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Moral Re-Armament Assembly Portraits

Moral Re-Armament Assembly Portraits

Caux, Switzerland
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1900-1949

Moral Re-Armament (MRA) was founded by Dr. Frank Buchman, a Lutheran minister from Pennsburg, Pennsylvania. Dedicated to achieving international peace and social justice, the MRA began in London after World War I as a non-denominational Christian evangelical fellowship known as the Oxford Group. The organization was renamed in 1938 after Buchman called for “moral re-armament” to counter the threat posed by German militarization. Since 2001, the MRA has continued its mission under the name Initiatives for Change.

Violet Oakley met Buchman in 1928 through the Dowager Queen Sophia of Greece, whose portrait she had painted.1 Oakley was in Florence, where she resided when the League of Nations was in recess. She and Buchman had compatible political ideals rooted in Christian egalitarianism and pacifism and they developed a friendship that lasted for the next thirty years. When the League of Nations refused to exhibit Oakley’s painting Christ at Geneva because sectarian religious imagery was not permitted, Buchman agreed to hang it in the MRA headquarters in London in 1939.

After World War II, the MRA held World Assemblies at Mountain House in Caux, Switzerland, to promote international reconciliation. At Buchman’s invitation, Oakley spent several months in 1949 at Mountain House, where she drew forty portraits of members of the World Assembly and wrote the foreword to The Holy Experiment: Our Heritage from William Penn, 1644–1944, published in 1950. She also made drawings of the surrounding landscape.

1 Bailey Van Hook, Violet Oakley: An Artist’s Life (Wilmington: University of Delaware Press, 2016): 362.

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Moral Re-Armament Assembly Portraits

Works in Woodmere’s Collection

Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
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Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait of H.M. Sophie, Dowager Queen of Greece, in mourning for husband
Portrait of H.M. Sophie, Dowager Queen of Greece, in mourning for husband
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Portrait of H.M. Sophie, Dowager Queen of Greece, in mourning for husband
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
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Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Nirpuama Sinha, Lady Sinha of Raipur [India], and her son Anindo Kumar Sinha, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Nirpuama Sinha, Lady Sinha of Raipur [India], and her son Anindo Kumar Sinha, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Nirpuama Sinha, Lady Sinha of Raipur [India], and her son Anindo Kumar Sinha, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified woman, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified woman, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait study of unidentified woman, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
M. Margarite, Prinzessin von Hohenzollern [?], delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
M. Margarite, Prinzessin von Hohenzollern [?], delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
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M. Margarite, Prinzessin von Hohenzollern [?], delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Nirpuama Sinha, Lady Sinha of Raipur, delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Nirpuama Sinha, Lady Sinha of Raipur, delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
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Nirpuama Sinha, Lady Sinha of Raipur, delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Dr. Paul Campbell in "The Dictator's Slippers"
Dr. Paul Campbell in "The Dictator's Slippers"
Drawings-watercolors
Dr. Paul Campbell in "The Dictator's Slippers"
Study of an unidentified couple's wedding reception at the World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Study of an unidentified couple's wedding reception at the World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Study of an unidentified couple's wedding reception at the World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of Frank Buchman, founder, Moral Re-Armament
Portrait study of Frank Buchman, founder, Moral Re-Armament
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait study of Frank Buchman, founder, Moral Re-Armament
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of Frank Buchman seated outdoors against a background of mountains, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of Frank Buchman seated outdoors against a background of mountains, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
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Portrait study of Frank Buchman seated outdoors against a background of mountains, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of woman (Mrs. August Menzing?), at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of woman (Mrs. August Menzing?), at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait study of woman (Mrs. August Menzing?), at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of Frank Buchman, founder, Moral Re-Armanent, at the 1949 World Assembly, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of Frank Buchman, founder, Moral Re-Armanent, at the 1949 World Assembly, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait study of Frank Buchman, founder, Moral Re-Armanent, at the 1949 World Assembly, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait head study of Sir Patrick Dollan, Lord Provost of Glasgow and editor of the Scottish "Daily Herald," at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait head study of Sir Patrick Dollan, Lord Provost of Glasgow and editor of the Scottish "Daily Herald," at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait head study of Sir Patrick Dollan, Lord Provost of Glasgow and editor of the Scottish "Daily Herald," at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of Bernard Hallward, President of the St. Raymond Paper Company, Canada [and active in the Moral Re-Armament]
Portrait study of Bernard Hallward, President of the St. Raymond Paper Company, Canada [and active in the Moral Re-Armament]
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait study of Bernard Hallward, President of the St. Raymond Paper Company, Canada [and active in the Moral Re-Armament]
Hedbloom, sculptor from Sweden (possibly Gustav Adolf Hedblom?), at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Hedbloom, sculptor from Sweden (possibly Gustav Adolf Hedblom?), at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Hedbloom, sculptor from Sweden (possibly Gustav Adolf Hedblom?), at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait head study of unidentified woman, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait head study of unidentified woman, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait head study of unidentified woman, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of Frank Buchman, founder, Moral Re-Armanent, at the 1949 World Assembly, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of Frank Buchman, founder, Moral Re-Armanent, at the 1949 World Assembly, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait study of Frank Buchman, founder, Moral Re-Armanent, at the 1949 World Assembly, Caux, Switzerland
Portait study of August Menzing [?], at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portait study of August Menzing [?], at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portait study of August Menzing [?], at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait of unidentifed man, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait of unidentifed man, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait of unidentifed man, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Sir Patrick Dollan, Lord Provost of Glasgow, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Sir Patrick Dollan, Lord Provost of Glasgow, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Sir Patrick Dollan, Lord Provost of Glasgow, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Rear Admiral Sir Edward Cochrane, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Rear Admiral Sir Edward Cochrane, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Rear Admiral Sir Edward Cochrane, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of an unidentified young man, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of an unidentified young man, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait study of an unidentified young man, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Unidentified group portrait study of two women and two men, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Unidentified group portrait study of two women and two men, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Unidentified group portrait study of two women and two men, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified man and woman, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified man and woman, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait study of unidentified man and woman, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Frank McGee, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Frank McGee, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Frank McGee, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of Frank Buchman, founder, Moral Re-Armament
Portrait study of Frank Buchman, founder, Moral Re-Armament
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait study of Frank Buchman, founder, Moral Re-Armament
Otto Springorum, General Manager of the Gelsenkirchen Coal Mining Company, Germany, delegate to the 1949 Moral-Rearmament Assembly, Caux, Switzerland)
Otto Springorum, General Manager of the Gelsenkirchen Coal Mining Company, Germany, delegate to the 1949 Moral-Rearmament Assembly, Caux, Switzerland)
Drawings-watercolors
Otto Springorum, General Manager of the Gelsenkirchen Coal Mining Company, Germany, delegate to the 1949 Moral-Rearmament Assembly, Caux, Switzerland)
Father Laurentius, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Father Laurentius, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Father Laurentius, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of Prof. Theophil Spoerri, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of Prof. Theophil Spoerri, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait study of Prof. Theophil Spoerri, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of Stuart Smith, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of Stuart Smith, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait study of Stuart Smith, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified man (possibly an associate of Frank Buchman), possibly at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified man (possibly an associate of Frank Buchman), possibly at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait study of unidentified man (possibly an associate of Frank Buchman), possibly at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of Bernard Hallward, President of the St. Raymond Paper Company, Canada, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of Bernard Hallward, President of the St. Raymond Paper Company, Canada, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait study of Bernard Hallward, President of the St. Raymond Paper Company, Canada, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of Frank Buchman, founder, Moral Re-Armanent, at the 1949 World Assembly, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of Frank Buchman, founder, Moral Re-Armanent, at the 1949 World Assembly, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait study of Frank Buchman, founder, Moral Re-Armanent, at the 1949 World Assembly, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of Nirpuama Sinha, Lady Sinha of Raipur [India] and her son Anindo Kumar Sinha, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of Nirpuama Sinha, Lady Sinha of Raipur [India] and her son Anindo Kumar Sinha, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait study of Nirpuama Sinha, Lady Sinha of Raipur [India] and her son Anindo Kumar Sinha, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified man (a miner from the Ruhr), at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified man (a miner from the Ruhr), at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait study of unidentified man (a miner from the Ruhr), at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Unidentified study of man standing in front of seated crowd (possibly League of Nations or Moral Re-Armament)
Unidentified study of man standing in front of seated crowd (possibly League of Nations or Moral Re-Armament)
Drawings-watercolors
Unidentified study of man standing in front of seated crowd (possibly League of Nations or Moral Re-Armament)
Portrait study of unidentified woman, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Portrait study of unidentified woman, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Portrait study of unidentified woman, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Group portrait study of a delegation from Burma, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Group portrait study of a delegation from Burma, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
Group portrait study of a delegation from Burma, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
"Two Little Ladies from Japan," Portrait study of Mrs. Katayama and Mrs. Nutsien [?], at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
"Two Little Ladies from Japan," Portrait study of Mrs. Katayama and Mrs. Nutsien [?], at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland
Drawings-watercolors
"Two Little Ladies from Japan," Portrait study of Mrs. Katayama and Mrs. Nutsien [?], at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland

