Cabot Lyford

Cabot Lyford (1925 – January 21, 2016) was an American sculptor best known for his depictions of animals and the female figure, often using black granite and wood as materials. His sculptures are located within public parks, museums and schools throughout Maine and the United States. Some of Lyford's best known pieces includes "My Mother the Wind," which was placed on the waterfront in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1975, and "Life Force," a seven-ton dolphin sculpture created from Deer Isle granite, which stands outside the Regency Hotel in Portland, Maine. Examples of his work are housed within the permanent collections of the Portland Museum of Art, the Colby College Museum of Art, the Farnsworth Art Museum, and the Ogunquit Museum of American Art in Maine.

Lyford was born in 1925 in Sayre, Pennsylvania, to Frederic Eugene and Eleanor (née Cabot) Lyford. He was raised in the nearby village of Waverly, New York before moving with his parents to Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, and then Scarsdale, New York. He graduated from Scarsdale High School in 1942. He enrolled in Cornell University for architecture after high school, but left early to enlist in the United States military during World War II. He served in combat as a rifleman, runner and scout, with the 96th Infantry Division during the Battle of Leyte in the Philippines. He was transferred to the Army Signal Corps in early 1945 and stationed in Cebu City for the remainder of World War II.

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