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Commissions

Known for her architectural decoration, American Art Deco muralist Hildreth Meière designed over 100 completed commissions in various mediums.

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1917

Metropolitan Opera

New York, NY
Costumes for The Canterbury Pilgrims

1920

S. L. Fuller residence

New York, NY
Breakfast room panels

Ten Chimneys, Alfred Lunt residence

Genesee Depot, WI
Paintings

1921

John S. Melcher residence

New York, NY
Living room ceiling

1922-1932

Nebraska State Capitol

Lincoln, NE
Overview

1923

St. Mark's Episcopal Church

Mt. Kisco, NY
Altarpiece

1924

Christ Church Cathedral

Lexington, KY
Bennett memorial panel in Baptistry

National Academy of Sciences

Washington, DC
Great Hall arch soffits

National Academy of Sciences

Washington, DC
Great Hall dome

National Academy of Sciences

Washington, DC
Great Hall pendentives

St. Martin's Episcopal Church

Providence, RI
Altarpiece

1925

Nebraska State Capitol

Lincoln, NE
Vestibule dome

Nebraska State Capitol

Lincoln, NE
Vestibule dome arch soffits

Nebraska State Capitol

Lincoln, NE
Vestibule dome pendentives

Nebraska State Capitol

Lincoln, NE
Vestibule floor

1926

Site unknown

Menlo Park, CA
Painting

St. John's Episcopal Church

Beverly Farms, MA
Altarpiece

1927

Episcopal Church of St. Paul and St. James

New Haven, CT
Lady Chapel altarpiece

Nebraska State Capitol

Lincoln, NE
Foyer vaults and arch soffits

Nebraska State Capitol

Lincoln, NE
Foyer ceiling medallions

Nebraska State Capitol

Lincoln, NE
Foyer floor

Nebraska State Capitol

Lincoln, NE
Rotunda dome

Nebraska State Capitol

Lincoln, NE
Rotunda floor

Nebraska State Capitol

Lincoln, NE
Rotunda floor entrance panels

Nebraska State Capitol

Lincoln, NE
Senate Chamber (Warner Chamber) ceiling

Women's City Club

San Francisco, CA
Auditorium curtain

1928

University of Chicago, Rockefeller [Memorial] Chapel

Chicago, IL
Vaults, ribs and apse ceiling

1929

Baltimore Trust Company Building (10 Light Street)

Baltimore, MD
Banking hall floor; lobby entrance floor

Christ Church Cranbrook

Bloomfield Hills, MI
St. Paul's Chapel altarpiece

Convent of the Sacred Heart

Overbrook, PA
Main chapel, rear wall behind altar; right and left side chapels, altarpieces

St. Bartholomew's Church

New York, NY
Half-dome of apse

St. Bartholomew's Church

New York, NY
Stringcourse

Temple Emanu-El

New York, NY
Ark

Temple Emanu-El

New York, NY
Main arch

1930

Jesuit Center for Spiritual Growth (formerly Novitiate of St. Isaac Jogues)

Wernersville, PA
St. Isaac Jogues Chapel, tympanum and barrel-vaulted ceiling

St. Bartholomew's Church

New York, NY
Narthex domes and pendentives

1931

One Wall Street, Irving Trust Company

New York, NY
Banking Room walls and ceiling

One Wall Street, Irving Trust Company

New York, NY
Lobby ceiling

St. Aloysius

Detroit, MI
Upper rear wall of chancel; altarpiece

1932

25 West 43rd Street; 28 West 44th Street

New York, NY
Lobby entrance walls

32 Avenue of Americas (AT&T Long Distance Building)

New York, NY
Lobby ceiling and entrance wall

Jackson Residence, Rancho San Carlos

Santa Barbara, CA
Front hallway maps and friezes

Nebraska State Capitol

Lincoln, NE
House Lounge (West Lounge) ceiling

Nebraska State Capitol

Lincoln, NE
House of Representatives (West Legislative Chamber) beams below ceiling

Nebraska State Capitol

Lincoln, NE
House of Representatives (West Legislative Chamber) entrance door

Nebraska State Capitol

Lincoln, NE
Senate Chamber tapestry on wall over speaker's niche

RKO Center Theatre

New York, NY
Relief sculpture on 49th Street facade

Radio City Music Hall

New York, NY
Relief sculpture on 50th Street facade

1933

Century of Progress International Exposition: Communications Court

Chicago, IL
Pool in courtyard

Century of Progress International Exposition: Hall of Social Sciences

Chicago, IL
Mural and frieze

St. Katharine of Sienna [sic] (Greater Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church)

Baltimore, MD
Main and side altarpieces in high relief; inset wall panels in nave

St. Mark's-on-the-Hill

Pikesville, MD
Altarpiece

1934

Manhattanville College

New York, NY
Altarpiece for side chapel

St. Michael's Monastery Church (Hudson Korean Presbyterian Church)

Union City, NJ
Chapel of the Passion dome; three altarpieces

St. Michael's Monastery Church (Hudson Korean Presbyterian Church)

Union City, NJ
Overview, 1934-36

1935

Saint Thomas Church

New York, NY
Remembrance shrine

1936

St. Charles Borromeo (Greater Friendship Baptist Church)

