Unlike other contemporary western artists, Olaf Wieghorst actually lived the scenes he renders with such insight. Cowboy, horse cavalryman, ranch hand and friend of the Indians, he roamed the West during its transition fromopen range to the modern world. He knows, first hand, the sights and people that are brought to life with such a graceful blend of impressionistic skill and authenticity.
Recognized as the "Dean of Western Painters", Olaf Wieghorst's work is often compared with that of Remington and Russel, and his paintings hang in the great public and private collections of western art.
Because of Mr. Wieghorst's popularity among collectors and art investors alike, a select number of his paintings are offered as limited edition lithographs.
original pen and ink drawings, represents an impressive body of work by this Western and Danish-American artist. Wieghorst, who was self-taught, was interested in creating works of art as well as documenting the story of the Old West. Painting in the same tradition of Remington and Russell, his artwork included themes of horses, Indian peoples, the U.S. Cavalry, cowboys as well as Southwestern landscapes. He drew from his experiences as a trick rider for a circus, a member of the U.S. 5th Cavalry patrolling the Mexican border, a cowboy in Arizona and New Mexico, and a member of the New York City Mounted Police. He retired in El Cajon, California where he worked until his death in 1987, recapturing in his paintings and prints the West he had known as a trooper and cowboy.
Olaf Wieghorst died of respiratory complications at the age of 88.