Greatest Hits

The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri Stained Glass Window, 1910-12, designed by Violet Oakley (Apostolic Nunciature in the United States of America) Photograph by Darryl Moran

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

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

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

The Great Wonder: A Vision of the Apocalypse, 1923-24, by Violet Oakley (Vassar College Alumnae House) Photograph by On Location Studios

Alice in Wonderland [Carolyn Haywood], c. 1920s, by Violet Oakley (Free Library of Philadelphia - Chestnut Hill Library

Governor's Grand Executive Reception Room, Pennsylvania State Capitol. Photograph by Darryl Moran

Panel 5, George Fox on the Mount of Vision, 1652, from the mural series The Founding of the State of Liberty Spiritual, 1902-06, by Violet Oakley, Governor's Grand Executive Reception Room, Pennsylvania State Capitol. Photograph by Darryl Moran

Panel 6, William Penn, Student at Christ Church, Oxford, 1660, from the mural series The Founding of the State of Liberty Spiritual, 1902-06, by Violet Oakley, Governor's Grand Executive Reception Room, Pennsylvania State Capitol. Photograph by Darryl Moran

Panel 7, Penn Meets the Quaker Thought in the Field Preaching at Oxford, from the mural series The Founding of the State of Liberty Spiritual, 1902-06, by Violet Oakley, Governor's Grand Executive Reception Room, Pennsylvania State Capitol. Photograph by Darryl Moran

Governor’s Reception Room Panel 11: Woman Reaching for Penn's Hand, c. 1904-06, by Violet Oakley (Courtesy of the State Museum of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission)

Panel 13, Penn's First Sight of the Shores of Pennsylvania, from the mural series The Founding of the State of Liberty Spiritual, 1902-06, by Violet Oakley, Governor's Grand Executive Reception Room, Pennsylvania State Capitol. Photograph by Darryl Moran

Study for Penn's Arrival on the Welcome, 1682, Pageant Float, c. 1908, by Violet Oakley (Violet Oakley sketchbooks, Historical Society of Pennsylvania)

Senate Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol. Photograph by Darryl Moran

The Armies of the Earth Striving to Take the Kingdom of Unity by Force, from the mural series The Creation and Preservation of the Union, 1911-20, by Violet Oakley, Senate Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol. Photograph by Darryl Moran

The Slaves of the Earth Driven Forward and Upward by Their Slave-Driver, from the mural series The Creation and Preservation of the Union, 1911-20, by Violet Oakley, Senate Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol. Photograph by Darryl Moran

The Slave Ship Ransomed, from the mural series The Creation and Preservation of the Union, 1911-20, by Violet Oakley, Senate Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol. Photograph by Darryl Moran

The Little Sanctuary in the Wilderness (The Legend of the Latchstring), from the mural series The Creation and Preservation of the Union, 1911-20, by Violet Oakley, Senate Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol. Photograph by Darryl Moran

Unity, from the mural series The Creation and Preservation of the Union, 1911-20, by Violet Oakley, Senate Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol. Photograph by Darryl Moran

Study for George Washington Marching through Philadelphia, 1777 (The Way to the Brandywine), from the mural series The Creation and Preservation of the Union, 1911-20, by Violet Oakley (Private Collection)

Unity (detail), from the mural series The Creation and Preservation of the Union, 1911-20, by Violet Oakley, Senate Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol. Photograph by Darryl Moran

Portrait of Henry Howard Houston Woodward, 1922, by Violet Oakley (Courtesy of the Woodward Family)

Saints George and Gertrude, ceramic tile overmantle, Krisheim, Philadelphia, 1911, by Violet Oakley (Collection of the Woodward Family) Photograph by Darryl Moran

Lady with a Fan, 1895 (Collection of Daniel Zahn)

Great Women of the Bible, 1945-49, First Presbyterian Church in Germantown. Photograph by Joe Routon

"The Raising of Dorcas by Saint Peter," from the mural series Great Women of the Bible, 1949 (First Presbyterian Church in Germantown) Photograph by Joe Routon

Sketch for "The Raising of Dorcas by Saint Peter," from the mural series Great Women of the Bible," 1945-48, by Violet Oakley (Collection of La Salle University Art Museum: Gift of the Violet Oakley Memorial Foundation)

"Woman of Samaria," from the mural series Great Women of the Bible, 1948, by Violet Oakley (First Presbyterian Church in Germantown) Photograph by Joe Routon

Proposal for Fountain: "Eve at the Feet of Mary," Study for Great Women of the Bible, The Jennings Room, First Presbyterian Church of Germantown, 1945-49 (Philadelphia Museum of Art: Bequest of Edith Emerson, 1984, https://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/76757.html?mulR=961880562|1)

"Chronological Tree of the Old Testament," from the mural series Great Women of the Bible, 1948, by Violet Oakley and Edith Emerson (First Presbyterian Church in Germantown) Photograph by Joe Routon

Preparatory Drawing for "Youth and the Arts," c. 1910-11, by Violet Oakley (Private Collection)

"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," closed, 1944, by Violet Oakley (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)

Cartoons for "Hamlet" and "Tempest" Windows, commissioned 1903, by Violet Oakley (Delaware Art Museum: Gift of the Violet Oakley Memorial Foundation, 1983, http://emuseum.delart.org:8080/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/items$0040:6275, http://emuseum.delart.org:8080/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/items$0040:6274)

"Life of Moses" Altarpiece, Fleisher Art Memorial, 1927-29, by Violet Oakley. Photograph by Rick Echelmeyer

Supreme Court Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol. Photograph by Darryl Moran

The Octave (The Scale of the Law and Its Harmonies), from the mural series The Opening of the Book of the Law, 1921-27, Supreme Court Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol. Photograph by Darryl Moran

International Court of Justice (International Law), from the mural series The Opening of the Book of the Law, 1921-27, Supreme Court Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol. Photograph by Darryl Moran

Mosaic Decalogue (Hebrew Idea of Revealed Law), from the mural series The Opening of the Book of the Law, 1921-27, Supreme Court Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol. Photograph by Darryl Moran

Divine Law, Love, and Wisdom, from the mural series The Opening of the Book of the Law, 1921-27, Supreme Court Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol. Photograph by Darryl Moran

Philadelphia Award, 1925, designed by Violet Oakley (Collection of Clare Yellin, Samuel Yellin Metalworkers)

Philadelphia Award (verso), 1925, designed by Violet Oakley (Collection of Clare Yellin, Samuel Yellin Metalworkers)

Memorial to a Music Student, 1925, by Violet Oakley (Vassar College Alumnae House) Photograph by On Location Studios

Portrait of Sarah Bates Lawrence, 1910, by Violet Oakley (Courtesy of Sarah Lawrence College Archives)

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)

Tragic Muse, 1912, by Violet Oakley (Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: Gift of Mrs. Edward H. Coates (The Edward H. Coates Memorial Collection), https://www.pafa.org/collection/tragic-muse)

"Il Convito," The Banquet: Edith Emerson in Page Costume, Daniel Buckley, Mary Nixon, and Alex de Tarnowski, Celebrating Completion of Seven Panels for the Senate Chamber, date unknown, by Violet Oakley (Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: Gift of the Violet Oakley Memorial Foundation, https://www.pafa.org/collection/il-convito-banquet-edith-emerson-page-costume-others-right-daniel-buckley-mary-nixon-and)

June, c. 1902, by Violet Oakley, Cover for Everybody’s Magazine, June 1902 (Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Henry D. Gilpin Fund,https://www.pafa.org/collection/june)