Bruno Zimm

Bruno Louis Zimm (December 29, 1867 - November 21, 1943) was an American sculptor. He created a variety of works: fountains, memorials, freestanding sculptures, and architectural sculptures.

Biography He was born in New York City, the son of Louis and Olga Shoreck Zimm. He studied privately for five years under Karl Bitter, Following his return to New York City, Zimm created a statue of General Sherman, a sculpture group called Progress, and a number of bas-relief panels and portrait busts. Zimm also created the colossal Allegorical Figure of North Dakota for the Fair, one of fourteen seated sculptures representing the U.S. states that had been part of the Louisiana Purchase. In addition, he created architectural sculptures for some of the buildings.

Awards and honors Zimm was awarded a Silver Medal at the 1900 Paris Exposition for his sculpture groups, The Art of Metalwork and The Art of Ceramics. In 1919 he married his second wife, Louise Seymour Hasbrouck. Their son Bruno Hasbrouck Zimm (1920-2005) became a well known chemist.

Zimm and his wife purchased a farm outside Woodstock during the 1930s. It featured an 1840s stone farmhouse, that they renovated and expanded in an Arts and Crafts style. Zimm's two-story studio features rafter tails carved into masks, and interior carving, including one plaque reading: "Rose Plot, Fringed Pool, Fern'd Grot, the veriest school of Peace."

Selected works Sakakawea (1904), Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, MO Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri, 1904: Allegorical figure of North Dakota, staff, Colonnade of the States, Sakakawea, staff?, (Lost, presumed destroyed) Torch Bearer Portrait relief of James McNeill Whistler, terracotta, unlocated, 1905 Slocum Memorial Fountain, Tennessee marble, Tompkins Square Park, New York City, 1908. Women's Health Protective Association Fountain, Riverside Park, New York City, 1909 New York State Monument, Armory Plaza, White Plains, New York, 1910 Finnegan Monument, limestone, Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Texas, 1910. Panama–Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915: Frieze panels, below dome of Palace of Fine Arts. Audrey Munson was a model for the frieze panels. Frieze, base of Altar of Art, Palace of Fine Arts. Murdock Frieze, Wichita Carnegie Library, Wichita, Kansas, 1918. Hasbrouck Urns, Clark Mansion, 324 State Street, Ogdensburg, New York, 1920. Created for the ancestral home of Zimm's wife. Relief panels: Sergeant York and Paul Revere, Seaboard National Bank, Broadway & Beaver Street, New York City, 1920 Stations of the Cross, St. Clement's Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1932. Based on the designs of Edward Maene. Portrait bust of Robert E. Lee, plaster?, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1937 Another cast is in the collection of the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee. Our Beloved General (portrait bust of Robert E. Lee), wood, Marion Military Institute, Marian, Alabama, 1937. Gift of Zimm's widow and son