California. 1872 - 1945
Western genre and horse painting, illustration
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1899 Viborg, Denmark - 1988. Known for: Western-Indian-genre, horses.
Born in Viborg, Denmark, Olaf Wieghorst was a child acrobatic performer from the age of nine when he began appearances at Tivoli Theater in Copenhagen and later toured Europe. He also learned... Read full biography
Born in Viborg, Denmark, Olaf Wieghorst was a child acrobatic performer from the age of nine when he began appearances at Tivoli Theater in Copenhagen and later toured Europe. He also learned horseback riding working on a stock farm, and horses became a major focus of his admiration and later his... Read full biography
Born in Viborg, Denmark, Olaf Wieghorst was a child acrobatic performer from the age of nine when he began appearances at Tivoli Theater in Copenhagen and later toured Europe. He also learned horseback riding working on a stock farm, and horses became a major focus of his admiration and later his painting. In 1918, he arrived in the United States, having worked as a cabin boy on a steamer. He served in the 5th U.S. Cavalry on the Mexican border in the days of Pancho Villa. He later recalled a... Read full biography
Born in Viborg, Denmark, Olaf Wieghorst was a child acrobatic performer from the age of nine when he began appearances at Tivoli Theater in Copenhagen and later toured Europe. He also learned horseback riding working on a stock farm, and horses became a major focus of his admiration and later his painting. In 1918, he arrived in the United States, having worked as a cabin boy on a steamer. He served in the 5th U.S. Cavalry on the Mexican border in the days of Pancho Villa. He later recalled a favorite horse from that period and said that riding through El Paso in 1921, the horse fell on his ankle and broke it. The outfit was heading to Douglas, Arizona, and not wanting to be left behind with his injury, he stayed on the horse which carried... Read full biography
Born in Viborg, Denmark, Olaf Wieghorst was a child acrobatic performer from the age of nine when he began appearances at Tivoli Theater in Copenhagen and later toured Europe. He also learned horseback riding working on a stock farm, and horses became a major focus of his admiration and later his painting. In 1918, he arrived in the United States, having worked as a cabin boy on a steamer. He served in the 5th U.S. Cavalry on the Mexican border in the days of Pancho Villa. He later recalled a favorite horse from that period and said that riding through El Paso in 1921, the horse fell on his ankle and broke it. The outfit was heading to Douglas, Arizona, and not wanting to be left behind with his injury, he stayed on the horse which carried him all the way through the New Mexico desert on one of the hottest days of the year. The horse died during the night, having expended all his... Read full biography
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Indian figure, landscape and still-life painting
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New Mexico, New York, Michigan / France. 1866 - 1936
Indian figure and genre painting, illustration
New Mexico, Missouri, Kansas. 1874 - 1952
Landscape and genre painting, illustration
California, Iowa. 1874 - 1939
Western genre, landscape, and nocturne painting
Montana / Denmark. 1877 - 1957
Frontier and Indian genre paitning, illustration
New York, Maryland, West Virginia / Germany. 1866 - 1955
Frontier genre, landscape and animal paintings
New Mexico, Maine. 1878 - 1936
Western genre and figure painting, illustration
New Jersey, Wyoming. 1897 - 1985
Western illustration, frontier painting
Montana, California, Missouri. 1864 - 1926
Indian-frontier genre painting, sculpture
Illinois, New Mexico. 1886 - 1956
Landscape, Indian genre and figure painting
New Mexico, California. 1868 - 1956
Southwest Indian figure, landscape and genre painting
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Frontier-horse genre painting, illustration art
Wyoming, Idaho. 1878 - 1932
Western genre-figure, animal, etcher
Arizona, Missouri. 1931 - 2006
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Utah. Born 1946
Indian genre and wildlife painting and sculpture, etching
Arizona, New York, Illinois. Born 1927
Indian-frontier-genre painting, illustrations for magazines
New Mexico, California / Russian Federation. 1881 - 1955
Portrait, figure and genre painting, wood carving
New Mexico, California. 1897 - 1985
Landscape and Indian painting, graphics
New York, Kansas, Connecticut. 1861 - 1909
Western painting and sculpture, illustration
California, Arizona. 1875 - 1946
Western landscape painting-skyscapes, Indians
New Mexico. 1876 - 1936
Social realist landscape, figure, portrait and Indian genre painting, lithography
New York, Wyoming / Canada. 1869 - 1959
Wildlife and landscape painting, illustration, etching
Arizona, South Dakota. 1937 - 2004
Indian figure, genre and portrait painting
Montana. 1852 - 1919
Indian-frontier-animal, portrait painting
Texas. Born 1954
Western genre and landscape painting, murals
Montana, Colorado. Born 1951
Mountain landscape and coastal view painting
New Jersey, New York, Montana / Germany. 1878 - 1938
Genre-western-Indian, illustrator, photographer
Wyoming, Illinois. 1924 - 2011
Sculpture-western figure, horses
Connecticut, New Mexico / Canada. 1910 - 1982
Western genre, landscape and horse painting
California / Sweden. 1879 - 1947
Western, Indian genre, and landscape painting