The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-11

quest Of fame and fortune in his chosen
profession as a sculptor. Last Friday
he returned to this city with his we'll
won laurels as one Of the foremost
sculptors Of his time in America, and
with a consciousness that his talents
have placed him I'm high repute in the
exclusive salons Of Paris the art center
of the world. That man is C. Z. Dallin,
the eldest son of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Dallin Of this city.
Mr.. Dallin is still young man, hav-
ing been born in this city on Nov. %,
1851 He is therefore in his 3Sth year.
Judging by his work in the. past, with
talent and energy unimpared and with
the advantages of hard and painstak-
ing training in the best art schools of
the world, twenty more years of life
will place him easily among the fore
most sculptors of the age the world
over
Your correspondent today visited Mr.
Daliin at his fathers home in this city
and found him quiet. unassunfing
Americas gentleman, totally unspoiled
by the plaudits and admiration his
work has won. He is man of charm
ing. personality, and conversed freely
and easily of his life and work ~ home
and abroad. Il close observer could
note the tone of quiet eXultation in
which he spoke of his achievements.
and when his conversation drifted on to
the ideals of true artshe spoke with a
quiet intensity of feeling which one
would term enthusiasm. In person he
is about five feet eight inches in
height. with a well-knit though some
what delicate figure. His complexion is
fair, rather than dark. with brown hair
and beard and moustache of the French
pattern. His eyes are gray. His brow
is broad high and well shaped. He is
spending his days quietly with his
parents and brothers in visiting tie
scenes and talking of the associations of
youth. In the home scene of his child
hood he finds that ineXpressible charm
and emotions peculiar to men and
women of the true artistic tempera-
meut.
Mr.. Dallin's Life History.
Mr. Dallin sketched briefly for The
Herald the story of his life and
achievements in art His education was
obtained in the public and mission
schools here, under the limited advan-
tages Of the latter Cos. His earliest re-
collections, he said, was of an ardent
desire to express himself in art. In
fact, the enjoyment and perception of
art in nature was almost instructive.
With a companion, one James Pierce,
he practiced making drawings Of va
rious objects as well as his slight prac-
teal knowledge would permit. A bed
of north bench clay. from which the
lads moulded balls Of missile weapons,
turned his attention to the plastic art.
He continued his pencil sketches under
the encoura cement of Mr. Leonard
the then Presbyterian mission teacher
here. Chance copies of eastern illus
trated periodicals We're treasure houses
of knowledge for him.
AT the age OF l6 he went to the TIN
-t..s-
all work for party of prospectors. In
a mine at that place he found a bed of
white, ductiie clay, and from this ma
terial he moulded = couple of heads.
These Mr. Leonard took to Salt Lake,
where. with a number of his sketches,
they were exhibited al fair and at
tracted a great deal of attention.
Talent Recognized.
Recognizing the talent of the youth
full artist, Mr.. Joab Lawrence and
other gentlemen assisted him to visit
Boston in 1880. in order that he might
study in the art schools there He ar
rived there an unknown, friendless 1
young fellow of 10, with but a few dol
lars in his pocket He soon found en-
ployment for a time with a sculptor.
When that failed he went to work for
a manufacturer of terra Gotta, spending )
his days in arduous toll and his even
lilSS at SCntol- In 1893. NNell ne was
% years of age, he entered a contest, 4
in which seventeen models were sub (
mitted for statue of Paul Revere. +
There were three ungraded prizes of I
$1,000. Greatly TO his surprise, he was
one Of the winners. The three WIN
ming SculptOrs We're asked to submit
new models. One Withdrew from the
contest. and Mr. Ball. who was not
in the first contest was al I
lowed 70 enter. Mr.. Dallin's model {
was selected as the winner Although
the statue OF Paul Revere has not yet
been erected,- the project being still
held in abeyance. for some eouse or
other, the fact that Mr.. Dallin won in +
competition with such artists as d. c. 4
French, James c. Kelly and Mr.. Ball. (
gave him fame and prestige
Studies at Boston.
He continued in Boston at work and
steadily pursuing his studies until 1885.
when he made his first iife-size statue
of an Indian in the act of discharging |,
an arrow. For this work he won a
gold medal. which was awarded by a
vote of artists. He had then became
prominent among the artists of Boston
and the east a Boston lady who was
greatly interested in art then loaned /
him the means with which to visit
Paris in the fall of 1883, where he
a
the Paris exposition he found Buffalo
Bill and his circus Through the cour-
tesy OF MIR. Cody he studied the ana
tony OF the plains Indians and their
horses. spending about six months at
this work. The result of his studies
found expression in an equestrian
statue the Signal of Peace" a COPY
of which in bronze is now in the CITY
and county building at Salt Lake. He
submitted IL at the opening Of the
Paris salon, and received honorable
mention. A statue was then finished in
bronze and exhibited at the Paris eX-
position, where he received a gold
medal and diploma. He then brought
IL TO America TO the Chicago exposition
when Judge Lambert Tree purchased
and presented it to the city Of Chicago.
In the fail of 1888 he returned to Bos-
ton and completed some smaller works.
The United States government then
commissioned him to make a statue of
Sir Isaac Newton for the congressional
library. He was now accounted one of
the foremost Of American artists. of
whom over dozen Were engaged on
the superb statuary for the con-
gressionaI library. He then spent a {
year in the Drexel institute in Phiia-
de.phia teaching modelling in clay
Again. to Paris.
In 1897 he again went to Paris to ,
study art for his further advancement ,
in his chosen profession. He spent a !
year in the studio of Jean Dempt, the
famous sculptor, taking a sort of post {
graduate course in. art This year he :
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