GEBERT, grbErt, Johannes Sophus, American sculptor : b. Schleswig, Denmark, 10 Dec. 1852. Worked as a wood carver from 1867-72, graduated with honors from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, 1875. Worked in Paris 1877-78, exhibited at the Salon 1878 a colossal group, 'The Norse God Thor wrenching the head of a bull.' Worked for Prof. R. Simering in Berlin 1879-82. He re ceived a scholarship from the Danish govern ment which enabled him to study in Rome 1882-83. Returning to Copenhagen he executed architectural statuary and ornaments for build ings in Denmark and Sweden. He emigrated to America in 1887 and became a citizen in 1892. He was established as a sculptor in Chicago until 1898, since then in New York. He has executed the folloWing public monu ments: Hay Market Monument, Hans Chris tian Andersen and Beethoven, Chicago; deco rated the Chicago Herald building with his torical statuary, likewise the Auditorium and McWicker's Theatre; executed a monument, portrait statue of General Grant, with bas relief representing Lee's surrender at Appomat tox; Furman statue in Vanderbilt University, Nashville; also a cemetery monument to Fur man in Nashville; statue of Napoleon for the Missouri State building, Saint Louis, now in Art Museum there; also a statue of Gothic Art for the porticos of the Art Museum of Saint Louis and a statue of General Stevens, the founder of the city of Minneapolis. He
executed four statues for the Aptrop Apart ment building, 'The Four Seasons' ; four statues representing Roman civilization for the Brooklyn Institute of Science and Art. Deco rated the Bergen County courthouse with nine statues and a historical frieze. He has executed numerous portrait busts and bas-re liefs all over the country; was a member of the International Jury of Awards, Chicago Fair, 1893; was awarded three gold medals two in Philadelphia for ideal works : a group of children called 'The Little Architect' and a statue of 'Theseus courting Andromeda.> At the Nashville Centennial Exposition he was awarded a gold medal for the 'Wounded American Soldier.' In the United States Custom House, New York, there is, • among other statues representing 12 seafaring na tions, a statue of Denmark executed by him. He has executed numerous ideal statuary, for instance two dancing Bacchantes (Berlin) 1881. One of his latest, a family group repre senting 'Evening Prayer' (1913), was exhibited at the San Francisco Fair 1915.