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Start/Birth date: | 1894 |
Death/End date: | 1976 |
A personal friend of Charles Russell from his days of being a cowboy in Montana, Beil established a studio in Great Falls where Russell frequently visited. Russell referred to Beil as the "best feller I ever seen modeling hosses ‘an cowpunchers." At Russell's funeral, Beil led the procession with Russell's empty-saddled horse. In 1930, Beil settled in Banff, Canada, sculpting the trophies for the Calgary Stampede for over twenty years, beginning in 1938.