The Woodmere Art Museum presents Violet Oakley: The Building of the House of Wisdom an exhibition on view September 25, 2011 – .
In 1910–11, Violet Oakley collaborated with architect Frank Miles Day on a monumental mural cycle for the entrance hall of a town house designed for Charlton Yarnall at 17th and Locust Streets in Philadelphia. Inspired by Oakley’s love of Renaissance art, her original design included a central glass dome, three large lunettes, four pendentives, and six smaller octagonal panels built into the architecture. The completed mural cycle was a metaphor for the progression of human civilization. www.woodmereartmuseum.org
