At a time before women could vote or hold elected office in Pennsylvania, one woman, Violet Oakley, was commissioned to paint 43 murals in the Pennsylvania State Capitol Building. The work propelled her to the forefront of the American art world and freed her to pursue her passion for peace and world harmony. Her Capitol murals are her timeless ...
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: The American Federation of Arts
Date Published: 1930
Description: B/W Illus. Very Good. Magazine. 8 vo. Pp123-182; items by/about: Edmund C. Tarbell (frontispiece), Charles Moore (humanism), Clara R. Mason (Violet Oakley), Charles V. Wheeler (Edward W. Redfield), Belgian Art, Pierce Butler, Maud Briggs Knowlton (Currier Gallery), Mary Butler, Etc...some chipping of edges. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cogslea Studio Publications
Date Published: 1950
Description: Very Good. Signed by Author(s) Numerous illustrations, including one folding. Philadelphia: Cogslea Studio Publications, 1950. First edition, one of 1, 000 numbered copies signed by Violet Oakley. One of the great woman muralists the United States has produced, Violet Oakley (1874-1961) studied with illustrator Howard Pyle and was also greatly influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites. In 1902, she was commissioned to paint a series of murals for the governor's reception room in the new Pennsylvania ... read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commissio
Date Published: 1953
Description: Illustrated. Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. Reprinted from Pennsylvania History Quarterly Journal of Pennsylvania historical Association, Vol. XX, No. 4, for the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 54pp. Contents fine, cover lightly soiled w/ 2 words underlined and "Oakely" circled in ink on front cover. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Date Published: 1939
Description: White cloth with calligraphy and design stamped in gilt and red. Illuminated by Violet Oakley. Extremities lightly sunned else fine. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Philadelphia: Women's International League, 1955
Description: Signed by Author(s) Cloth. No Jacket. Hardback. Signed by Author. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. This limited edition is signed by Violet Oakley. The book is in very good condition and the book contents are clean and tight. read more
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