Kaspar von Zumbusch (1830-1915) sculptor

Kaspar lemens EduardZumbusch (23 November 1830 – 27 September 1915), as of 1888 Ritter

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Zumbusch (a

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), was a

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sculptor, born at

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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 Johann Halbig, (also Johann von Halbig) (13 July 1814 – 29 August 1882) was a German sculptor of the Classicism school. Biography He was born at Donnersdorf in Lower Franconia and was educated at the Polytechnical School and at the Academy of ...

. 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

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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,

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, 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

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. His brother Proposed Title, Julius Zumbusch was a sculptor and one of his sons Proposed Title, Ludwig von Zumbusch was a graphic artist and painter. Another of his sons,

Leo von Zumbusch Leo von Zumbusch (28 June 1874, in Vienna – 30 March 1940, in Rimsting) was an Austrian-German dermatologist. He was the son of sculptor Kaspar von Zumbusch (1830–1915). He studied medicine in Vienna, where he later worked as an assistant to d ...

was a dermatologist known for his contribution to the identification of

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. Among his pupils was the Friulian sculptor Alfonso Canciani. Maxmonument.JPG, Monument to

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

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

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, 1880 Beethovenplatz 12.JPG,

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on the Beethoven monument, 1880

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