Cyrus Edwin Dallin (1861-1944)
American sculptor, was born at springville, Utah. In his early years, he was closely associatedwith Indian life, in the portrayal of which he has excelled other American plastic artists. He studied under Truman Bartlett in Boston and under Chapu in Paris. His “Signal for Peace” now in Lincoln Park, Chicago, was inspired by a visit of Buffalo Bill's wild west show to Paris. "The Medicine Man”, in Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, is ranked among the most notable efforts of American sculptural art. Among his other works is a statue of Sir Isaac Newton in the Congressional Library.
~ The Lincoln Library of Essential Information, Volume 2, Thirty-Fifth Edition, 1972, Biography, Page 1779.
You can visit the memorial page for Cyrus Edwin Dallin.
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