Shrimp Boats
Datebefore 2000
MediumOil on canvas board
DimensionsFramed: 24 × 29 7/8 inches (61 × 75.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Augusta Oelschig.
Object number2019.41.11
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 TextSavannah-born Augusta Oelschig produced a body of work that included expressive imagery and socially-concerned content. In the 1930s she studied with noted artists Lamar Dodd at the University of Georgia and Henry Lee McFee of the Woodstock, New York artists colony, as well as fellow Savannahian Emma Cheves Wilkins. By simultaneously experimenting with realism and abstraction and exploring diverse subject matter, Oelschig developed a distinctive new artistic voice in which to celebrate the landscape and people of her native Lowcountry.Subject MatterSavannah, Georgia, United States of America
