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Show Page Eight The Springvillc Herald September 16, 1976 Famed sculptor visits art museum Sunday 1 Springville Museum of Art, Sunday, was honored by the presence of Joseph D. Por-tanova, Por-tanova, famed sculptor, who studied under Springville's Cyrus E. Dallin. Mr. Portanova was a native of Boston, although having lived in Southern California for some 40 years, and was in Mr. Dallin's studio when he created his one-quarter one-quarter scale model of the Paul Revere equestrian statue. Mr. Portanova came especially ' for the commemorative com-memorative exhibit of works by Mr. Dallin and the observance of the first showing of his biography, "Cyrus E. Dallin--Let Justice Be Done," by Rell G. Francis. A nationally famed sculptor in his own right having created numerous bronze portraiture now hanging in the Court of Honor at Los Angeles Memorial , Coliseum, Mr. Portanova has won numerous coveted awards and prizes, holds membership in a number of distinguished groups and is listed in many international dictionaries and encyclopedias. Also present were Martin K. Bovey, former instructor at Harvard University, and a personal friend of Dallin from Chelmsford, Mass. He contributed con-tributed his collection of notes taken through years of conversation con-versation with Dallin to Mr. Francis to help with the biography. Mrs. Ada Barron, former president , of the Springville Hafen-Dallin Club, who began the scrapbook of the two Springville artists-John Hafen, painter, and Dallin, sculptor-back sculptor-back in 1939, was also present. She resides in Arizona. Along with the Bicentennial display of Dallin's works, including in-cluding many priceless contributions con-tributions loaned from private collections, will be a new piece. It is a bronze statue of Dallin's John Hancock, cast by Cecile Curtis, widow of noted local artist, Hughes Curtis. She made molds from Dallin's three-foot plaster cast, owned by a Chicago man. This man gave the original to the museum on condition that he have one of two bronze figures made. Dallin had been promised the statue would be in heroic size in a prominent Boston location, but this was never done. Francis, local artist, writer and teacher, spent almost 10 years researching Dallin's life prior to writing the biography as a Bicentennial offering. It was published through grants from the . S. Bernard Eggertsen Foundation, the Paul Revere Life Insurance Co. and Utah American Revolution' Committee. ft Anna Kristie Cooksey, one-year-old daughter of Alex and Carolyn Cooksey, celebrated her first birthday September . 15. Her grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Harder of Mapleton and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cooksey, Springville. Great-grandmothers are Mrs. J.A. Leslie, Springville, and Mrs. Anna Scovil, Mt. Pleasant. THE SIGN OF A GOOD BUSINESS NEIGHBOR... THE SIGN OF A MERCHANT WHO CARES ABOUT PEOPLE... This emblem identifies the civic-minded businessmen who sponsor in the community For information call MARY KNITTLE Phone 489-7097 In writing an introduction to the book, John E. Ewers, senior ethnologist, Smithsonian Institution, In-stitution, Washington, D.C., said: "It would be difficult to name an American sculptor more worthy of remembrance in this Bicentennial year than Cyrus E. Dallin. "Over a period of six decades Dallin created numerous sensitive sen-sitive portraits of American heroes and heroines. His life admirably exemplifies how artistic talents develop within our free society. "For this first book-length study of the life and works of Cyrus E. Dallin, the author, Rell G. Francis, has brought together much previously unpublished in-i in-i formation from the sculptor's personal correspondence and records, and from the writings and memories of other members of the Dallin Family, as well as the opinions of friends and critics of the moted sculptor. "In both text and pictures this book clearly reveals the remarkable breadth of "interests and versatility of this sculptor. His many works include equestrian of standing figures, Classes open at Utah Tech Eight programs are already filled for the fall quarter out of 36 being offered by Utah Technical College at Provo but openings still exist in the remaining 28 which offer a wide variety of training in marketable skills. or busts of many heroes prominent in the history of our, country from Christopher Columbus to Charles A. Lind-berg." "This was announced today by Utah Tech President Wilson W. Sorensen, who urged immediate inquiry by prospective students to insure them of getting the course of their choice before this fall quarter opens Sept. 27. By inquiring now, and paying tuition and fees, students may insure a place at the start of the fall quarter, he said, although formal registration is not until Sept. 23 and ,24. 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