Unknown Artist
1899-1988
Ponies in Pasture
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas
DIMENSIONS: 24 x 30 inches
Signed lower left
SOLD FOR: $29,250
Including Buyers Premium
AUCTION 2017,
LOT 392
1899-1988
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas
DIMENSIONS: 24 x 30 inches
Signed lower left
SOLD FOR: $29,250
Including Buyers Premium
A child acrobat in his native Denmark, Olaf Wieghorst made a smooth transition to successful rodeo rider after his family moved to the United States. He was also a U. S. Cavalryman on the rugged Mexican border and a mounted police officer in New York City. To say that he knew his way around horses is quite an understatement. After moving to California in 1944, Wieghorst translated an interest in art into a career depicting Western life in the saddle, taking special pride in his ability to convey the anatomy of the horse within a well-constructed scene; he was always on the lookout for the “little natural things” to add to his popular canvases. Among his many friends and the many avid collectors of his work were Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater and President Ronald Reagan. Ponies in Pasture has that sweet quietness you see sometimes in Wieghorst, especially when his brushstokes are a little softer, a little wider, and his palette is just that much brighter than usual. Ponies in Pasture is a break in the action, a moment on a fine day to sit back and appreciate the grass, the ponies, the mountains, the day, life.
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