The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Dallin, Cyrus Edwin

DALLIN, Cyrus Edwin, American sculptor: b. Springville, Utah, 22 Nov. 1861. In his native West he came into close contact with Indian life, in the realistic and impressive portrayal of which he excels all other artists. He studied under Truman Bartlett in Boston and under Chapu in Paris, where Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show inspired his first equestrian statue, the ‘Signal for Peace’ (1890), which received a gold medal at the Chicago Exposition of 1893, and is now in Lincoln Park in that city; this was followed in 1899 by ‘The Medicine Man’ (Fairmount Park, Philadelphia), considered one of the most notable products of American sculpture. His other works include the marble statue of Sir Isaac Newton in the Congressional Library at Washington; ‘Don Quixote,’ which received a gold medal at the Saint Louis Exposition of 1904; the monument to the pioneers in Salt Lake City, and ‘Peace or War’ (1906); and ‘The Redskin's Prayer’ (1909). Consult Brush and Pencil, Vol. V, and Taft, ‘History of American Sculpture’ (New York 1903).