Violet Oakley : an artist's life / Bailey Van Hook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Hook, Bailey, 1953- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oakley, Violet, 1874-1961.

Oakley, Violet.

Artists--United States--Biography.

Artists.

Women artists--United States--Biography.

Women artists.

United States.

Genre:

Biography.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 423 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Newark : University of Delaware Press, [2016]

Summary:

This book presents a full-length biography of Violet Oakley (1874{u2013}1961), the only major female artist of the beaux-arts mural movement in the United States, as well as an illustrator, stained glass artist, portraitist and author.--Publisher's description.

Contents:

A Goodly Heritage, 1874-1894

The Magic Door, 1894-1897

1523 Chestnut Street, 1897-1902

The Romance of the Red Rose, 1902-1905

Controversy and Triumph, 1905-1906

Building the House of Wisdom, 1906-1910

Endings and Beginnings, 1911-1912

The Painter and the Architect, 1912-1915

Creation and Preservation of the Union, 1915-1917

The Holy Experiment, 1917-1923

Opening of the Book of Law, 1923-1927

Geneva and Florence, 1927-1929

The Geneva Drawings, 1929-1937

The Pilgrimage of a Painter, 1937-1961

Violet Oakley's Illustrations, 1896-1908

Violet Oakley's Murals in the Pennsylvania State Capitol

Violet Oakley's World War II Altarpieces.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-400) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Van Hook, Bailey, 1953- Violet Oakley.

ISBN:

9781611495850

1611495857

9781611495874

1611495873

OCLC:

927382085