Benjamin Clemens was a 20th-century sculptor based in London

London

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. He was educated at Lonsbury College before going on to study art at the North London school of Art and the Royal College of Art

Royal College of Art

The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...

. After his studies at the Royal College of Art he was appointed Assistant Master under Professor Edouard Lanteri

Edouard Lanteri

Edouard Lanteri was a sculptor and medallist whose romantic French style of sculpting was seen as influential among exponents of New Sculpture.-Life history:...

. He was appointed an honorary member of the Royal Society of British sculptors in 1946. His works can be seen at Africa House, Kingsway; the Headquarters of the Mothers Union; Nottingham County Hall; St Paul's Vicarage Gate, Kensington and Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey

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 to name but a few. Other famous commissions include works for the Coronation of Edward VII

Edward VII of the United Kingdom

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 and the Wembley exhibition. His Works during his life were exhibited at the Royal Academy of Art regularly as well as all over the world including Paris

Paris

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, Rome

Rome

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, Brussels

Brussels

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 and the US.

An obituary in The Times

The Times

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 in 1958 written by one of his students, Gilbert Ledward

Gilbert Ledward

Gilbert Ledward RA , was an English sculptor.He won the Prix de Rome for sculpture in 1913, and in World War I served in the Royal Garrison Artillery and later as a war artist. He was professor of sculpture at the Royal College of Art and in 1937 was elected a Royal Academician...

OBE, talked of how Clemens sacrificed his own career in order to teach, 'his own career was sacrificed in order to teach and he never received the recognition he deserved'.