Oakley, Violet, 1874-1961
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Howard Pyle 1853-1911 Series, bulk: circa 1880 - 2000, circa 1820 - 2010
Series
Identifier: BMA.PPD.HP
Abstract
The Howard Pyle series consists of research materials accumulated by Paul Preston Davis for the writing and publication of his book Howard Pyle: His Life – His Work (2004), a compilation of all known Howard Pyle artwork and illustrations published. It is an expansive re-evaluation, correction, and update of Willard S. Morse and Gertrude Brincklé’s record of Pyle’s work, Howard Pyle: A Record of His Illustrations and Writings (1921). ...
Dates:
Majority of material found within circa 1880 - 2000; circa 1820 - 2010
Paul Preston Davis 1931-2021 Collection
Collection
Identifier: BMA-PPD
Abstract
The Paul Preston Davis Collection contains secondary and tertiary research materials that cover four artistic subjects local to the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware regions: Alexander Charles Stuart, Henry Louis Stephens, Howard Pyle, and John Sloan.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1880 - 2000; 1820 - 2021
Red Rose Girls Collection
Collection
Identifier: BMA-RRG
Abstract
The Red Rose Girls Collection includes materials purchased by the Brandywine Museum of Art pertaining primarily to three prominent female illustrators and artists of the early 20th century: Violet Oakley (1874-1961), Elizabeth Shippen Green (1871-1954), and Jessie Wilcox Smith (1863-1935). The three lived together at the Red Rose Inn in Villanova during their time as students under illustrator Howard Pyle (1853-1911), who began referring to them as “the Red Rose Girls.” The collection is...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1911 - 1947; 1899 - 1979
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- Archival Object 1
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- Artists' bookplates 2
- Exhibition catalogs 2
- Illustrators 2
- Art -- Pennsylvania 1
- Art teachers 1
- Artists 1
- Artists -- United States 1
- Artists as authors 1
- Artists' preparatory studies 1
- Artists' writings 1
- Chestnut Hill (Pa.) 1
- Christmas cards 1
- Correspondence 1
- Harper's weekly 1
- Harrisburg (Pa.) 1
- Illustrations 1
- Illustrators -- Books and reading 1
- Illustrators -- Children's literature 1
- Maps 1
- Muralists 1
- Obituaries 1
- Pennsylvania State Capitol (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1
- Philadelphia (Pa.) 1
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Newspapers 1
- Photographs 1
- Prints 1
- Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911-- Forgeries 1
- Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911--Research 1
- St. Nicholas magazine (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Villanova (Pa.) 1
- Women artists 1 + ∧ less
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