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Show .... -- . 010,+: CTII\l l K. n ,u.J.IlC. "'JCtL-\-e- Ha.V\'\e.v J)a. ll 'jl) (bl\) 3-24- l4) F7) Cyrus Edwin Dallin WIlS born in this F(..{t'\~l 5~joz...~ ~ 3 -.22.-l~ ;" city on Nov. 22. lIUlI. where he resided until 11!8(), . when he went to Hoston and entered the studio of Truman H . Bartlett. thc sculptor. and began his II :", I SC(;I.I,.f-or I ()...,l Ilrt studies. I'hl nineteen years of boy lifein Springville were not unlike thoS(' , C"'-f~(). "Di~ of the majority of the village hoys of that periOd. being spent in herding- ' cows, fishing. hunting. going to the I canyons for wood. picking the wild berries. rolling rocks down th t' steep mountnin sirles. and exploring the cnverns; attending the villngc schools dur- . in~ the incleml.'nt !Wilson. where he was known IlS a IOCRI artist of no mcan abil--ity. as the numerous sketebl's 0 n fe~ces Ilnd walls woulrl in.! dicllte. When about fourteen years of agc he diel some produce peddling at Alta City In Little Cottonwood canyon. In the spring of 187!l he went to 1'110- \ b.lli'" - ~: ke.,..-' work at a mine in tbe 'flntic district, in \1'\ Q 'b ... " i", 1 '~+vA the dUI~1 C'Rpacity of , cook and sorter of .ores. It was while at worl{ in this mine II that a vein of white clay was struck. and out 0 f w hie h the ' ~. ko Cyn..s t1'r' ~ S('ul'ptor hoy carv(.d two heads that ga\'e jl\.()t li~~ him 10000al notice n \leI ~ I 'D... /I,\o. S - "'.0 0'\0'" 'I rt'sultcc1 in an exhi~ •L _ f3; .....t ~ ~ s-t..;t bition of his handi~ work at the Territor"F""Df' do. hy {"\Lt l -3'. /.- . B j ~ ( E.i l ~~l ~Ter ~. s+o. ial F a ll' of 111711. A' ::r. ~I' S ~ ~ ; I ~ Boston. and lctt-r on _ ~ . G;-I - LUi' ) ,1'1't - 'l'L.,8. - f:--_.... h. ZS"'3 5.3oo~, Sfrl1 v)1lt.. . D.. vU.oiivv- o.,e cat I I " s..... p__ at "an", hlA ,-enhlll q~ickl y ma,ll' him famous. ane! he now ranks among the foremost sculptors of thl' aj!"e. lie hils been awardee! a grl'nt many pri7.es for thc originality and nrtistic excellence of his work. ,\s n man Mr. Oa11in has eVl'r remaincd one of th(' people. wholesouletland geninl. an,\ totally unspoiled hy th(, plaudits of th e artistic wurld. Mr. Oallin has return ed to his nlltive town several times in the last twenty yl'llrs. where his he1l.rt seems ('('ntel'cd though he still resides in Hoston. IIis last work this yl'nr was to Bnisl; the l'ioneer statue of Hrij!hnm Young. which was compl(,tcI] on the ~ 4th uf . JuJv. . .... . --=- 'I , c,r'U' "' , Z.S'3 s."", 5'. 1 00 C. |
