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Olaf Wieghorst

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Olaf Wieghorst
The Herder 30 x 36 Oil on canvas Signed lower left 0-Wieghorst Olaf Wieghorst (1899-1988) Olaf is considered one of the outstanding Western artists, with works in renowned collections such as Amon Carter, C R Smith and Sid Richardson and in major museums throughout America. He has been honored with special exhibitions at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, San Diego Art Museum, Tucson Museum of Art and Gilcrease, Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I try to paint the little natural things, the way a horse turns his tail to the wind on cold nights, the way he flattens his ears in the rain, seasonal changes in the coat of a horse, and the psychology of his behavior. Horses have been my life. The Herder is a fine example of Wieghorst’s talent for giving life to the cowboy’s chase. You can almost hear the wind, and the sound of the horse’s hooves!