-uVETROjEPxs/TmlYh_Npb4I/AAAAAAAGH4w/370uBFqSrpE/Dallin%25252C%252520Winfield%252520Scott%252520Hancock.jpg?imgmax=640 |title=General Hancock |access-date=February 6, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021171929/http://lh6.ggpht.com/-uVETROjEPxs/TmlYh_Npb4I/AAAAAAAGH4w/370uBFqSrpE/Dallin%25252C%252520Winfield%252520Scott%252520Hancock.jpg?imgmax=640 |archive-date=October 21, 2013 }}</ref>
[[File:WilliamBradfordStatue.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|''Governor William Bradford'' (1920, dedicated 1976), [[Pilgrim Hall Museum]]]]
[[File:WilliamBradfordStatue.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|''Governor William Bradford'' (1920, dedicated 1976), [[Pilgrim Hall Museum]]]]
*''[[Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Syracuse, New York)|Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument]]'' (1909–1911), [[Clinton Square#Soldiers' and sailors' monument|Clinton Square]], [[Syracuse, New York]]<ref>[http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13327824M8Y5B.12111&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!23738~!107&ri=20&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Dallin,+Cyrus+Edwin,+1861-1944,+sculptor.&index=AUTHOR&uindex=&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=20#focus Syracuse Soldiers & Sailors Monument] from SIRIS</ref>
*''[[Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Syracuse, New York)|Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument]]'' (1909–1911), [[Clinton Square#Soldiers' and sailors' monument|Clinton Square]], [[Syracuse, New York]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).|url=https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session&#61;13327824M8Y5B.12111&profile&#61;ariall&source&#61;~!siartinventories&view&#61;subscriptionsummary&uri&#61;full&#61;3100001~!23738~!107&ri&#61;20&aspect&#61;Browse&menu&#61;search&ipp&#61;20&spp&#61;20&staffonly&#61;&term&#61;Dallin,+Cyrus+Edwin,+1861-1944,+sculptor.&index&#61;AUTHOR&uindex&#61;&aspect&#61;Browse&menu&#61;search&ri&#61;20|access-date=2022-12-30|website=siris-artinventories.si.edu}}</ref>
*''My Boys'' (c. 1910), Robbins Memorial Library, [[Arlington, Massachusetts]]
*''My Boys'' (c. 1910), Robbins Memorial Library, [[Arlington, Massachusetts]]
*''[[Robbins Memorial Flagstaff]]'' (1914), [[Arlington Center Historic District|Town Hall]], Arlington, Massachusetts
*''[[Robbins Memorial Flagstaff]]'' (1914), [[Arlington Center Historic District|Town Hall]], Arlington, Massachusetts
*''[[Statue of Anne Hutchinson|Anne Hutchinson]]'' (1915, dedicated 1922), [[Massachusetts Statehouse]], Boston, Massachusetts<ref>[http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!16630~!0#focus Anne Hutchinson] from SIRIS.</ref>
*''[[Statue of Anne Hutchinson|Anne Hutchinson]]'' (1915, dedicated 1922), [[Massachusetts Statehouse]], Boston, Massachusetts<ref>{{Cite web|title=Anne Hutchinson, (sculpture).|url=https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile&#61;all&source&#61;~!siartinventories&uri&#61;full&#61;3100001~!16630~!0|access-date=2022-12-30|website=siris-artinventories.si.edu}}</ref>
*''Governor William Bradford'' (1920, dedicated 1976), [[Pilgrim Hall Museum]], Plymouth, Massachusetts<ref>[http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!304737~!0#focus Governor Bradford] from SIRIS.</ref>
*''Governor William Bradford'' (1920, dedicated 1976), [[Pilgrim Hall Museum]], Plymouth, Massachusetts<ref>{{Cite web|title=Governor William Bradford, (sculpture).|url=https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile&#61;all&source&#61;~!siartinventories&uri&#61;full&#61;3100001~!304737~!0|access-date=2022-12-30|website=siris-artinventories.si.edu}}</ref>
*[[Pilgrim Tercentenary half dollar]] (1920)
*[[Pilgrim Tercentenary half dollar]] (1920)
