Violet Oakley was an American artist. She was the first American woman to receive a public mural commission. During the first quarter of the twentieth century, she was renowned as a pathbreaker in mural decoration, a field that had been exclusively practiced by men. Oakley excelled at murals and stained glass designs that addressed themes from history and literature in Renaissance-revival styles.
Violet Oakley, date unknown
Violet Oakley
Violet Oakley (June 10, 1874 – February 25, 1961) Penn meets the Quaker, public mural from the Capitol building in Harrisburg
Lithograph by Oakley for The Lotos Library (1896)
James Carroll Beckwith was an American landscape, portrait and genre painter whose Naturalist style led to his recognition in the late nineteenth and very early twentieth century as a respected figure in American art.
Beckwith, c. 1880
Woman with Guitar
Portrait of Evelyn Nesbit, c. 1901.
Sylvan Toilette, c. 1898