Yarnall, Charlton

Works in Woodmere's Collection

"The High Tower" pendentive, from the mural series "The Building of the House of Wisdom," Charlton Yarnall House

"The Search for Light" octagonal, from the mural series "The Building of the House of Wisdom," Charlton Yarnall House

"Communion throughout Space" octagonal, from the mural series "The Building of the House of Wisdom," Charlton Yarnall House

"Aviation" octagonal, from the mural series "The Building of the House of Wisdom," Charlton Yarnall House

"The Choice of Hercules" octagonal, from the mural series "The Building of the House of Wisdom," Charlton Yarnall House

"The Apotheosis of Hercules" octagonal, from the mural series "The Building of the House of Wisdom," Charlton Yarnall House

"Hercules the Infant Strangling the Serpents" octagonal, from the mural series "The Building of the House of Wisdom," Charlton Yarnall House

"Michelangelo and the Dome of the Renaissance" pendentive, from the mural series "The Building of the House of Wisdom," Charlton Yarnall House

"The Child and Tradition" lunette, from the mural series "The Building of the House of Wisdom," Charlton Yarnall House

"Egyptian Foundation or Egyptian Pyramid" pendentive, from the mural series "The Building of the House of Wisdom," Charlton Yarnall House

"Dwellers in Tents" pendentive, from the mural series "The Building of the House of Wisdom," Charlton Yarnall House

"Man and Science" lunette, from the mural series "The Building of the House of Wisdom," Charlton Yarnall House

"Youth and the Arts" lunette, from the mural series "The Building of the House of Wisdom," Charlton Yarnall House

Study for "Communion throughout Space" octagonal, from the mural series "The Building of the House of Wisdom," Charlton Yarnall House

Composition study for "Man and Science" lunette, from the mural series "The Building of the House of Wisdom," Charlton Yarnall House

Study for the women in "Man and Science" lunette, from the mural series "The Building of the House of Wisdom," Charlton Yarnall House

Composition study for an unidentified stained glass dome, possibly Charlton Yarnall House

Study for the figure of the mother (Mrs. James Crosby Brown [Agnes Hewlett] model) in "The Child and Tradition" lunette, from the mural series "The Building of the House of Wisdom," Charlton Yarnall House

Study for the women and child in "The Child and Tradition" lunette, from the mural series "The Building of the House of Wisdom," Charlton Yarnall House

Related Commissions and Projects

Yarnall House, "The House of Wisdom"

"Heroism (Young David), Sacrifice (Christ among the Doctors), Service (Young Solomon)" mural, 1907, by Violet Oakley, Henry Memorial Library, Chestnut Hill Academy (Courtesy of Springside Chestnut Hill Academy) Photograph by Rick Echelmeyer

Chestnut Hill Academy, Henry Memorial Library

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