*''Signing the [[Mayflower Compact]]'' (1921), [[Provincetown, Massachusetts]]
*''Signing the [[Mayflower Compact]]'' (1921), [[Provincetown, Massachusetts]]
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*''[[The Medicine Man (Dallin)|The Medicine Man]]'' (1899), [[Fairmount Park]], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*''[[The Medicine Man (Dallin)|The Medicine Man]]'' (1899), [[Fairmount Park]], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*''[[Protest of the Sioux]]'' (1904)<ref>[http://northeastfinearts.com/products/the-protest-23-bronze The Protest] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705055505/http://northeastfinearts.com/products/the-protest-23-bronze |date=July 5, 2012 }} from Northeast Fine Arts.</ref>
*''[[Protest of the Sioux]]'' (1904)<ref>[http://northeastfinearts.com/products/the-protest-23-bronze The Protest] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705055505/http://northeastfinearts.com/products/the-protest-23-bronze |date=July 5, 2012 }} from Northeast Fine Arts.</ref>
**A one-third-size bronze version (cast 1986) is in the [[Springville Museum of Art]] in Springville, Utah<ref>[https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=EV36329897Y62.1484&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!318055~!0&ri=4&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Dallin,+Cyrus+Edwin,+1861-1944,+sculptor.+(copy+after)&index=AUTHOR&uindex=&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=4 ''The Protest''], from SIRIS.</ref>
**A one-third-size bronze version (cast 1986) is in the [[Springville Museum of Art]] in Springville, Utah<ref>{{Cite web|title=Protest, (sculpture).|url=https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session&#61;EV36329897Y62.1484&profile&#61;ariall&source&#61;~!siartinventories&view&#61;subscriptionsummary&uri&#61;full&#61;3100001~!318055~!0&ri&#61;4&aspect&#61;Browse&menu&#61;search&ipp&#61;20&spp&#61;20&staffonly&#61;&term&#61;Dallin,+Cyrus+Edwin,+1861-1944,+sculptor.+(copy+after)&index&#61;AUTHOR&uindex&#61;&aspect&#61;Browse&menu&#61;search&ri&#61;4|access-date=2022-12-30|website=siris-artinventories.si.edu}}</ref>
*''[[Appeal to the Great Spirit]]'' (1909), [[Boston Museum of Fine Arts]], Boston, Massachusetts
*''[[Appeal to the Great Spirit]]'' (1909), [[Boston Museum of Fine Arts]], Boston, Massachusetts
**Smaller bronze versions are in Muncie, Indiana<ref>[http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=P334665HX4225.6521&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!341181~!42&ri=1&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=equestrian+statue&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ri=1#focus Muncie Appeal] from SIRIS.</ref> and the [[Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West|Museum of the West]] in Scottsdale, Arizona
**Smaller bronze versions are in Muncie, Indiana<ref>{{Cite web|title=Appeal To The Great Spirit, (sculpture).|url=https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session&#61;P334665HX4225.6521&profile&#61;ariall&source&#61;~!siartinventories&view&#61;subscriptionsummary&uri&#61;full&#61;3100001~!341181~!42&ri&#61;1&aspect&#61;Keyword&menu&#61;search&ipp&#61;20&spp&#61;20&staffonly&#61;&term&#61;equestrian+statue&index&#61;.GW&uindex&#61;&aspect&#61;Keyword&menu&#61;search&ri&#61;1|access-date=2022-12-30|website=siris-artinventories.si.edu}}</ref> and the [[Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West|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
**A one-third-size plaster version, and a 1985 bronze version (cast from that plaster) are in Tulsa, Oklahoma
*''[[The Scout (Kansas City, MO statue)|The Scout]]'' (1910, dedicated 1922), [[Penn Valley Park]], Kansas City, Missouri
*''[[The Scout (Kansas City, MO statue)|The Scout]]'' (1910, dedicated 1922), [[Penn Valley Park]], Kansas City, Missouri

