Texas born and raised, Harry Geffert received his B.S. from Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos and his M.A. from New Mexico Highlands University in 1961. Geffert’s legendary reputation establishes him as an expert sculptor, educator and major contributor to the continuum of Texas art. In his fifty year career he has had numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout the state, an NEA grant and a Legend Award from the Dallas Visual Art Center, he established the sculpture department at Texas Christian University and fostered many aspiring artists there through 27 years of teaching. In the 1980’s Geffert left academia and started his own Green Mountain Foundry in Crowley, Texas. There he produced impeccable bronze castings of pieces by Joseph Havel, Linda Ridgway, James Surls, Vernon Fisher, Frances Bagley, Ken Little, Clyde Connell, and others and soon established his as the foremost foundry in Texas. Twelve years ago he closed the foundry to other artists to focus solely on his own artistic interests.

Harry Geffert’s work is housed in major public and private collections including the Dallas Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Modern Museum of Fort Worth, as well as Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Nona Barrett and Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Hanley, both of Dallas.