Profile of a woman
Date
1895Medium
Watercolor and graphite on paperCredit Line
Partial museum purchase and partial gift in loving memory of Brian Zahn from Linda Zahn, 2000Dimensions
9 x 8 1/8 in.Description & Inscriptions
This portrait was made while Oakley was living in Paris, where she immersed herself in the city's vital art scene. She studied at the Académie Montparnasse, sketched in the Louvre and visited internationally renowned galleries, salons, and museums. Upon returning to the states, Oakley enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in a course on portraiture taught by the Academy's first woman instructor, Cecilia Beaux.
