The Clara Schumann Memorial commemorates the famous pianist and composer Clara Schumann. It was erected in 1999 in the Dahlia Garden, very close to her house in Lichtental (today Hauptstraße 8) and next to the Brahms Memorial.[1]
History
The original, life-sized marble bust of Clara Schumann was created by the Frankfurt sculptor Friedrich Hausmann towards the end of Schumann’s eventful life. The original bust was destroyed in the Second World War. At the initiative of the Frankfurt Schumann Society, a bronze cast was made from a surviving plaster mould of the bust and donated to the town of Baden-Baden. Today this cast is on loan from the Stadtmuseum (city museum) and kept in the Brahmshaus. The bust in the Dahlia Garden is yet another cast.
 in the [Dahlia Garden](/en/bauwerke-und-orte/dahliengarten/) on the [Lichtentaler Allee](/en/bauwerke-und-orte/lichtentaler-allee/).](/de/bilder/claraschumannbste/ClaraSchumannB%C3%BCste.jpg)
 in the [Dahlia Garden](/en/bauwerke-und-orte/dahliengarten/) on the [Lichtentaler Allee](/en/bauwerke-und-orte/lichtentaler-allee/).](/de/bilder/claraschumannbste2/ClaraSchumannB%C3%BCste2.jpg)
Sources
- Essay Eine Pianistin von Weltrang: Clara Schumann und ihre Freunde in Baden-Baden by Ulrike Kienzle in the Museum LA8 exhibition catalogue Natur und Kulisse, ATHENA-Verlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-89896-677-1, pp. 168 ff., especially pp. 180 f.
References:
- ↑ Bernd Weigel: Parkführer Baden-Baden. Die Gärten und Kuranlagen im Oostal. 2nd edition, Wesel-Kommunikation, Baden-Baden, 2003, ISBN 3-00-010770-3, p. 32