GEBHARDT, EDUARD VON German painter, was born in Estonia, and studied at Dusseldorf, where he became a professor in the academy in 1873. He modelled his style on that of the old Nuremberg and Flemish schools, and depicted scriptural subjects, using the German costume of the and i6th centuries for his figures. But his heads were drawn from nature, from the tough and hardy population of his native land. His art constituted a reaction towards realism after the staged and vapid productions of the Piloty school. Among his more important works are the "Last Supper," and the "Ascension," in the National Gallery at Berlin; the "Crucifixion" in the cathedral at Reval; there are examples of his work in the muse ums of Elberfeld, Dusseldorf, Dresden, Barmen, Breslau, and Magdeburg. Between 1884-91 he worked on mural decorations for a hall in the monastery of Loccum, Hanover. He also painted portraits. He died at Dusseldorf on Feb. 3, 1925.