Artist. When MacCameron was a year old his family moved from Chicago to Necedah, Wisconsin and by the age of fourteen he became a lumberjack working in the forests of Wisconsin. While still in his teens his artistic ability became apparent, and as a result he moved to Chicago where he secured a job as an illustrator. He didn't stay in Chicago long moving on to New York where he again was employed as an illustrator and in 1888 he moved to London, England when only twenty two years old. He went to work in London as an illustrator on the juvenile publication "The Boys Own." Once again he only stayed a short while in London, moving on to Paris where he studied at the Beaux Arts School. Among his teachers were Jean-Leon Gerome, Collin and James Whistler. He won his way to success after a hard struggle for twenty years where he faced poverty, hunger and one disappointment after another. His rise in popularity was slow but sure and many of his painting now hang in the great galleries of the world, including two masterpieces donated by J. Pierpont Morgan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Corcoran Art Gallery in Washington, Memorial Hall in Philadelphia and galleries in London and Paris. He was known in France as "Hors concours" meaning without equal, and received the ribbon of the French Legion of Honor and was a member of the Society of French Painters, the International Society of Painters and Sculptors, the Paris Society of American Painters, Institut Francaise aux Etats Unis, the National Academy of Design of New York and many other well known organizations. Among his notable works were portraits of President Taft, Archbishop Ryan, Justice Harlee, Justice Brewer, Doctor Talmadge, Maud Adams, the Duke and Duchess of England, the Earl of Clarendon and many other notables. Some of his painting which achieved worldwide recognition were "The Group of Friends," also known as the "Absinthe drinkers," "The Daughters Return" which is displayed on permanent loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and "People on the Abyss, the Dancers."