Symbiosis of painting and sculpture
Elke Zimmermann is a freelance artist. She is passionate about sculpture. Born in Upper Franconia, she now lives and works in Mörsach. Her artistic path led her to artistic sculpture after studying music in Würzburg. She has also graduated as a logo therapist in 2020 (DGLE). She has been working as a sculptor since 2004, specialising in bronze sculptures. Her delicate, powerful figures capture moving moments – full of expression, humour and depth. Particularly fascinating is her flair for visualising inner emotional worlds, which brings her works to life. Her unique bronze pieces can be found in private collections and in public spaces. She designs memorials, fountains and Christian works of art and gives them an unmistakable expressiveness.
Reinhard Zimmermann, a freelance artist, was born in Middle Franconia. He lives and works in Mörsach am Altmühlsee. He completed his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts as a master student with honours. At the same time, he studied solo singing at the Meistersingerkonservatorium and performed at the opera in Nuremberg. In 1992, Reinhard Zimmermann was honoured with the Bavarian State Prize. His art is characterised by an independent pictorial and formal language. His lyrical abstract painting is characterised by musical and biblical impulses. It includes cycles on Christian themes, mythology and current social developments. The artist realises art in architecture, develops spatial concepts and overall artistic designs for secular and sacred spaces. He has created 16 churches and chapels. His travel cycles bring impressions from numerous countries to life – New Zealand, Japan, Greece and more.
Works by Reinhard Zimmermann can be found in private collections as well as in public spaces.
History of the studio
How it all began
1968 -1986
1968: Graduated as a chemigrapher
1972-1979: Studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg
1974: Studied solo singing at the Meistersinger Conservatory
Engagement at the Nuremberg Opera
Development of his own language of colour and form
Masterclass in painting with Prof. Wendland
1978: Subsequent exhibitions in Germany and Switzerland
1979: Graduation with honours
1985: First overall church design ‘Emmaus Gemeinde’ Nuremberg
1986: St George’s Church, Nuremberg with 100 m2 wall and 200 m2 ceiling painting, designs of all stone works
Foundation of the art studio
1986-1993
1988: Opening of the Zimmermann art studio in Mörsach
Reinhard and Elke Zimmermann realise their artistic visions.
Exhibitions and classical studio concerts
Launch of the first art studio “Alte Schule”
Combining art and music
Over 250 concert events until August 2024
1992: Bavarian State Prize
1993: Altmühlsee pavilion
Expansion of the art studio
1995 - today
1995: Opening of today’s Kunstatelier Zimmermann
with a chamber orchestra consisting of members of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Award of the Atelierhaus, Kirchplatz 6
Television programmes on BR
Travel cycles to countries around the world are created, including Italy,
Greece, Australia, New Zealand, Japan
Events and exhibitions
Works on Greek mythology and biblical scenes
Spatial concepts and shop fittings
Art in public spaces
16 churches and chapels
Wall paintings
2000: Elke Zimmermann is a staff member of the Windsbach Boys’ Choir until 2017
2004: Freelance sculptor specialising in bronze figures.
Individual bronze pieces and life-size sculptures are created.
2022: Opening of Elke Zimmermann’s new sculpture studio
Main stations of the artists
1982 - today
1982: Stained glass in St Wunibald, Nuremberg
1985: Corpus Christi: stained glass 15 Stations of the Cross, 2000 are laid as the Way of the Cross for young people
1986: St George’s Church, Nuremberg with 100 m2 wall and 200 m2
ceiling painting and designs for all stonework
Sacred rooms, chapels, churches follow
Secular murals
2004: Sculpture becomes Elke Zimmermann’s main profession
Unique bronze pieces full of vitality, strength and movement
Several exhibitions of both artists every year
2016: Ornbau memorial ‘In memory of the victims of violence’
2022: Arberg memorial: ‘Kreszentia Hummel stands protectively
in front of the child Charlotte’
2020: Elke Zimmermann graduates as a logotherapist
16 chapel and church designs in Germany and Poland
Nuremberg, Leipzig, Olsztyn (art in public space)
Murals and large-format paintings, acrylic, watercolour and oil paintings, seminars
Exhibitions at church congresses, state garden shows, and many more
Come by...
…to our art studio in the heart of the Franconian Lake District near Gunzenhausen