biography of Rudolph THIEM (XIX)

Birth place: Germany

Addresses: New Orleans, active c.1882-86

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: Berlin

Exhibited: Grunewald's Music Store, 1882; Wash. Artillery Hall, N.O., 1883; Am. Expo, 1885-86

Comments: He modeled statues in clay which were then cast in white bronze by Paul Riess (see entry) and electroplated in copper. In 1883 they produced a full-length portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee.

Sources: Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists, 373.