Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-13

The Corcoran Gallery is open, as
usual. on week days, but closed on
Sunday afternoons. as it is at that
time that the crowds are greatest
causing danger of contagion from in
f1uenZa.
The exhibition Of Miss Oakley's
studies for mural decorations, which
opened October 8 and continues to Oc-
tober 80, is attracting considerable in
terest and attention. Not only are
the sketches of a characte to interest
literature as well. They have pri-
marily subjective significance. They
are of scenes and of individuals ia
nous in the history of our country
There are portrait studies of Wash
ington and Madison, Alexander Ham
ilton, Gouerneur Morris, Benjamin
Franklin, Edmund Randolph and Lin
coin.
Some of the great epochs in the his
tory of the United States are illus
trated- One of the series of decora-
lions presents in graphic form the
several stages of the creation and
preservation of the Union. Miss Oak
ley combines allegory with fact and
In such manner that it seems appro-
pirate and is Ineligible.
OF great interest. particularly at
this time of world struggle for lib
erty. is her series of decorations for
a frieze in the governors reception
room in the state capitol. Harris
p burg. embodying the conception and
development of this ideal. Panel one
shows William Tyndale Printing His
Translation of the Bible into English
at Cologne" and Snug Cling the First
Volumes of the New Testament into
England" Panel two shows The
Burning of the Books at Oxford" and
THE Execution of William Tyndale.'
Panel three shows 1.-The Answer to
Tyndale's Prayer and Anne Askew
Condemned to Death Refusing to Re
Intolerance and Persecution in Civil
War; panel five. George Fox on HIS
Mount of Vision; panel six. Will
liam Penn. Student at Oxford panel
seven. Penn Meets the Quaker
Thought in the Field at Oxford" and
panel eight. admiral Penn Turning
His Son from Home" Panel nine show s
"Penn's Arrest While Preaching
Penn Examined by the Lieutenant of
the Tower of London" and Penn
Writing in Prison" Panel ten shows
Penn Seeks to Free Other Friends
1mprisoned": panel eleven. "Penn's
Vision: panel twelve. Charter OF
Pennsylvania Signed by Charles II.
and panel thirteen. "Penn's First
Sight of Pennsylvania" All of these
panels are shown in color reproduc-
ton.
Miss Violet Oakley is mural paint
er of exceptional distinction. probably
the most distinguished woman mural
decorator not only of today, but OF
all time. ranking with such men as
Edwin Rowland BlaShfield. c. Y. Tur-
ner the late F.. d. Millet and the late
Howard Pyle. She was given the COM
mission for the decorations for the
Harrisburg capitol. in the place of Z
y. Abbey, shortly after his death. The
success of her first series led to the
commission for the second series.
She has had excellent training
studying first at the Art Students
League of New York. then the Penn
sylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
and later under Aman-Jean. Collin and
LaZar in Paris. and Howard Pyle in
this country. She is a deep student OF
history and sociology. as we'll as art
and she believes profoundly that the
artist should have a definite message
and that il should be told with clear
EeSS and force.
She has been awarded the gold medal
of honor at the Pennsylvania Acad-
envy of the Fine Arts, the gold medal
national exposition and the medal OF
honor for painting in the New York
Architectural League. as well as other
much coveted awards.
Her personality is peculiarly
charming. modest and not in the least
masculine. She is quietly alert, ex-
traordinarily capable and one who
thinks.
If the epidemic of influenza abates
before the close of the exhibition here
arrangements will probably be made
for Miss Oakley to give an illustrated