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Arlington sculptor cast a legacy in bronze

By Patricia Harris

 |  Globe correspondent  

  April 08, 2012

You might not recognize Cyrus Dallin’s name, but you probably know his work. The sculptor, who lived the last 44 years of his life in Arlington, created the rousing statue of Paul Revere that’s a favorite photo op in Boston’s North End, the image of a Native American on horseback that sits in front of the Museum of Fine Arts, and the sculpture of Wampanoag sachem Massasoit on Coles Hill in Plymouth.

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