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Herman T. Schladermundt (1863–1937) was an American artist known for murals and stained glass.[1][2]
Schladermundt 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]
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