Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth Meière Press Images
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Caption: Study of Following the Arrested Jesus, upper left panel of the altarpiece, St. Mark’s Church, 1923; Mount Kisco, New York. Altarpiece painted by Hildreth Meière. Gouache on paperboard. Architect: Bertram G. Goodhue Credit: Photograph by Donna Callighan Download full-size version. |
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Caption: St. John the Evangelist, altarpiece, St. John’s Grace Episcopal Church, 1944; Buffalo, New York. Altarpiece painted by Hildreth Meière. Oil on wood with gilded gesso. Architects: Mayers, Murray & Phillip; Gilding: Louis Ross. Credit: Photograph by Joseph Rudinec Download full-size version. |
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Caption: Sample mosaic of St. Peter, as designed for the Transfiguration scene in the apse, St. Bartholomew’s Church, 1928; New York, New York. Design by Hildreth Meière. Glass mosaic fabricated by Pűhl & Wagner. Architect: Bertram G. Goodhue; Continuing architects: Mayers, Murray & Phillip (formerly Bertram G. Goodhue Associates) Credit: Photograph ©2009, Hildreth Meière Dunn Download full-size version. |
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Caption: Magnificat window, St. Bartholomew’s Church, 1948; New York, New York. Design by Hildreth Meière. Architect: Bertram G. Goodhue; Continuing architects: Mayers, Murray & Phillip (formerly Bertram G. Goodhue Associates); Stained glass: Rambusch Company. Credit: Photograph ©2009, Hildreth Meière Dunn Download full-size version. |
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Caption: Hildreth Meière at the Pűhl & Wagner Factory, 1928; Berlin, Germany. Meière’s glass mosaic designs for St. Bartholomew’s Church, Temple Emanu-El, and One Wall Street (all in New York City), as well as for the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis were all executed by Pűhl & Wagner. Credit: Photograph courtesy of the Berlinische Galerie, Landesmuseum fűr Moderne Kunst, Fotografie und Architektur; Architecture Collection, Berlin, Germany Download full-size version. |
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Caption: Genius of the Air, rotunda floor, Nebraska State Capitol, 1927; Lincoln, Nebraska. Design by Hildreth Meière. Architect: Bertram G. Goodhue; Marble floor mosaics: De Paoli Co. Credit: Photograph ©2009, Hildreth Meière Dunn Download full-size version. |
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Caption: Drinking deer, north wall, Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, 1958; St. Louis, Missouri. Design by Hildreth Meière. Architect: George D. Barnett; Glass mosaic fabricator and installer: Ravenna Mosaic Company Credit: Photograph ©2009, Hildreth Meière Dunn Download full-size version. |
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Caption: Drama, exterior sculpture, Radio City Music Hall, 1932; New York, New York. Design by Hildreth Meière. Architect: Edward Durrell Stone; Metalsmith: Oscar B. Bach Credit: Photograph ©2009, Hildreth Meière Dunn. Download full-size version. |
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Caption: Air, Great Hall of the National Academy of Sciences, 1924; Washington, D.C. Design by Hildreth Meière. Architect: Bertram G. Goodhue; Akoustolith tile: R. Guastavino Company; Gesso and Gilding: Mack, Jenny and Tyler Credit: Photograph ©2009, Hildreth Meière Dunn. Download full-size version. |
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