Bruno Louis Zimm papers
name: label: Creator
content: Zimm, Bruno Louis, 1876-1943
label: Names
content: Bitter, Karl Theodore Francis, 1867-1915
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The donor, Bruno Hasbrouck Zimm, is Bruno Louis Zimm's son.
creator: label: Creator
content: Zimm, Bruno Louis, 1876-1943
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor. Zimm studied art in Paris around 1900, and in New York City with Karl Bitter, later establishing a studio on 59th Street. About 1910, Zimm moved to the Lewis Hollow district of Woodstock, New York. In 1919, he married his second wife, novelist Louise Seymour Hasbrouck. Zimm's sculpture of SACAJAWEA appeared in the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis (1904) and a frieze was exhibited in the 1913 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1907-1985
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.zimmbrun
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Reproduction Note
content: Karl Bitter's letter and 2 clippings are photocopies.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Photocopies: Originals in possession of Bruno H. Zimm.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A letter from Karl Bitter with a sketch of a male figure (1908) praises Zimm's relief sculpture at "the League room". Photographs show Zimm, his studio, home, and works of art (ca. 1923-1940), and Hasbrouck Zimm (ca. 1946). Other materials consist of a biographical account written by Zimm's son (1985) and 3 clippings (1907-1982).