Figures playing baseball on a street corner by a wooden building featuring colorful advertiseme…

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Artist Augusta Denk Oelschig (American, 1918 - 2000)

Datec. 1953

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 28 13/16 × 41 1/2 inches (73.2 × 105.4 cm)
Framed: 31 13/16 × 44 11/16 × 2 inches (80.8 × 113.5 × 5.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mary Ellen and John P. Imlay, Jr.

Object number2016.10

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Copyright© Estate of Augusta Oelschig. The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextBorn in Savannah to owners of a retail florist shop and nursery, Augusta Oelschig was artistically inclined from an early age. After earning her BFA from the University of Georgia in 1939, Oelschig returned to Savannah and began earning acclaim for works depicting contemporary African American life in her hometown. From the late 1940s through the 1960s Oelschig grew increasingly passionate about social issues and, in addition to painting local scenes, began to explore sensitive social and political topics including racial injustice and nuclear warfare.

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