Cyrus Edwin DALLIN

Cyrus Dallin shot for the Boston Archery Club in 1904 but, individually was not one of the top archers in the country. His primary fame came as an outstanding sculptor. Dallin came to Boston in 1880 from Salt Lake City and studied art at night with the well-known Truman Bartlett. He later studied in Paris under Henri Chapu and Jean Dampt. In 1884 the city of Boston commissioned a statue to be built of Paul Revere and Dallin later won two open competitions to be named the sculptor. He did the statue and considered it his best work but had to fight for over 50 years to have it erected by the city. In 1940 the statue was dedicated on the Paul Revere Mall behind the Old North Church in the North End. Dallin had many commissions and exhibits and won many prizes as a sculptor but also supplemented his income by teaching, mainly at the Massachusetts Normal Art School (Massachusetts College of Art and Design), from 1900-1941. Among his most famed works are his depictions of Native Americans, which are credited with changing the face of public art in America