Meadowlark Gallery: The Artist Biographies

The Meadowlark Gallery, Inc.
Specializing In Western and Sporting Fine Art
118 North 29th Street
Billings, Montana 59101
Gallery: 406-294-8575
Clients: 800-727-3949

Olive Fell (1902-1980)

Florence Olive Fell was born on Big Timber Creek near Big Timber, Montana on June 1, 1902. A Wyoming painter, etcher, muralist, and sculptor. Miss Fell's mother was the proprietress of the Cody Flower Shop and her father freighted supplies to the mining camps and isolated trading posts. She grew up in wilderness areas and was educated in the Cody high school and the University of Wyoming. Her art studies were at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League of New York. While attending art school, Olive met and became a close friend of Georgia O'Keefe. As an artist, her specialty was animals. Her creations of "Little Cub Bear" on cards and novelties were sold to tourists in national parks and resorts. Olive did poster and postcard art for the Yellowstone National Park during the late 1940's through the early 1950's. For many years, Olive Fell resided on the north side of Shoshone Canyon, just west of Cody, Wyoming and overlooking the Shoshone Lake. She died on February 3, 1980.



 

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