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Show Cyrus E. Dallin Dies In Boston, Mass. Dean Of Utah Artists, Native Of Springville, Won Recognition Throughout This Country And Europe With His Artistic Ability Cyrus Edwin Dallin, 82, native of Springville, whose work in sculptoring won national fame and whose many Utah works include the Brigham Young monument, the statue of Massasoit in the state capitol and the figure of the Angel of Moroni atop the L.D.S. temple, died Monday afternoon in a Boston Bos-ton hospital, according to word received here. Dean of Utah artists, Mr. Dallin received wide acclaim throughout the United States and Europe for his extraordinary artistic abilitjv His noted statues grace many parks and public buildings in the United States. Mr. Dallin was born in Springville Spring-ville Nov. 22, 1S61, a son of Thomas Thom-as and Jane Hamer Dallin. He moved to Boston in 1SS4 where he received notice as an outstanding young artist. In 1S88 he was awarded a gold medal by the American Art Association. His other awards and medals included honorable mention at the Paris solan, 1890; first class medal, at World's Columbian exposition in Chicago, 1893; silver medal of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics' Mechan-ics' Association, 1895; silver medal, med-al, International exposition, Paris, 1900; silver medal, Pan-American exposition, St. Louis, 1904, and the gold medal of the Panama-Pacific exposition, San Francisco, 1915. Mr. Dallin pursued his art studies stud-ies at Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, in 1899, and also studied under Henri Michel Chapu at the Julian academy in Paris. He was a member of the American Ameri-can Academy of Arts and Letters and an honorary member of the American Sculptor's society. An honorary degree of doctor of arts was conferred upon him in 1937 by Boston university, and he held a master of arts degree from Tufts college, received in 1923. Among his most outstanding works are the Signal of Peace, Lincoln park, Chicago; Sir Isaac Newton, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C; Don Quixote, Apollo and Hyancinthus, and the Medicine Man, at Fairmount park, Philadelphia; The Cavalryman, Hanover, Pa.; the Soldiers' Monument, Monu-ment, Syracuse, N. Y.; Appeal to the Great Spirit, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Indian Hunter, Arlington, Ar-lington, Mass.; a statue of Massasoit Massa-soit at Plymouth Rock, Mass.; Signing of the Compact, Province-town, Province-town, Mass., and the statue of Anne Hutchinson in the Massachusetts Massa-chusetts state house, Boston. Mr. Dallin was an ardent supporter sup-porter of the Springville high school Art project, his Paul Revere Re-vere being a highlight of the permanent per-manent art collection. Also, his Pioneer Mother statue in the city park, which portrays his own pioneer mother, an early settler in Springville, has been the subject of many fine comments com-ments from visitors to this city. Although Mr. Dallin has not lived in Springville for many years he always called It home, and made regular visits back here to visit old friends and acquaintances. When he was a young boy, he lived with the Dougall family in Springville and in reminiscencing on his early life in Springville yesterday, yes-terday, Mrs. Catherine Dougall Wood recalled the day Mr. Dullin (Continued on Page 16) Cyrus E. Dallin Dies In Boston, Mass. (Continued from Page One) left for Boston; how his parents rode in a small mule-drawn cart through thick dust to the depot, while about a half-dozen close friends walked to the station to bid him farewell. In recognition of the esteem in which Mr. Dallin was held in this city, and in sympathy to the family, fam-ily, the following telegram was sent on behalf of the citizens of Springville : |