1 25 7 Person An individual. Birth Date 1852 Death Date 1919 Occupation artist Biographical Text Born in East Hamburg, New York, Edgar S. Paxson began his career as a carriage and sign painter for his father. In 1874 he moved west, eventually settling in Montana and working as a freight driver and stagecoach guard. In 1879 his wife and young son joined him in Deer Lodge where he began to paint local scenes and Indian portraits. In 1881 the family moved to Butte, where Paxson worked as an artist for the next twenty-four years. In 1906 Paxson moved a final time, this time to Missoula where he spent his remaining years. Perhaps best known for his painting depicting the Battle of the Little Big Horn, Paxson is also well known for his murals depicting Montana historical figures and events that grace the Montana State Capitol building and the Missoula County Courthouse. Birthplace East Hamburg, New York Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Paxson, Edgar Samuel, 1852-1919 artist Person An individual. Occupation Sculptor Biographical Text Charles Beil was born in Germany. In 1906, at the age of twelve, he left his home country to work as a captain’s boy on a sailing ship. Two years later he left ship in Argentina. By the mid-1920s he had worked his way to Montana as an itinerant muleskinner and cowboy. Although primarily a self-taught artist, he was encouraged by Charles M. Russell in his artistic endeavors. Upon Russell's death, Beil lead Russell's horse in his funeral. He moved to Banff in 1934 and established a studio where he created murals, dioramas, and bronze sculptures, and remained active as an artist until his death at the age of eighty-two. Birth Date 1894 Birthplace Germany Death Date 1976 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Beil, Charles, 1894-1976 artist Person An individual. Biographical Text Ralph Earl DeCamp was born in Attica, New York, and grew up in Minnesota. At the age of twenty-seven he spent the summer of 1885 in Yellowstone National Park producing paintings at the behest of the Northern Pacific Railway. Shortly thereafter he moved to Helena where he began working for the United States Surveyor General's Office. While in Helena he met Charles M. Russell and the two became lifelong friends. Russell admired his mastery as a landscape painter, one time remarking, "that boy can sure paint the wettest water of anybody I know. You can hear his rivers ripple." After his wife Margaret passed away unexpectedly in November 1934, DeCamp relocated to Chicago where he died there two years later. Birth Date 1858 Birthplace Attica, New York Death Date 1936 Occupation artist Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource DeCamp, Ralph Earl, 1858-1936 artist Person An individual. Biographical Text Born in Marion, Montana, McLaughlin spent much of her childhood on the Blackfeet Reservation where, when she reached school age, she hoped to attend boarding school with her Blackfeet playmates. Instead she was sent to grade school in Valier, Montana, and later, high school in Kalispell. She was trained in art at Montana State University in Bozeman. She served briefly as a teacher in the one-room schoolhouse in Pleasant Valley prior to turning full-time to her own work and focusing on the theme of Indian women and tribal lore. McLaughlin is best known for her Indian portraiture, much of which she executed from life while visiting the Blackfeet Reservation. Birth Date 1932 Birthplace Marion, Montana Death Date 1985 Occupation artist Related Resources The name of or link to a related resource, often used for citation information. <a href="http://mtsc.sdp.sirsi.net/client/en_US/MT-HIST/search/results?qu=nancy+mclaughlin&te=&lm=MT-HIST" target="_blank">Nancy McLaughlin Resources at the Montana Historical Society</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource McLaughlin, Nancy, 1932-1985 Powell, Nancy, 1932-1985 artist Person An individual. Birth Date 1894 Birthplace Sheboygan, Wisconsin Death Date 1970 Occupation artist Biographical Text Jim Masterson was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and attended the Chicago Art Institute and the Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago. He created cartoons for the Chicago Daily News, and the Milwaukee Sentinel. In 1914 he moved to Montana and homesteaded near Miles City. Well-known for his political cartoons, Masterson was also an accomplished painter. He served in the Montana State Legislature from 1935-1937. Around 1940 he authored and illustrated the series of cartoons It Happened in Montana, which were carried in newspapers across the state and later published in a three-volume set. