Georg J. Lober

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Georg John Lober
Lober in 1911
Born	November 7, 1891
Died	December 14, 1961 (aged 70)
Nationality (legal)	American
Known for	sculptor

Georg John Lober (November 7, 1891 – December 14, 1961) was an American sculptor best known for his 1959 statue of composer George M. Cohan situated in Times Square, a 1949 sculpture of statesman Thomas Paine in Morristown, New Jersey, and a bronze sculpture of Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen located in Central Park, Manhattan. He served for nearly two decades as executive secretary for the New York City Municipal Art Commission, from 1943 to 1960.