Eugene Zimmerman

1862-1935

Swiss/American (Basel, Switzerland; Horseheads, New York)

Cartoonist Eugene Zimmerman worked for Puck and Judge magazines. Zimmerman, whose nickname was Zim, was born May 25, 1862 in Basel, Switzerland. He died March 26, 1935 in Horseheads, New York where his home, known as Zim House, is on the National Register of Historic Places. Zimmerman designed the house in 1890. The Eugene Zimmerman papers are held at the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art.