Karl (Theodore Francis) Bitter - Monuments & Other Works, Selected Funerary or Cemetery Works

Sculptor, born in Vienna, Austria. He emigrated to New York City (1889), worked with the architect, Richard Morris, and became known for the bronze doors of Trinity Church, New York City (1891–4). He established a studio in Weehawken, NJ (1896), and was sculpture director for several American expositions.

Karl Bitter (December 6, 1867 – April 9, 1915) was an Austrian born United States sculptor best known for his architectural sculpture, memorials and residential work.

Upon arriving in America, Bitter was quickly discovered by Richard Morris Hunt, the architect of choice of many of New York’s rich and famous. After working as a sculptor at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 and as director at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York in 1901, Bitter’s extraordinary organizational skills led him to be named head of the sculpture programs at both the 1904 St. Louis Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, where Lee Lawrie trained with his guidance, and the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition held in San Francisco, California. Tympanum, Trinity Church, New York, 1891 Spirit of Transportation at Pennsylvania Railway Station, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, 1894 Biltmore Estate, Richard Morris Hunt architect Asheville North Carolina, 1895 St Paul Building, George Post architect NYC, 1896 (When this building was demolished in 1958 Bitter's three caryatids ended up at Holliday Park in Indianapolis, Indiana) Metropolitan Museum of Art, Richard Morris Hunt architect, NYC, 1901 United States Customs House, Cass Gilbert, architect, NYC 1906 Cleveland Trust Company, George Post architect, Cleveland Ohio, 1907 First National Bank, Milton J Dyer, architect, Cleveland Ohio, 1908 Cuyahoga Court House, Cleveland Ohio, 1908, 1914 State Capitol, George Post architect, Madison Wisconsin 1908, 1910, 1912

Monuments & Other Works

Dr. Pepper, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, 1898 Louisiana Purchase Group, St. Louis Missouri, 1904 General Sigel, NYC, 1907 Dr. Angell Memorial, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1909 Henry Tappen Memorial, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1912 Carl Schurz Monument, Morningside Park, New York City, 1913 Thomas Jefferson, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1915 Lowry Monument, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1915 Pulitzer Fountain, NYC [completed by Isadore Konti and Karl Gruppe], 1915 Depew Fountain, Indianapolis, Indiana [completed by Alexander Sterling Calder], 1915

Selected Funerary or Cemetery Works

Hubbard Memorial, Montpelier Vermont, 1903 Villard Memorial, Sleepy Hollow, New York, 1904 Prehn Memorial, Passaic, New Jersey, 1911 Kasson Memorial, Utica New York, 1915