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Violet Oakley : an artist's life / Bailey Van Hook.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks N 6537 .O15 V36 2016
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- 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
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