The Tempest
Datecommissioned 1903
Artist
Violet Oakley
(American painter and illustrator, 1874–1961)
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions75 1/4 x 43 1/2 in. (191.1 x 110.5 cm)
frame: 98 x 104 in. (248.9 x 264.2 cm)
frame: 98 x 104 in. (248.9 x 264.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Violet Oakley Memorial Foundation, 1983
Object number1983-2
On View
On viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextOakley's Shakespearean window designs were commissioned for the music room of Mary K. Gibson's residence "Maybrook" in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. The designs were produced into windows by the Church Glass and Decorating Company of New York. Oakley's early illustrations elicited the comment that they were reminiscent of stained-glass window designs. Within a few years, she was designing stained-glass windows.
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