PRINTER'S NO. 1946
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
369
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY RAPP, BARRAR, BIZZARRO, BURNS, CALTAGIRONE,
CAUSER, COX, SCHLEGEL CULVER, DiGIROLAMO, EVERETT, FREEMAN,
HAHN, HENNESSEY, HILL-EVANS, JOHNSON-HARRELL, KAUFFMAN,
KORTZ, LONGIETTI, MACKENZIE, MILLARD, B. MILLER, MOUL,
NEILSON, OBERLANDER, PICKETT, PYLE, READSHAW, RYAN, SONNEY,
YOUNGBLOOD AND ZIMMERMAN, JUNE 3, 2019
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 3, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the 145th birthday of Violet Oakley and her
important artistic contributions to this Commonwealth.
WHEREAS, Violet Oakley was born on June 10, 1874, in Bergen
Heights, New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, After studying art in England and France, Ms. Oakley
returned to the United States in 1896 and continued her artistic
education at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and
Drexel Institute in Philadelphia; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Oakley became renowned as the first prominent
female artist in mural decoration, a field of expression that
had been exclusively practiced by men up until that time in the
United States; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Oakley excelled at murals and stained glass
designs that addressed themes from history and literature in
Renaissance-revival styles; and
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