Kaspar Clemens Eduard Zumbusch (23 November 1830 – 27 September 1915), as of 1888 von Zumbusch (a

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), was a

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sculptor, born in Herzebrock,

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, who became a pre-eminent sculptor of neo-Baroque monuments in

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. He went at the age of eighteen to study in

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. at first unsuccessfully at the Academy and then Polytechische Schule under Johann Halbig. He continued his studies in

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. He won the competition in 1866 for a monument to

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, for the Maximilianstraße, Munich (unveiled 1875). In 1873 he was called to

as professor in the academy, a post he held until he was made Professor Emeritus in 1901. His most important works are a statue of Count Rumford, Munich; and the monuments to Prince August of Prussia (Bellevue Park, Berlin),

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(1873-1880, Vienna),

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(1887, Vienna), and to Emperor William I (1896, Wittekindsberg, Westphalia). Also in Vienna are his monuments to Count Radetzky (1891) and to Archduke Albrecht (1898-1899). He also modeled many private funeral monuments, decorative works, and portrait busts, including one of

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. He died in 1915 at Rimsting. His brother Julius Zumbusch was a sculptor and one of his sons Ludwig von Zumbusch was a graphic artist and painter. Another of his sons, Leo von Zumbusch was a dermatologist known for his contribution to the identification of generalized pustular psoriasis. Among his pupils was the Friulian sculptor Alfonso Canciani. Maxmonument.JPG, Monument to

, 1866 Wien - Maria-Theresien-Denkmal.JPG, Statue of

, 1872–1887 Wien - Erzherzog-Albrecht-Denkmal.JPG, Monument to Archduke Albrecht before Albertina in Vienna, 1898–99 Wien - Beethoven-Denkmal.JPG, Monument to

, 1880 Beethovenplatz 12.JPG,

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on the Beethoven monument, 1880

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