"Olaf Wieghorst" by William Reed. Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1969. First edition. The cover art by Wieghorst is titled "His Wealth" (1960)
Olaf Wieghorst (1899-1988), born and raised in Denmark, was a painter of the American West in the vein of Frederic Remington and Charles Russell. I first saw his artwork in the opening credits of the 1967 motion picture “El Dorado” starring John Wayne and Robert Mitchum. I viewed a fully-restored version of the film on Blu-Ray and Olaf’s paintings served as backdrops during the credits. George Alexander sings the haunting “El Dorado” theme song by Nelson Riddle and John Gabriel. The paintings and the song are the best two minutes in the movie. For a low-quality version of the opening credits (which should actually be seen in HD to do justice to the paintings), check out:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zihn6FuFWZg
The fifteen paintings in El Dorado’s opening credits are also on display at this website:
www.wieghorst.com/eldorado/eldorado_index.html
"Olaf Wieghorst" by William Reed. Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1969. First edition. The cover art by Wieghorst is titled "His Wealth" (1960)
Olaf Wieghorst (1899-1988), born and raised in Denmark, was a painter of the American West in the vein of Frederic Remington and Charles Russell. I first saw his artwork in the opening credits of the 1967 motion picture “El Dorado” starring John Wayne and Robert Mitchum. I viewed a fully-restored version of the film on Blu-Ray and Olaf’s paintings served as backdrops during the credits. George Alexander sings the haunting “El Dorado” theme song by Nelson Riddle and John Gabriel. The paintings and the song are the best two minutes in the movie. For a low-quality version of the opening credits (which should actually be seen in HD to do justice to the paintings), check out:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zihn6FuFWZg
The fifteen paintings in El Dorado’s opening credits are also on display at this website:
www.wieghorst.com/eldorado/eldorado_index.html