Gerda Frömel (1931 – 3 August 1975) was a sculptor, born in Czechoslovakia, who lived for an extended period in Ireland, where her work received critical acclaim.

She received awards from the Arts Council, the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland and the Waterford Glass Company.

[1] Gerda Frömel was born in Czechoslovakia in 1931, the eldest of four daughters, to an Austrian mother and German father.

Her parents were forcibly required to leave shortly after the Second World War, in 1945, and try to return to Germany as refugees.

They married in 1955 and moved to Ireland in 1956, as Schürmann had been offered a post teaching metalwork at the National College of Art and Design.