Hugo Lederer

Professor Hugo Lederer (November 16, 1871 in Znaim – August 1, 1940 in Berlin) was an Austro-Hungarian-born German sculptor.

Hugo Lederer with Yva

Lederer studied in Dresden under sculptor John Schilling from 1890, then briefly under Christian Behrens. His greatest success came in 1902 with the commission for the Bismarck Monument in the center of Hamburg. In 1919 Lederer went to the Academy of Arts in Berlin; among his students was Josef Thorak. Lederer's last major work was for the Krupp organization.

Lederer is buried in Wilmersdorfer Waldfriedhof in Stahnsdorf near Berlin.

Sculptural works

Further reading

  • Bornemann, Felix: Hugo Lederer: sein Leben und sein Werk. - Geislingen/Steige : Südmähr. Landschaftsrat, 1971
  • Jochum-Bohrmann, Ilonka: Hugo Lederer: ein deutschnationaler Bildhauer des 20. Jahrhunderts. - Frankfurt/M : Lang, 1990. - ISBN 3-631-42632-1
  • Krey, Hans: Hugo Lederer : ein Meister der Plastik. - Berlin: Schroeder, 1932
  • Leipziger Illustrirte Zeitung issue 3564 dated October 19, 1911
  • Höft, Manfred: 'Altdammer Denkmäler' - in: Pommersche Zeitung dated April 20, 1985
  • Geschichte des Kavallerie-Regiments 6, bearbeitet von Rittmeister Bronsart von Schellendorf, Schwedt a. O. 1937
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