Newark, NJ
Walls of main sanctuary

St. Christopher School Chapel

Dobbs Ferry, NY
Painting

St. Michael's Monastery Church (Hudson Korean Presbyterian Church)

Union City, NJ
Main sanctuary, chancel walls

St. Michael's Monastery Church (Hudson Korean Presbyterian Church)

Union City, NJ
Main sanctuary, pendentives of central dome

St. Michael's Monastery Church (Hudson Korean Presbyterian Church)

Union City, NJ
Main sanctuary, side chapel walls

1937

Logan Square Post Office

Chicago, IL
Relief sculpture in lobby

Our Lady, Queen of Angels Miniature Chapel

Chicago, IL
Altarpiece and rear wall of chapel

Union Station

Kansas City, MO
Westport Room restaurant and cocktail lounge walls

1939

Mary Immaculate Center, Mary Queen of All Saints Chapel

Northampton, PA
Half-dome of apse

New York 1939 World's Fair

Flushing, NY
Overview

New York 1939 World's Fair: AT&T Building

Flushing, NY
Entrances to Voder Room auditorium

New York 1939 World's Fair: AT&T Building

Flushing, NY
Exterior overdoors at entrance to Bell System exhibit

New York 1939 World's Fair: Johns-Manville Building

Flushing, NY
Entrance facade

New York 1939 World's Fair: Medicine and Public Health, Science and Education Building Complex

Flushing, NY
Entrance facing intersection of the Avenue of Patriots and Hamilton Place

New York 1939 World's Fair: Medicine and Public Health, Science and Education Building Complex

Flushing, NY
Entrance facing the Avenue of Patriots

New York 1939 World's Fair: Medicine and Public Health, Science and Education Building Complex

Flushing, NY
Facade facing Washington Square

New York 1939 World's Fair: Medicine and Public Health, Science and Education Building Complex

Flushing, NY
Facade facing courtyard

New York 1939 World's Fair: Medicine and Public Health, Science and Education Building Complex

Flushing, NY
Facade facing garden court

New York 1939 World's Fair: Medicine and Public Health, Science and Education Building Complex

Flushing, NY
South facade

New York 1939 World's Fair: Medicine and Public Health, Science and Education Building Complex

Flushing, NY
Southwest and south facades

New York 1939 World's Fair: Temple of Religion

Flushing, NY
Arcade facing courtyard

S.S. America

Cabin class dining room silhouettes

1940

Church of the Assumption

Westport, CT
Altarpiece

S.S. President Monroe

Painting in lounge

St. Joseph's Church

Canaan, CT
Wall panels in nave

1941

Municipal Center

Washington, DC
Interior open-air courtyard wall frieze

S.S. African Comet

Lounge wall panels; Playroom wall cut outs

World War II Triptychs:

Overview

1942

Church of the Holy Trinity

Philadelphia, PA
Three-panel mural on rear wall of chancel

Fordham University Church

Bronx, NY
Altarpiece

Fordham University Church

Bronx, NY
Side altarpieces

St. Patrick's Cathedral

New York, NY
Lady Chapel altar frontal

World War II Triptychs:

Triptych 18, center panel

1943

National Academy Museum

New York, NY
Self-portrait

Seminary of the Immaculate Conception

Huntington, NY
Altarpiece in bishops' chapel in burial crypt

St. James Episcopal Church

Upper Montclair, NJ
Altarpiece

World War II Triptychs:

Triptych 136

World War II Triptychs:

Triptych 159

World War II Triptychs:

Triptych 63

1944

St. John's Grace Episcopal Church

Buffalo, NY
Altarpiece

World War II Triptychs:

Triptych 116

World War II Triptychs:

Triptych 146

World War II Triptychs:

Triptych 201

1945

Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis

St. Louis, MO
North dome eastern arch soffit

World War II Triptychs:

Triptych 405

World War II Triptychs:

Triptych 425

1946

Hotel McAlpin

New York, NY
Cocktail lounge bar front and wall panels behind bar

Sacred Heart Greenwich

Greenwich, CT
Two relief sculptures

St. Mary's High School

Manhasset, NY
Relief sculptures on facade

1947

Home for the Elderly

Cleveland, OH
Altarpiece

1948

S.S. Brazil

Sculptures suspended from dining room ceiling; playroom wall cut outs

St. Anthony of Padua

Litchfield, CT
Wall panels in nave

St. Bartholomew's Church

New York, NY
Clerestory windows

1949

Fordham University Duane Library

Bronx, NY
Wall map

1951

Washington National Cathedral

Washington, DC
Chapel of the Resurrection, half-dome of apse

1952

S.S. United States

Cabin class lounge wall map

1956

Travelers Insurance

Hartford, CT
Lobby wall

1958

Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis

St. Louis, MO
Frieze along base of arches and domes

Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis

St. Louis, MO
North dome (Dome of the Twelve Apostles)

Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis

St. Louis, MO
North dome pendentives

Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis

St. Louis, MO
North wall surrounding rose window

1959

Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis

St. Louis, MO
South dome pendentives

1960

Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis

St. Louis, MO
South dome

Prudential Plaza

Newark, NJ
Lobby wall above elevator banks, center panel

Prudential Plaza

Newark, NJ
Lobby wall above elevator banks, side panels

1962

Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis

St. Louis, MO
South dome arch soffits

Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis

St. Louis, MO
South wall surrounding rose window