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Augusta Denk Oelschig

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Augusta Denk Oelschig (1918 - 2000) was active/lived in Georgia, New York / Mexico.  Augusta Oelschig is known for Genre, portrait and figure easel painting, murals.

The following biography has been provided by Karen Towers Klacsmann, Adjunct Assistant Curator for Research, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia.

Augusta Denk Oelschig was born on June 12, 1918, in Savannah, Georgia. She was the fourth and youngest child of Josephine (Denk) and Carl Henry Oelschig. Educated in Savannah's public schools, where art instruction was part of the curriculum, Oelschig received encouragement from her art teachers, Linda Trogden and Lila Cabaniss.

She began her college career locally, at the newly opened Armstrong Junior College (now Armstrong Atlantic State University), and took private art lessons with Emma Cheves Wilkins. In 1937, Oelschig graduated with a certificate in liberal arts and transferred to the University of Georgia, arriving at the same time as Lamar Dodd was establishing the art department there. The new department had few students, and Dodd exerted a great influence on Oelschig's work.

She graduated in 1939 with a B.   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 12923 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Augusta Denk Oelschig

   Publications  Book References:  7
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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Augusta Denk Oelschig
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review Modernism in the South June 2002 Laufer, Marilyn Yes
7 Book References for Augusta Denk Oelschig
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2002 Laufer, Marilyn (essay) Modernism in the South: Mid-Twentieth Century Work in Morris
(Exhibition catalog)		 20 Yes
1997 Gruber, J. Richard American Icons: From Madison to Manhatten, The Art of Benny Andrews 256 Yes
1993 Howorth, Lisa (ed) The South: A Treasury of Art and Literature 0 No
1992 Pennington, Estill Curtis A Southern Collection 246 Yes
1966 King, Pamela D;Harry De Loreme Looking Back: Art in Savannah, 1900-1960 0 No
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