Violet Oakley was an American artist and illustrator. She was the first American woman to receive a public mural commission. During the first quarter of the twentieth century, she was renowned as a pathbreaker in mural decoration, a field that had been exclusively practiced by men. Oakley excelled at murals and stained glass designs that addressed themes from history and literature in Renaissance-revival styles.
Her sister Hester Caldwell Oakley wrote a novel about their experiences studying art in Paris in the 1890s, entitled As Having Nothing.
No relation to her contemporary and fellow Pyle student, Thornton Oakley.
Violet Oakley was an American artist and illustrator. She was the first American woman to receive a public mural commission. During the first quarter of the twentieth century, she was renowned as a pathbreaker in mural decoration, a field that had been exclusively practiced by men. Oakley excelled at murals and stained glass designs that addressed themes from history and literature in Renaissance-revival styles.
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