Herman T. Schladermundt (1863–1937) was an American artist known for murals and stained glass.[1][2]
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Biography
editSchladermundt was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Joachim Schladermundt and Caroline Widman in 1863. He studied art at the Academie Delecluse and Academie Julian in Paris.[citation needed]
His well known mural works include the apse decoration at Central Congregational Church in Providence, Rhode Island, canvas lobby murals at the Byron White United States Courthouse in Denver, Colorado,[3] Villa Carola, the private home of Isaac Guggenheim in Port Washington, New York,[4] and in the Grand Jury Room at the New Jersey Court House in Newark, New Jersey.[5]
Well known stained glass work includes the windows in the sanctuary of Memorial Presbyterian Church in St. Augustine, Florida,[6] the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress in Washington, DC,[7] the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City, Missouri,[8] the administration building at Iona College, Elizabeth Seton Campus in Yonkers, New York (formerly the Boyce Thompson mansion),[9] and the great frieze of the Colonial Theater in Boston, Massachusetts.[10]
Schladermundt died on January 26, 1937, in Kent, Connecticut.[5] He was married to Anna Gardner from 1987 until his death and they had two children, Peter and Rosaline. Schladermundt was a long time member the Century Association, the Architectural League of New York, and the National Society of Mural Painters, serving as their secretary.[11] He won the Allied Arts Prize from the Architectural League of New York in 1898, as well as an award for his exhibited work at the 1893 Chicago Exposition in 1893.[5]
Some of Schladermundt's works are held at the Art Institute of Chicago[12]
References
edit- ^ "Herman T. Schladermundt". Ask Art.
- ^ "Schladermundt, Herman T. 1863-1937". WorldCat Identities.
- ^ GSA Rocky Mountain Region. "Byron White U.S. Courthouse (Fact Sheet)" (PDF).
- ^ The Architectural Forum. Billboard Publications. 1920. pp. 147–152.
- ^ a b c "H. T. SCHLADERMUNDT, MURAL ARTIST, DIES; Work in Many Public Buildings--Stained-Glass Designs in Congressional Library". timesmachine.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
- ^ Adams, William R. (2009). St. Augustine and St. Johns County: A Historical Guide. Pineapple Press Inc. ISBN 9781561644322.
- ^ Small, Herbert (1903). Handbook of the New Library of Congress. Curtis & Cameron. p. 28.
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- ^ Winnerman, Jim (November 4, 2013). "Missouri's magnificent Capitol is home to the people's art collection". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
- ^ The Artists of Bronxville, 1890-1930: The Hudson River Museum, October 22, 1989 Through January 14, 1990. Hudson River Museum. 1989.
- ^ Shand-Tucci, Douglass (1999). Built in Boston: City and Suburb, 1800-2000. Univ of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 9781558492011.
- ^ York, Architectural League of New (1896). Catalogue of the ... Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York. Secretary of the League.
- ^ Art Institute of Chicago Archival Collections. "Herman Schladermundt". digital-libraries.saic.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-26.