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Savannah Scenes, 1900-1950

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A river front scene in dark tonalities with figures walking by a docked sailboat with an indust…

The allure of Savannah has long been recognized by artists of all varieties. During the first half of the 20th century, the city fostered talented native artists and attracted others, drawn by its architecture, its natural environment, its culture, and its lifestyle. They painted subjects ranging from the industrial riverside to the downtown street corner, from the live oaks to the vast stretches of marsh that surround the city.

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A painting of children both in color and illustrated in black and white sitting on a curb and c…
Alexander Brook
c. 1938 - 1948
A painting of a Spanish moss covered live oak tree on the right opening up to a vista of pink a…
Lila Marguerite Cabaniss
by 1969
A painting of River Street, a cobblestone street with trolley or railway tracks running through…
Eliot Candee Clark
c. 1924 - 1925
A river front scene in dark tonalities with figures walking by a docked sailboat with an indust…
Eliot Candee Clark
c. 1924 - 1925
A street scene with two young girls walking arm-in-arm.
Phillip J. Hampton
1954
A watercolor of the Ogeechee canal from the perspective of standing under a bridge and peering …
Emil Holzhauer
1944
Two tug boats moored at the Savannah River docks on River Street in Savannah, GA.
Anna Colquitt Hunter
c. 1953
A painting of a cargo ship called the Antioch docking at a harbor on a brown muddy river.
Christopher A. D. Murphy
c. 1925
A view of the Savannah River with an English war ship and U.S. Coast Guard ship traveling down …
Christopher A. D. Murphy
c. 1942
A large pink building with an arcade of arched doorways and windows. In the foreground are figu…
Augusta Denk Oelschig
c. early 1950s
Figures playing baseball on a street corner by a wooden building featuring colorful advertiseme…
Augusta Denk Oelschig
c. 1953