Murals Albert Herter

le départ des poilus, août 1914 (departure of infantrymen, august 1914), gare de l est, paris.




grigsby house murals, 1912.



der nibelungen (circa 1898) - 6 murals, music room, emilie grigsby house, 67th street & park avenue, new york city: murals sold @ auction $2,500 in 1912.
the pageant of nations (1913) - 7 murals, mural room, st. francis hotel, san francisco, california. included portrait of gertrude atherton posing california. herter murals taken down , placed in storage in 1971. mural room demolished during hotel expansion , remade larger lobby , front desk area.
two murals, connecticut supreme court building, hartford. painted on canvas @ herter s studio @ creeks in east hampton, new york, taken hartford , affixed wall , ceiling white lead.

an allegory of education (1913)
fundamental orders 1638-1639 (1913)


four murals, supreme court chamber, wisconsin state capitol, madison:

the legionary appeal caesar (1915)
the signing of magna carta (1915)
the trial of chief oshkosh (1915)
the signing of constitution (1915)


two murals, national academy of sciences, washington, d.c.:

prometheus (1924), great hall.
president lincoln signing charter of nas (1924), board room.


le départ des poilus, août 1914 (departure of infantrymen, august 1914) (1926), gare de paris-est, paris. given herter people of france following world war i.


house of representatives murals (1942), massachusetts state house, boston.



eight murals, children s literature department, main branch, los angeles public library:

the landing of cabrillo @ catalina island (1928)
the building of mission (1928)
fiesta @ mission (1928)
raising flag @ monterey (1928)
finding of gold in 49 (1928)
relief ship @ san diego (1928)
jose gaspar de portola (1928)
juan bautista de anza (1928)


warner brothers hollywood theatre (1928–30), new york city. movie palace converted mark hellinger theatre in 1949. in 1989, became times square church, continues occupy it. herter s murals have been taken down.
library portico, society of 4 arts, palm beach, florida (1939)
milestones on road freedom in massachusetts (1942) - 5 mural-sized paintings, house of representatives, massachusetts state house, boston




^ cite error: named reference askartbio invoked never defined (see page).
^ new york artist killed in france, new york times, june 28, 1918.
^ herter, everit albert. sergeant first class, u.s. army, 40th engineer regiment. entered service from: new york. died: june 13, 1918. buried at: plot a, row 13, grave 59, aisne-marne american cemetery, belleau, france.
^ lost emilie grigsby house, daytonian in manhattan.
^ $193,067 realized @ grigsby art sale, new york times, january 28, 1912.
^ roman law wiki commons.
^ english law wiki commons.
^ local law wiki commons.
^ signing of constitution wiki commons.
^ restoration of herter murals, flickr.
^ national academy of sciences/ lincoln mural. archived 2007-06-21 @ wayback machine.
^ landing of cabrillo @ catalina island
^ building of mission
^ fiesta @ mission
^ raising flag @ monterey
^ finding of gold in 49
^ photo of herter portico mural archived 2014-08-09 @ wayback machine., flickr.