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Figures playing baseball on a street corner by a wooden building featuring colorful advertiseme…
Untitled
Figures playing baseball on a street corner by a wooden building featuring colorful advertiseme…
Figures playing baseball on a street corner by a wooden building featuring colorful advertisements.
Untitled, Augusta Denk Oelschig, c. 1953, oil on canvas, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, © Estate of the Augusta Oelschig.

Untitled

Artist (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.
A watercolor study for a painting of a street baseball game.
Augusta Denk Oelschig
n. d.
Study of House with Sunflowers
Augusta Denk Oelschig
1986
An oil painting of an African American figure standing on the porch of a building plastered wit…
Robert Gwathmey
c. 1943
An oil painting depicting a broken-down carousel of horses in a large fire-damaged room. Twiste…
Augusta Denk Oelschig
1952
A broken-down carousel of horses in a large, damaged room with splintered wood and twisted meta…
Augusta Denk Oelschig
1951
Small Landscape with Dead Oak
Augusta Denk Oelschig
by 2000
House with Figure
Augusta Denk Oelschig
1987
The Artist in Agony
Augusta Denk Oelschig
1949
Southern Suburbia
Augusta Denk Oelschig
c. late 1950s - early 60s
Portrait of a woman and a boy leaning against a porch railing behind a flower box.
Augusta Denk Oelschig
1942 - 2000
Copy of detail from St. Bartholemew
Augusta Denk Oelschig
by 2000
Outlines of bottles and cups.
Augusta Denk Oelschig
by 2000