Violet Oakley

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Portrait of Edwin Austin Abbey : Violet Oakley, around 1902

Violet Oakley (born June 10, 1874 in Bergen Heights , New Jersey , † February 25, 1961 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) was an American painter , illustrator , writer and pacifist .

Life

Violet Oakley came from a distinguished family of artists. Her parents were Arthur Edmund Oakley and Cornelia Swain, both grandfathers were members of the National Academy of Design in New York . Oakley's talent was recognized early on. In 1892 she studied at the Art Student's League in New York, a year later she went on a study trip to England and France . On her return to the United States in 1896, she enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts . Shortly thereafter, Oakley moved to Drexel University to see Howard Pyle , who admired her work, which was heavily influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites . Violet Oakley was famous for her murals and frescoes . She later became a lecturer at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

In 1929, Violet Oakley was elected a member ( NA ) of the National Academy in New York .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ nationalacademy.org: Past Academicians "O" / Oakley, Violet NA 1929 ( Memento of the original from May 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on July 6, 2015) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nationalacademy.org

literature

  • Rowland Elzea and Elizabeth H. Hawkes: A Small School of Art: The Students of Howard Pyle , Wilmington: Delaware Art Museum (1980).
  • Alice A. Carter: The Red Rose Girls: An Uncommon Story of Art and Love , New York: HN Abrams (2000).
  • Bailey Van Hook: Violet Oakley: An Artist's Life. University of Delaware Press, Newark 2016, ISBN 978-1-61149-586-7 .

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personal data
SURNAME Oakley, Violet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American painter, illustrator, writer and pacifist
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Bergen Heights , New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1961
Place of death Philadelphia , Pennsylvania