Violet Oakley
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| Gender | Female |
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| Death | 64 years ago |
| Date of birth | June 10,1874 |
| Zodiac sign | Gemini |
| Born | Bergen County |
| New Jersey | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | February 25,1961 |
| Died | Philadelphia |
| Pennsylvania | |
| United States | |
| Artworks | Henry Howard Houston Woodward |
| Place of burial | Green-Wood Cemetery, New York, United States |
| Education | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts |
| Drexel University | |
| The Art Students League of New York | |
| Groups | Red Rose Girls |
| Periods | Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood |
| Parents | Arthur Edmund Oakley |
| Cornelia Swain Oakley | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 675847 |
Violet Oakley Life story
Violet Oakley was an American artist. 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.