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Violet Oakley : An Artist's Life.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : University of Delaware Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (455 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781611495867
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Violet OakleyDDC classification:
  • 759.13 B
LOC classification:
  • N6537.O15V36 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Author's Note -- Preface: London, 1912 -- Ch01. A Goodly Heritage, 1874-1894 -- Ch02. The Magic Door, 1894-1897 -- Ch03. 1523 Chestnut Street, 1897-1902 -- Ch04. The Romance of the Red Rose, 1902-1905 -- Ch05. Controversy and Triumph, 1905-1906 -- Ch06. Building the House of Wisdom, 1906-1910 -- Ch07. Endings and Beginnings, 1911-1912 -- Photospread -- Ch08. The Painter and the Architect, 1912-1915 -- Ch09. The Creation and Preservation of the Union, 1915-1917 -- Ch10. The Holy Experiment, 1917-1923 -- Ch11. The Opening of the Book of the Law, 1923-1927 -- Ch12. Geneva and Florence, 1927-1929 -- Ch13. The Geneva Drawings, 1929-1937 -- Ch14. The Pilgrimage of a Painter, 1937-1961 -- Appendix 1. Violet Oakley's Illustrations, 1896-1908 -- Appendix 2. Violet Oakley's Murals in the Pennsylvania State Capitol -- Appendix 3. List of Violet Oakley's World War II Altarpieces -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: This is the first full-length biography of the only major female artist of the beaux-arts mural movement in the United States. It traces her career in mural painting but also in illustration, stained glass, and portraits, as well as extensive publications. Oakley was a role model for many younger female artists but also notable is her later career in promoting international peace in the face of two world wars and the resulting Cold War.
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Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Author's Note -- Preface: London, 1912 -- Ch01. A Goodly Heritage, 1874-1894 -- Ch02. The Magic Door, 1894-1897 -- Ch03. 1523 Chestnut Street, 1897-1902 -- Ch04. The Romance of the Red Rose, 1902-1905 -- Ch05. Controversy and Triumph, 1905-1906 -- Ch06. Building the House of Wisdom, 1906-1910 -- Ch07. Endings and Beginnings, 1911-1912 -- Photospread -- Ch08. The Painter and the Architect, 1912-1915 -- Ch09. The Creation and Preservation of the Union, 1915-1917 -- Ch10. The Holy Experiment, 1917-1923 -- Ch11. The Opening of the Book of the Law, 1923-1927 -- Ch12. Geneva and Florence, 1927-1929 -- Ch13. The Geneva Drawings, 1929-1937 -- Ch14. The Pilgrimage of a Painter, 1937-1961 -- Appendix 1. Violet Oakley's Illustrations, 1896-1908 -- Appendix 2. Violet Oakley's Murals in the Pennsylvania State Capitol -- Appendix 3. List of Violet Oakley's World War II Altarpieces -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

This is the first full-length biography of the only major female artist of the beaux-arts mural movement in the United States. It traces her career in mural painting but also in illustration, stained glass, and portraits, as well as extensive publications. Oakley was a role model for many younger female artists but also notable is her later career in promoting international peace in the face of two world wars and the resulting Cold War.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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