Hermann Geibel
Hermann Geibel (14 May 1889 – 20 September 1972) was a German sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Hermann Geibel

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- Name
- Hermann Geibel
- Occupation
- Sculptor
- Born
- 14 May 1889
- Birthplace
- Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
- Died
- 20 September 1972
- Place of death
- Darmstadt, Germany
- Nationality
- Germany
- Honours
- Johann Heinrich Merck Honour
- Languages
- German
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Hermann Geibel (14 May 1889 – 20 September 1972) was a German sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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• Name — Hermann Geibel • Occupation — Sculptor • Born — 14 May 1889 • Birthplace — Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany • Died — 20 September 1972 • Place of death — Darmstadt, Germany
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Hermann Geibel is recorded as having received Johann Heinrich Merck Honour.

Bildinhalt: Bronzefigur "Knabe mit Taube" von Hermann Geibel auf dem Scipioplatz mit Trinkbecher als ironische Beigabe
Photograph: Frank C. Müller, Baden-Baden · Frank C. Müller · Self-photographed

Hermann Geibel: Einhorn-Brunnen (1956), Darmstadt
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1889
Hermann Geibel was born in 1889 at Freiburg im Breisgau.
1972
Hermann Geibel died in 1972 at Darmstadt.
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Freiburg im Breisgau.
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- 1.(abgerufen am 3. August 2015)
- 2."Einhornbrunnen", in: Emmy Hoch, Erich Eck: Kunst im öffentlichen Raum in Darmstadt 1641 - 1994. Kulturamt Stadt Darmstadt, 1994, S. 118
- 3.Wolfgang Brauneis / Raphael Gross (Hrsg.): Die Liste der „Gottbegnadeten“. Künstler des Nationalsozialismus in der Bundesrepublik. Prestel, München u. a. ISBN 978-3-7913-7922-7, S. 152.
- 4.Informationstafel am Haupteingang des Waldfriedhofs Darmstadt. –
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