Oscar Bach

Oscar Bruno Bach (1884-1957) was born in 1884 and educated in Germany, and from a very early age found great success as a metal designer. At 20 he had already completed a commission for Pope Leo XIII and designed the metalwork for Berlin’s City Hall. He arrived in the United States in 1912 and based his studio in New York. He worked on many major architectural commission alongside his development of a commercial studio that produced furniture, lighting, and house furnishings. Oscar Bach worked in ferrous and non-ferrous metals, and was much more amenable to casting than some of his contemporaries like Yellin, but he was equally capable with a hammer.