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Clemens Buscher (19 June 1855,Gamburg - 8 December 1916,Düsseldorf) was a German sculptor andwood carver.
He was born to Friedrich Buscher, astonemason, and his wife, Dorothea née Häfner. After completing elementary school, he worked in the family shop, which his eldest brother Karl (1844-1887) took over after their father's early death in 1866. He began a formal apprenticeship in 1872, with the sculptorMichael Arnold [de], inBad Kissingen, and produced his first independent works in 1874. He then worked as an assistant inKonstanz.
In 1876, together with his older brother,Sebastian [de], he enrolled at theAcademy of Fine Arts, Munich, where he studied sculpture withJoseph Knabl andSyrius Eberle. A year later, he received a medal from KingLudwig II and a scholarship for two years in Italy. After returning to Munich, he lived with the architect,Joseph Elsner, who helped support him and his younger brother,Thomas Buscher, who was also a sculptor.
He became a teacher of modeling, carving and drawing at theKunstgewerbeschule Düsseldorf in 1883. He also joined several art associations, includingMalkasten. Shortly after, he was named anEhrenbürger (honorary citizen) in his hometown. In 1893, he married Theodora Budde (1866-1943); daughter of the painterBernhard Budde [de]. They had a daughter the following year.
He was promoted to Professor in 1898, for his monumental statue of KaiserWilhelm I inFrankfurt am Main.[1] In 1902, he was forced to resign for health reasons, but continued to sculpt until his death. Due to his preference for bronze, and the fact that he had been largely forgotten, several of his works, including the statue of Wilhelm I, were melted down for war materiel duringWorld War II.
In 2013, the family home in Gamburg was turned into a museum, honoring him and his brother Thomas.
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