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Creator:
Zimm, Bruno Louis, 1876-1943  Search this
Subject:
Bitter, Karl Theodore Francis  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
0.2 Linear feet
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
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).
Citation:
Bruno Louis Zimm papers, 1907-1985. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Karl Bitter's letter and 2 clippings are photocopies.
Location of Originals:
Photocopies: Originals in possession of Bruno H. Zimm.
Biography Note:
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.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
The donor, Bruno Hasbrouck Zimm, is Bruno Louis Zimm's son.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Theme:
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)9608
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211814
AAA_collcode_zimmbrun
Theme:
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211814