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A landscape of six figures sitting in a row on a fence.
Sparrows
A landscape of six figures sitting in a row on a fence.
A landscape of six figures sitting in a row on a fence.
Sparrows, Augusta Oelschig, 1953, oil on canvas, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, © Estate of Augusta Oelschig.

Sparrows

Date1953
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 16 1/4 × 28 7/8 inches (41.3 × 73.3 cm)
Framed: 22 × 34 5/8 inches (55.9 × 87.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Augusta Oelschig.
Object number2019.41.16
On View
Not on view
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 TextOn a return visit to Savannah in 1953, Oelschig had her easel set up on Greene square, making a painting of Laura Jones’s house. A group of youths repeated asked the artist to paint them. Hoping to satisfy them and return to her painting, Oelschig had the children sit on a nearby fence while she made a drawing of them. Back in New York, Oelschig decided that the drawing would make a good painting. The work was later exhibited at ACA Galleries in New York where it was praised by New York Times critic Howard DeVree, as one of the best in the show in a subsequent review.
Terms
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