Architect And Buildings

VIEW COMMISSIONS   WATCH   READ   LISTEN   DISCOVER   IHMA   DONATE Biography   Major Collaborators   Archival Collections   Exhibitions   Events   Books   CLOSE Commissions Watch Listen Read Discover IHMA Donate Biography Major Collaborators Archival Collections Exhibitions Events Books   Hildreth Meière Hildreth Meière (1892-1961), 1956 Hildreth Meière (me-AIR) was one of the most renown American muralists of the 20th century. During her forty-year career from the 1920s until her death in 1961, she pioneered a modern approach to murals that broke away from academic tradition and blended such influences as early Byzantine mosaics, Egyptian wall painting, classical Greek vase painting, and Native American beadwork into a style that came to be known as Art Deco. Working with leading architects of her day, Meière designed approximately 100 commissions, both secular and liturgical. Her best-known commissi