Dallin << DAL ihn >>, Cyrus Edwin (1861-1944), an American sculptor, used American Indian life as the theme for many of his greatest works. The Appeal to the Great Spirit (1908) shows his realistic and dramatic style. Other works include The Indian Hunter (1888), Signal of Peace (1890), Medicine Man (1899), Brigham Young and the Pioneers (1900), Massasoit (about 1921), and Paul Revere (1940). His Sir Isaac Newton (1895) is in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
Dallin was born on Nov. 22, 1861, in Springville, Utah. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian in Paris. He taught sculpture in Boston for over 40 years. Dallin died on Nov. 14, 1944.
