30 Works, Today, April 30th. is artist Olaf Wieghorst’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #119
May 3, 2021
Nomads
Oil on canvas
24 x 34 inches
Private collection
Olaf Wieghorst (April 30, 1899 — April 27, 1988) was a Danish-American painter who specialized in depictions of the American frontier. His art was in the vein of Frederic Remington and Charles Russell. In 1992, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum…