Work
| Violet Oakley Studio | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location: | 627 St. George's Rd. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates: | 40°3′8″N 75°12′20″W / 40.05222°N 75.20556°W / 40.05222; -75.20556Coordinates: 40°3′8″N 75°12′20″W / 40.05222°N 75.20556°W / 40.05222; -75.20556 |
| Built: | 1902-05 |
| Architect: | Day & Klauder |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 77001188 |
| Added to NRHP: | September 13, 1977 |
Oakley painted a series of 43 murals in the Pennsylvania State Capitol Building in Harrisburg for the Governors Grand Reception Room, the Senate and the Supreme Court. Oakley was originally commissioned only for the murals in the Governor's Grand Reception Room, which she titled "The Founding of the State of Liberty Spiritual." In the fourteen reception room murals, Oakley depicts the story of William Penn and the founding of Pennsylvania. She conducted extensive research on the subject, even traveling to England. The series of murals were unveiled in the new Capitol Building in November 1906, shortly after the dedication of the building. When Edwin Austin Abbey died in 1911, Violet Oakley was offered the job of creating the murals for the Senate and Supreme Court Chambers, a 16-year project.
Oakley's other work includes:
- Two murals and stained glass work for All Angels Church, New York City, her first commission, 1900
- Murals for the Cuyahoga County Courthouse, Cleveland, Ohio, her only major mural commission outside Pennsylvania
- Panel for the living room of the Alumnae House at Vassar College
- Eighteen mural panels on The Building of the House of Wisdom and stained glass dome for the Charlton Yarnell House, 1910, at 17th and Locust Street in Philadelphia (murals removed and in collection of Woodmere Art Museum).
- Great Women of the Bible murals, First Presbyterian Church in Germantown, 1945–1949
- David and Goliath for the library at the Chestnut Hill Academy
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