Image assets for this folder have not been fully processed.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Arlington, Massachusetts sculptor and educator Cyrus Dallin (1861-1944) was best known for his sculptures of American Indians.
Dallin was born in Utah and moved to Boston in 1880 where he studied with sculptor Truman H. Bartlett. He then studied in Paris, France, before settling in Arlington, Massachusetts and beginning a 40 year tenure as a member of the faculty at the Massachusetts Normal Art School (now Massachusetts College of Art and Design) in Boston.
As president of the Massachusetts branch of the Eastern Association of Indian Affairs, Dallin worked to protect land rights and sovereignty, improve healthcare and education, and revitalize Native arts. He also served as an advisor on the Algonquin Indian Council of New England.
Dallin's public sculptures can be found throughout the United States in cities including Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, and Kansas City.
Dallin was married to Vittoria Colonna Murray Dallin, who was central to social and civic life in Arlington, Massachusetts, where she helped to found or lead several civic organizations. Her most notable accomplishment was the Arlington Pageant of 1913 which celebrated the new Town Hall and the adjoining landscaped garden area, which included Cyrus Dallin's sculpture, "The Indian Hunter," and a flagpole with four Dallin sculptures.