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Masterson, James W., 1894-1970 artist Person An individual. Birth Date 1864-03-19 Birthplace Saint Louis, Mo. Death Date 1926-10-24 Occupation artist storyteller author Biographical Text Charles Marion Russell came to Montana at the age of sixteen hoping to become a cowboy. His prominent St. Louis family—tired of his day-dreaming of frontier life—had approved the trip in hopes that it would end Charlie’s fascination with the West. It did not. “Kid” Russell stayed in Montana and worked as a cowhand throughout the 1880s. By the early 1890s, Russell quit cowboying to devote his full attention to art. He had no formal training— “nature has been my teacher,” he explained. In 1896 he married Nancy Cooper who brought not only stability to the artist’s life but great acumen as a business manager and promoter of Russell’s work. By the time of his death in 1926, Russell’s art, and his colorful personality, had earned him national renown and the admiration of the people of his adopted home state. Today, western art enthusiasts everywhere appreciate Russell’s remarkable artistic ability as well as his vision of the Old West that has long since passed into history. Visit the Mackay Gallery of Charles M. Russell Art to view more works by Russell. Related Resources The name of or link to a related resource, often used for citation information. <a href="http://mtsc.sdp.sirsi.net/client/en_US/MT-HIST/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f2218$002fSD_ILS:2218242/ada?rt=CKEY|||CKEY|||false">Montana's Charlie Russell : Art in the Collection of the Montana Historical Society</a>, Montana Historical Society publication <a href="https://mhs.mt.gov/education/Educators/CMRussell" target="_blank">Montana's Charlie Russell Lesson Plan</a> <a href="http://mtsc.sdp.sirsi.net/client/en_US/MT-HIST/search/results?qu=Charlie+Russell&te=&lm=MT-HIST" target="_blank">Charlie Russell Resources at the Montana Historical Society</a> <a href="https://mhs.mt.gov/education/outstandingmontanans">Gallery of Outstanding Montanans</a> External Link (hidden) <a href="http://mtmemory.org/cdm/search/collection/p267301coll3/searchterm/russell/field/all/mode/exact/conn/and/order/title/" target="_blank">Montana Historical Society owned Charles M. Russell photographs on the MMP</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Russell, Charles M. (Charles Marion), 1864-1926 Relation A related resource Gallery of Outstanding Montanans artist Charlie Russell http://digitalvault.mhs.mt.gov/files/original/3900d1b5da82e74674d26b37dc9f4f1b.jpg 04a2bbbdfdb06b0bbd84da96efc32505 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and visual resources. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Source Source of the physical item. Example Montana Historical Society Research Center Photograph Archives, Helena, Montana. Montana Historical Society Museum Collection Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Painting Materials Watercolor/Gouache/Paper Height (inches) 8.5 Width (inches) 10.5 Credit Donation Information Museum purchase Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource My Cabin, Montana Subject The topic of the resource Watercolor painting Self-portraits, American Description An account of the resource Watercolor painting with gouache highlights, over a graphite underdrawing, on paper. Self-portrait of the artist seated in front of a fireplace, reading. One of the artist's paintings hangs over the fireplace and two other paintings hang on the left wall. Furnishings include a table beneath a small window on the right edge; a pair of tall boots in the left foreground; a coffee grinder mounted on the wall; shelves with assorted items on the back wall; and various bags and pouches hanging from the walls and ceiling.  <br /><br />On the reverse of the painting in the upper right corner a hand-written inscription reads: "Address / 198 Westbourne Grove / London W [i.e. West End] / 1887 / Peter Toft [sic] / (then the words '156 Cornwall Road / Notting Hill / London' have been scratched out) / or Kolding, Denmark." Beneath that a pencil inscription has been mostly retraced in ink. It reads "P. Toft (in pencil only) / at home in my Cabin on Elk Creek Montana Territory August 1866." In the lower left edge the word "Home" is written in pencil. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tofft, Peter, 1825-1901 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource paper (fiber product) watercolor (paint) Type The nature or genre of the resource watercolors (paintings) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1996.89.01 /1996 89 01.tif Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1866 Language A language of the resource eng artist book cabin portrait reading