Though she worked in New York and abroad, Augusta Oelschig is largely identified as an artist of the South. Born in Savannah, Georgia and having shown early artistic promise, she enrolled at Savannah's Armstrong College in 1935. Two years later, she transfered to the University of Georgia in Athens, where she studied with Lamar Dodd, before ... MORE

A man of both art and religion, Johannes Oertel was born in Furth, Bavaria, near Nuremberg. He attended the Polytechnic Institute of Nuremberg and studied in Munich with J. M. Enzing-Muller, a noted engraver. In 1848, Oertel immigrated to America, settling in Newark, New Jersey, where he established himself as a painter, portraitist, engraver, ... MORE

As America's foremost animal sculptor, Dan Ostermiller works in the realist style of the animalier tradition by infusing an individual character into each exceptionally detailed bronze. His extensive understanding of animal anatomy and form comes from his early experiences working with his father, a respected taxidermist. While ... MORE

Born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Bass Otis began his professional life apprenticed to a scythe maker and also worked for a coach painter. After traveling for a few years as an itinerant painter, he relocated to New York City in 1808, where he studied with John Wesley Jarvis, a leading portrait painter, and became associated with ... MORE