Biografie von Berthold NEBEL (1889-1964)

Birth place: Basel, Switzerland

Addresses: NJ (immigrated c.1890); Westport, CT; living in Rome, 1933

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: Mechanics Inst., NY with H.R. Ludeke.; ASL, with James E. Fraser; Am. Acad. in Rome, 1914-17 (Prix de Rome)

Exhibited: Arch. Lg.; War Memorial comp., Richmond, Va., 1926 (prize); NSS, 1928

Member: ANA, 1932; NA, 1946; NSS.

Work: U. S. Capitol; Brown Bros. Bank, NYC; bronze doors: Mus. Am. Indian, Geographical Soc. Am. Bldgs., Hispanic Mus., all in NYC.; bas-reliefs, statues, bronze doors, plaques: Hispanic Mus., N.Y.; Hall of Fame; Capitol Bldg., Wash., DC; Mus. American Indian, NY; Geographical Soc. Bldg.; Brookgreen Gardens, SC; Hartford (Conn.) Capitol Bldg.; Chamber of Commerce, Pittsburgh; Congressional medals, for U.S. Bureau of Mines.

Comments: Position: hd. sculpture dept., Carnegie Inst., 1920-23.

Sources: WW59; WW47; Natl. Sculp. Soc., Exh. of Amer. Sculpture Cat., 1928, 174 (repro.); Community of Artists, 92