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Hildreth Meiere BIOGRAPHY
1892 New York City - 1961 New York City. Known for: Murals-history and religion, mosaics.
The following, submitted September 2004, is from Louise Dunn, daughter of the artist. Hildreth Meiere, a distinguished Art Deco muralist, mosaicist, painter and decorative artist, ranks with the very... Read full biography
The following, submitted September 2004, is from Louise Dunn, daughter of the artist. Hildreth Meiere, a distinguished Art Deco muralist, mosaicist, painter and decorative artist, ranks with the very small number of women artists -- such as Violet Oakley, Berenice Abbott, Isabel Bishop and Georgia... Read full biography
The following, submitted September 2004, is from Louise Dunn, daughter of the artist. Hildreth Meiere, a distinguished Art Deco muralist, mosaicist, painter and decorative artist, ranks with the very small number of women artists -- such as Violet Oakley, Berenice Abbott, Isabel Bishop and Georgia O'Keeffe -- whose achievements gained the recognition of the established art world during the first half of this Century. Educated at New York's Convent of the Sacred Heart, Manhattanville, the Art... Read full biography
The following, submitted September 2004, is from Louise Dunn, daughter of the artist. Hildreth Meiere, a distinguished Art Deco muralist, mosaicist, painter and decorative artist, ranks with the very small number of women artists -- such as Violet Oakley, Berenice Abbott, Isabel Bishop and Georgia O'Keeffe -- whose achievements gained the recognition of the established art world during the first half of this Century. Educated at New York's Convent of the Sacred Heart, Manhattanville, the Art Students' League, the California School of Fine Arts (now the San Francisco Art Institute), the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and in Florence, Italy, she became a practitioner of the art of mosaic, and embellisher of architectural... Read full biography
The following, submitted September 2004, is from Louise Dunn, daughter of the artist. Hildreth Meiere, a distinguished Art Deco muralist, mosaicist, painter and decorative artist, ranks with the very small number of women artists -- such as Violet Oakley, Berenice Abbott, Isabel Bishop and Georgia O'Keeffe -- whose achievements gained the recognition of the established art world during the first half of this Century. Educated at New York's Convent of the Sacred Heart, Manhattanville, the Art Students' League, the California School of Fine Arts (now the San Francisco Art Institute), the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and in Florence, Italy, she became a practitioner of the art of mosaic, and embellisher of architectural environments. Her major commissions include the Nebraska State Capitol at Lincoln, and the National Academy of Sciences, the Muni... Read full biography
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The following, submitted September 2004, is from Louise Dunn, daughter of the artist.
Hildreth Meiere, a distinguished Art Deco muralist, mosaicist, painter and decorative artist, ranks with the very small number of women artists -- such as Violet Oakley, Berenice Abbott, Isabel Bishop and Georgia O'Keeffe -- whose achievements gained the recognition of the established art world during the first half of this Century.
Educated at New York's Convent of the Sacred Heart, Manhattanville, the Art Students' League, the California School of Fine Arts (now the San Francisco Art Institute), the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and in Florence, Italy, she became a practitioner of the art of mosaic, and embellisher of ar...But wait, there's more...
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