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An "Ascension" Altarpiece

1900-1949

The project was not completed.

Works in Woodmere’s Collection

Study for an "Ascension" altarpiece and inscriptions

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Works in Other Collections

Historical Images

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Chancel of All Angels Episcopal Church, date unknown. Wurts Bros., New York/Museum of the City of New York, X2010.71.1015, https://collections.mcny.org/Collection/All%20Angels%20Protestant%20Episcopal%20Church.%20Chancel.-2F3XC50RZP.html)

All Angels Episcopal Church, "The Heavenly Host," Chancel Murals, "The Ascension," Design for Mosaic Reredos

The Wise Virgins and Foolish Virgins, 1908-9, by Violet Oakley (Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. John S. Phillips Fund, https://www.pafa.org/collection/wise-and-foolish-virgins)

Saint Peter's Episcopal Church, "The Wise Virgins and Foolish Virgins" Stained Glass Lancet Windows

First Church of Christ Scientists, interior (built 1911, Carrere and Hastings architects), 1958 (University Archives, University of Pennsylvania) Photograph by Arthur C. Gilbert

Christian Science Church

"Redemption," from the mural series Great Women of the Bible, 1949, by Violet Oakley (First Presbyterian Church in Germantown) Photograph by Joe Routon

First Presbyterian, "Great Women"

Philadelphia Naval Base Chapel, "Christ the Carpenter" World War II Portable Altarpiece

Traveling Altarpiece, 1944, by Violet Oakley (Philadelphia Museum of Art: Gift of Joseph Flom and Martin Horwitz, 1975, https://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/70111.html?mulR=867822235|1)

World War II Portable Altarpieces

"Christ the Carpenter" World War II Portable Altarpiece

"David and Goliath" World War II Portable Altarpiece

Study for widow, "Widow of Nain" World War II portable altarpiece, c. 1943, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)

"Widow of Nain" World War II Portable Altarpiece aka "The Compassionate Christ: Symbol of Reunion" aka "Reunion of Mother and Son"

The Angel of Victory Triptych, 1941, by Violet Oakley (Delaware Art Museum: Gift of Joseph Flom and Martin Horwitz, 1975, http://emuseum.delart.org:8080/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/items$0040:6276) © Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

"Angel of Victory" World War II Portable Altarpiece

"Traveling Altarpiece," 1944, by Violet Oakley, USS Cebu (Philadelphia Museum of Art: Gift of Joseph Flom and Martin Horwitz, 1975-180-1, https://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/70111.html?mulR=867822235|1)

"Traveling Altarpiece ['Christ Walking on Water']" World War II Portable Altarpiece aka "Christ Walking on the Sea" aka "Jesus Walking on the Sea"

Maquette for the "Madonna of the Crusaders" Triptych, c. 1942-45, by Violet Oakley (Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: Gift of the Violet Oakley Memorial Foundation, https://www.pafa.org/collection/maquette-madonna-crusaders-triptych)

"Madonna of the Crusaders" World War II Portable Altarpiece

Madonna of the Sea, 1944, by Violet Oakley (William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut)

"Madonna of the Sea" World War II Portable Altarpiece

"Madonna of the Ship" World War II Portable Altarpiece

An "Ascension" World War II Portable Altarpiece

"Christ Stilling the Storm" World War II Portable Altarpiece aka "Christ Stilling the Waves" aka "Christ and the Sea"

"Christ at the Pool of Bethesda" World War II portable Altarpiece

"The Fulfilling of the Law" World War II Portable Altarpiece

"The Whole Armor of God" World War II Portable Altarpiece

A "Resurrection" World War II Portable Altarpiece

An "Adoration of the Magi (or The Epiphany)" World War II Portable Altarpiece

Study for "Eve at the Feet of the Virgin Mary" proposed fountain, 1936-37, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)

Church: Other Related Projects

"Eve at the Feet of the Virgin Mary" Proposed Fountain

"Vision of Saint Hubert in the Wood" Stained Glass Window

A "Resurrection" Stained Glass Window

A "Virtuous Woman" Stained Glass Window

"Boy Christ among the Doctors" Stained Glass Window

A "Madonna and Child and Infant John the Baptist" Mural

A "Scenes from the Life of Christ" Stained Glass Window

A "Baptism of Jesus" Glass Mosaic

Study of woman holding open book for unidentified stained glass window, date unknown, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)

Church: Mystery Projects

The Violet Oakley Experience is funded by a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation.
For her expertise and scholarship on The Violet Oakley Experience, Woodmere thanks Patricia Likos Ricci. The foremost authority on Oakley, she is the Director of the Department of Fine Arts, Associate Professor of the History of Art, and a member of the Women and Gender Studies faculty at Elizabethtown College.
Woodmere’s website infrastructure and the digitization of the Museum’s collection are made possible by the generous support of Lisa Kabnick and John McFadden.

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