Works in Other Collections

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Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland, 1949, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)|Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland, 1949, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)|Violet Oakley at Moral Re-Armament Meeting in Caux, Switzerland, 1949 (Violet Oakley papers, 1841-1981. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution) Photographer unknown|Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland, 1949, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)|Portrait of H.M. Sophie, Dowager Queen of Greece, in mourning for husband, 1929, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)|Nirpuama Sinha, Lady Sinha of Raipur [India], and her son Anindo Kumar Sinha, at the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland, 1949, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)

Historical Images

Violet Oakley at Moral Re-Armament Meeting in Caux, Switzerland, 1949 (Violet Oakley papers, 1841-1981. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution) Photographer unknown

Related Works in Woodmere’s Collection

Study for "The Three Communions (The Last Supper, Morning After the Resurrection, Banquet in Heaven)" mural, date unknown, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)

Composition study for "The Three Communions (The Last Supper, Morning After the Resurrection, Banquet in Heaven)" mural, date unknown, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)

Study for Christ, "The Three Communions (The Last Supper, Morning After the Resurrection, Banquet in Heaven)" mural, date unknown, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)

Study for "The Three Communions (The Last Supper, Morning After the Resurrection, Banquet in Heaven)" mural, date unknown, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)

Composition study for "The Three Communions (The Last Supper, Morning After the Resurrection, Banquet in Heaven)" mural, date unknown, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)

Distant Eternal [illegible] from Rochers de Naye, 1949, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)

Lake Geneva from Rochers de Naye, 1949, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)

View from Caux to Dents-Du-Midi, Switzerland, 1949, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)

Christ at Geneva [Geneva: Albert Kundig, 1937], a brochure designed by Violet Oakley to publicize her mural painting "Christ at Geneva" (Woodmere Art Museum)

La présence divine à la Société des Nations/Divine presence at the League of Nations [Geneva: Albert Kundig, 1937], a brochure designed by Violet Oakley to publicize her mural painting "Christ at Geneva," now retitled "Divine presence at the League of Nations" (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of Mr. Charles N. H. Dodge and Mrs. Pierre G. Fraley, 1975)

Detail preliminary study of figure on reverse of the Philadelphia Award medal, 1921, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)

Study for reverse of the Philadelphia Award medal, 1921, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)

Studies for the Philadelphia Award medal [obverse and reverse], 1921, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)

Study of view from Caux, Switzerland, c. 1949, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)

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Aunt Fanny (Frances Elizabeth Oakley), c. 1895, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)
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Beatrice Harrison, "The Lady of the Nightingales" [Woman with Cello], date unknown, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)
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Portrait study of Gertrude Houston Woodward, c. 1926, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2012)
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