Warren Zimmer

Warren Zimmer found his passion in art in his early childhood years growing up in Beloit Wisconsin, but Zimmer found his home in our West Coast. After attending Chicago art college, he moved to Sausalito in 1939 to pursue a career in commercial art. He began making animated training films for the U.S. army. In 1964 he moved to Little River, working in advertising and animation, and teaching at the San Francisco Art Institute. Zimmer began working with fine water-colors, which soon became his specialty.

Warren Zimmer also worked at the Mendocino Art Center. To promote art knowledge he opened the Gallery Fair, now the Zimmer Gallery. He has also volunteered time in Mendocino, serving the Mendocino Historic Preservation District, the school board, the Art Center Board, and the Rotary Club. On September 11, 1998 Warren Zimmer passed away at the age of 84,“surrounded by his second wife Leone McNeil, three sons, five grandchildren, and countless friends.”

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