Fell-Oskins Scholarship Endowment

Fell-Oskins Scholarship Endowment

Olive Fell was born in 1896 and spent her early years in Montana and Wyoming. Her rural upbringing contributed to her appreciation of nature and animals. She graduated from Cody High School in 1916 and went on to study art at the Art Institute of Chicago, University of Wyoming and the Art Students League of New York before returning to the west.
Olive’s mother, Florence, divorced William Fell and remarried Evertt Oskins. They started a greenhouse business and later added Cody Flower Shop.
As an adult, Olive lived on a 1,200-acre ranch in the Absaroka Mountains between Yellowstone National Park and Cody that she managed like a wildlife sanctuary. Her art – etchings, paintings and sculpture – featured wildlife and scenery of the American West.
Neither Olive nor her brother, Bill Fell, ever married. Following his mother’s death in 1961 and Olive’s passing in 1980 from cancer, Bill set up the Fell-Oskins Scholarships to honor his mother and sister at the University of Wyoming, Northwest College, and the University of Montana with an emphasis given to students in art or horticulture.