TitleSelf-Portrait
Artist
Violet Oakley
(1874 - 1961)
Date1919
MediumOil on canvas mounted on panel
DimensionsUnframed: 30 x 25 in.
Framed: 37 x 32 x 1 1/2 in.
SignedSigned at lower right: "Violet Oakley 1919"
SubmissionANA diploma presentation, January 20, 1920
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number944-P
Label TextFollowing the lead and inspiration of the English Pre-Raphaelites, Oakley created powerful images of women heavily draped in medieval garb. Similarly, Oakley found inspiration in the study of history, poetry and the Bible. She felt it was the artist's role to inspire and instruct society, and that art should evoke a moral response.Collections
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