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Cyrus Edwin Dallin
Dallin c.1880
Born(1861-11-22)November 22, 1861
Springville, Utah, US
DiedNovember 14, 1944(1944-11-14) (aged 82)
Arlington, Massachusetts, US
NationalityAmerican
EducationAcadémie Julian
Known forSculpture
Notable workThe Angel Moroni (1893)
Appeal to the Great Spirit (1908)
Paul Revere (1940)
SpouseVittoria Colonna Murray
Medal record
Men's Archery
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1904 St. Louis Team round

Cyrus Edwin Dallin (November 22, 1861 – November 14, 1944) was an American sculptor 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 Angel Moroni atop Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah; and Appeal to the Great Spirit (1908), at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He was also an accomplished painter and an Olympic archer.[1]

Biography

Portrait of Dallin, 1899

Dallin was born in Springville, Utah Territory, the son of Thomas and Jane (Hamer) Dallin, both of whom had left the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) before their marriage. At age 19, he moved to Boston to study sculpture with Truman Howe Bartlett. He studied in Paris, with Henri Chapu and at the Académie Julian.[2]

In 1883, he entered a competition to sculpt an equestrian statue of Paul Revere 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.[3][4]

Dallin converted to Unitarianism and initially turned down the offer to sculpt the angel Moroni for the spire of the LDS Church's Salt Lake Temple. He later accepted the commission and, after finishing the statue said, "My angel Moroni brought me nearer to God than anything I ever did."[5][6] 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.[7]

In Boston, Dallin became a colleague of Augustus St. Gaudens and a close friend of John Singer Sargent. 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 Drexel Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, while completing his Sir Isaac Newton (1895) for the Library of Congress. 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).[2] The couple moved to Arlington, Massachusetts, in 1900, where they established their residence and raised three sons.

At the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri, Dallin competed in archery, winning the bronze medal in the team competition.[8] He finished ninth in the Double American round and 12th in the Double York round.[9]

From 1899 to 1941, he was a member of the faculty of Massachusetts Normal Art School (now the Massachusetts College of Art and Design) where one of his more notable students was Bashka Paeff. In 1912, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member and became a full Academician in 1930. He also was a member of the National Sculpture Society and the National Association of Arts and Letters, as well as an associate at the at the National Academy of Design.[10]

When he died in 1944, his life was celebrated in a Unitarian service and he is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Arlington, Massachusetts .[11]

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).[12][13]

A Signal of Peace was exhibited at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and was installed in Chicago's Lincoln Park in 1894. The Medicine Man was exhibited at the 1899 Paris Salon, and the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, where it won a gold medal.[14] It was installed in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park in 1903.

The full-size staff version of Protest of the Sioux was exhibited at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 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.[15]

Appeal to the Great Spirit became an icon of American art and is Dallin's most famous work.[16] 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 Boston Museum of Fine Arts in 1912. Smaller versions of the work are in numerous American museums and in the permanent collection of the White House.

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.[17] 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.[18] There is also a version at St. John University in Wisconsin.

Legacy

Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum in Arlington, Massachusetts

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.[19]

An elementary school in Arlington is named for him.[20]

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 Springville, Utah.[3] The Dallin House at 253 S. 300 East in Springville, Utah, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Dallin's papers are at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art.[21]

Selected works

The Angel Moroni (1893), atop Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah, since 1892
Governor William Bradford (1920, dedicated 1976), Pilgrim Hall Museum

Indigenous American works

References

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  5. ^ Levi Edgar Young, "The Angel Moroni and Cyrus Dallin", Improvement Era, April 1953, p. 234.
  6. ^ "Sculptor's Works Top Temple Towers Worldwide". www.churchofjesuschrist.org. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
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  8. ^ Cyrus Dallin Olympic medals and stats Archived August 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine at www.databaseolympics.com
  9. ^ "Archery - Cyrus Edwin Dallin (United States) : season totals". The-sports.org. September 21, 1904. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
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  22. ^ The Mormon metropolis: an illustrated guide to Salt Lake City and its environs. Magazine Printing Co. 1899. p. 38.
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