Violet Oakley
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Violet Oakley was an American artist. She was the first American woman to receive a public mural commission. During the first quarter of the 20th century, she was renowned as a pathbreaker in mural de
Violet Oakley, date unknown
Penn meets the Quaker, a public mural by Oakley in the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
An 1896 lithograph by Oakley for The Lotos Library
Howard Pyle
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Howard Pyle was an American illustrator, painter, and author, primarily of books for young people. He was a native of Wilmington, Delaware, and he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy.
The Battle of Bunker Hill, Howard Pyle, 1897, showing the second British advance up Breed's Hill. This painting's whereabouts are unknown as it was probably stolen from the Delaware Art Museum in 2001.
The Battle of Nashville, c. 1906, Governor’s Reception Room at the Minnesota State Capitol
Sir Kay breaketh his sword at ye Tournament, one of Pyle's Arthurian illustrations