Earl Wesley Bascom FRSA (June 19, 1906 â€" August 28, 1995) was an
American painter, printmaker, sculptor, cowboy, rodeo performer,
inventor, and Hollywood actor. Raised in Canada, he portrayed in works
of fine art, his own experiences of cowboying and rodeoing across the
American and Canadian West. Bascom was awarded the Pioneer Award by
the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 2016 and inducted into several halls of
fame including the Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in 1984. Bascom was
called the "Cowboy of Cowboy Artists," the "Dean of Rodeo Cowboy
Sculpture" and the "Father of Modern Rodeo." He was a participant
member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Bascom was
born on June 19, 1906, in a sod-roofed log cabin on the Bascom 101
Ranch in Vernal, Utah, United States, the son of rancher and lawman
John W. Bascom and Rachel Lybbert. His father had been a Uintah County
deputy sheriff and later a constable in the town of Naples in
northeast Utah, who chased members of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch Gang
and other outlaws including Harry "Mad Dog" Tracy. Both of his
grandfathers, Joel A. Bascom and C. F. B. Lybbert, were Mormon
pioneers, frontier lawmen and ranchers. Joel Bascom was a member of
the Nauvoo Legion (the Utah militia), serving in the Utah War of 1857
and the Utah Black Hawk War of 1865. He also served as Chief of Police
in Provo, Utah and as the first constable in Mona, Utah. Lybbert, who
served in the Danish army before coming to America, was a blacksmith
who served as constable of Levan, Utah and as Justice of the Peace in
Naples, Utah.
American painter, printmaker, sculptor, cowboy, rodeo performer,
inventor, and Hollywood actor. Raised in Canada, he portrayed in works
of fine art, his own experiences of cowboying and rodeoing across the
American and Canadian West. Bascom was awarded the Pioneer Award by
the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 2016 and inducted into several halls of
fame including the Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in 1984. Bascom was
called the "Cowboy of Cowboy Artists," the "Dean of Rodeo Cowboy
Sculpture" and the "Father of Modern Rodeo." He was a participant
member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Bascom was
born on June 19, 1906, in a sod-roofed log cabin on the Bascom 101
Ranch in Vernal, Utah, United States, the son of rancher and lawman
John W. Bascom and Rachel Lybbert. His father had been a Uintah County
deputy sheriff and later a constable in the town of Naples in
northeast Utah, who chased members of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch Gang
and other outlaws including Harry "Mad Dog" Tracy. Both of his
grandfathers, Joel A. Bascom and C. F. B. Lybbert, were Mormon
pioneers, frontier lawmen and ranchers. Joel Bascom was a member of
the Nauvoo Legion (the Utah militia), serving in the Utah War of 1857
and the Utah Black Hawk War of 1865. He also served as Chief of Police
in Provo, Utah and as the first constable in Mona, Utah. Lybbert, who
served in the Danish army before coming to America, was a blacksmith
who served as constable of Levan, Utah and as Justice of the Peace in
Naples, Utah.
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