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Subject: Re: [DECAMP] Ralph Earll DeCamp
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 11:05:31 EST

In a message dated 11/5/1999 6:55:36 PM Eastern Standard Time,
writes:

<< Dear List,

I recently received an article on Ralph Earll DeCamp which may be of interest
to someone on the list. It was printed in "Montana, The Magazine of Western
History", Vol. 29, #3, July 1979, p. 50-55. Ralph E. DeCamp was an artist
who worked with oil, canvas and photography. There was a brief biography as
follows: "Ralph Earll DeCamp was born in Attica, New York, in 1858, moved to
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with his family in the late 1860's and then on to
Moorhead, Minnesota, in 1871. He pursued art as a youth and after working
for several years in Minnesota he studied at the Pennsylvania School of Art
in 1881-1882. In 1885 he visited Yellowstone Park to paint, traveled through
Helena on his way home, and fell in love with the Prickly Pear Valley. He
moved to Helena, worked for the U.S. Interior Department as a draftsman, and
continued his painting, often with Charles Russell who joined with DeCamp in
forming the Helena Sketch Club in those years. In 1892 DeCamp married
Margaret Hilger, daughter of pioneer Montanan Nicholas Hilger. The couple
had one son, Renan. It was on the Hilger Ranch that DeCamp found many
subjects for both his brush and camera. In 1912 he was commissioned by the
State of Montana to paint six scenic panels to be displayed in the state law
library in the Capital. DeCamp painted four more panels for the Capitol in
the 1920's. He spent the last years of his life living with his son in
Chicago where he died in 1936."

I found this especially interesting as one line of my DeCamp family went to
the Prickly Pear Valley as early as 1870 and was still living there turn of
the century. There doesn't seem to be a connection to my DeCamps though. I
hope this is useful to someone!

Cyndi
>>

This may be the Ralph E. DeCamp that I have in my records as follows (even
though the marriage information seems to be conflicting):
Descendants of Horace DeCamp

1 Horace DeCamp b: May 10, 1827 in Sing Sing, NY d: Aft. 1888
.. +Renette C. ??? b: 1827 m: Bef. 1886
.... 2 Ralph E. DeCamp b: Abt. 1859
........ +Edna B ??? b: in MN d: Bef. 1880 in MN
.......... 3 Edward E. DeCamp b: 1879
*2nd Wife of Horace DeCamp:
.. +E. C. Pierson m: 1886

If anyone is interested, there are images of three of his paintings at this
site:
<A HREF="http://www.umt.edu/partv/famus/painting.htm#De">The University of
Montana--Missoula--Painting Collection</A>

And there's another bio of him at this site:
<A HREF="http://www.meadowlarkgallery.com/biog12.html#decamp">Meadowlark
Gallery: The Artists Biographies</A>

If anyone on the list lives in or near these locations, they might be
interesting places to visit.

Wilson DeCamp
Vienna, VA

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