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January 15, 2009
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Dansk tekst til venstre |
English text on the right |
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Dagens baghave: |
Backyard of the Day: |
Olaf Wieghorst Museum and
Western Heritage Center, El Cajon, San Diego County, California
Olaf Wieghorst Museum and
Western Heritage Center is located at 131
Rea Avenue in El Cajon, San Diego County, California.
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En december dag i 1983 fik jeg
et litografi foræret af en ældre mand, som jeg havde
lært at kende nede i det danske hus i San Diego. Manden hed
Olaf Wieghorst, og det var først meget senere, jeg fandt ud
af, hvor berømt en kunstner, han var. I dag besøgte vi
Olaf Wieghorst museet i El Cajon. |
One day in December 1983 I was
given the gift of a lithograph by an older gentleman I had met in the
House of Denmark in San Diego. The man was Olaf Wieghorst, and it
wasn't till much later I learned what a famous artist he was. Today
we visited the Olaf Wieghorst museum in El Cajon. |
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Olaf Carl Wieghorst blev
født i Viborg, Danmark, i 1899. Som dreng var han fascineret
af heste og det vilde vesten, og han kom til USA som 18-årig
med $1,25 på lommen og uden overhovedet at kunne tale engelsk.
Han tilsluttede sig kavaleriet,
og arbejdede senere som cowboy og som rytterbetjent hos politiet i
Central Park i New York.
Som sidebeskæftigelse var
han kunstner, og har skildret det vilde vesten på en helt
enestående måde. |
Olaf Carl Wieghorst was born in
Viborg, Denmark, in 1899. Growing up he was fascinated by horses and
the Wild West, and he came to the States at age 18 with $1.25 in his
pocket and without speaking a word of English.
He joined up with the cavalry,
and later worked as a cowboy and as a mounted police officer in
Central Park in New York City.
In addition he would moonlight
as an artist, and he has depicted the Wild West in his own unique way. |
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