Hugo Lederer (16 November 1871 – 1 August 1940) was an

Austro-Hungarian Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military and diplomatic alliance, it consist ...

-born German

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

Biography

Lederer was born on 16 November 1871 in

Znojmo Znojmo (; ) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 34,000 inhabitants. Znojmo is the historical and cultural centre of southwestern Moravia and the second most populated town in the South Moravian Region. The hi ...

. He studied in

Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...

under sculptor John Schilling from 1890, then briefly under Christian Behrens. His greatest success came in 1902 with the commission for the

Bismarck Monument From 1868 onwards, Bismarck monuments were erected in many parts of the German Empire in honour of the long-serving Prussian minister-president and first German ''Reichskanzler'', Prince Otto von Bismarck. Today some of these monuments are on th ...

in the center of Hamburg. In 1919 Lederer went to the Academy of Arts in

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

; among his students was

Josef Thorak Josef Thorak (7 February 1889 in Vienna, Austria – 26 February 1952 in Bad Endorf, Bavaria) was an Austrian-German sculptor. He became known for oversize monumental sculptures, particularly of male figures, and was one of the most promi ...

. Lederer's last major work was for the

Krupp Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp (formerly Fried. Krupp AG and Friedrich Krupp GmbH), trade name, trading as Krupp, was the largest company in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century as well as Germany's premier weapons manufacturer dur ...

organization. Lederer died on 1 August 1940 in Berlin. He is buried in Wilmersdorfer Waldfriedhof in

Stahnsdorf Stahnsdorf is a municipality in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. Geography It is situated on the Teltow plateau, about southwest of the Berlin city centre, and east of Potsdam. Neighbouring municipalities are the town of ...

near Berlin.

Sculptural works

* ''Schicksal'', 1896,

Ohlsdorf Cemetery Ohlsdorf Cemetery ( or (former) ) in the Ohlsdorf, Hamburg, Ohlsdorf quarter of the city of Hamburg, Germany, is the biggest rural cemetery in the world and the fourth-largest cemetery in the world. Most of the people buried at the cemetery are c ...

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* '' Bismarck-Denkmal'', 1902–1906, Elbhöhe,

(with architect Emil Schaudt) * ''Fechter-Brunnen'', 1904, Universitätsplatz, Breslau * ''Kaiser

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.-Reiterstandbild'' (), 1911, Kaiserplatz,

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* ''Löwendenkmal'', Theodor Tantzen-Platz,

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* ''Ringer'', 1908, Heerstraße,

Berlin-Charlottenburg Charlottenburg () is a Boroughs and localities of Berlin, locality of Berlin within the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Established as a German town law, town in 1705 and named after Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Queen consort of Kingdom ...

* ''Bismarck-Standbild'', 1911, in

Wuppertal Wuppertal (; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, with a population of 355,000. Wuppertal is the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and List of cities in Germany by population, 17th-largest in Germany. It ...

Barmen Barmen is a former industrial metropolis of the region of Bergisches Land, Germany, which merged with four other towns in 1929 to form the city of Wuppertal. Barmen, together with the neighbouring town of Elberfeld founded the first electric ...

* ''Gedenkrelief für Freiherr vom Stein'', 1914, Rathaus Berlin-Schöneberg * ''Bärenbrunnen'', 1928, Werderscher Markt,

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* ''Säugende Bärin'', 1929, Rathaus/Finanzamt,

Berlin-Zehlendorf Zehlendorf () is a locality within the borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf in Berlin. Before Berlin's 2001 administrative reform Zehlendorf was a borough in its own right, consisting of the locality of Zehlendorf as well as Wannsee, Nikolassee and Da ...

* ''Grabmal

Gustav Stresemann Gustav Ernst Stresemann (; 10 May 1878 – 3 October 1929) was a German statesman during the Weimar Republic who served as Chancellor of Germany#First German Republic (Weimar Republic, 1919–1933), chancellor of Germany from August to November 1 ...

, Friedensnobelpreisträger'', 1929–1930, Luisenstädtischer Friedhof,

Berlin-Kreuzberg Kreuzberg () is a district of Berlin, Germany. It is part of the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough located south of Mitte. During the Cold War era, it was one of the poorest areas of West Berlin, but since German reunification in 1990, it has ...

* ''Fruchtbarkeits-Brunnen'', 1927–1934, Arnswalder Platz,

Prenzlauer Berg Prenzlauer Berg () is a Boroughs and localities of Berlin, locality of Berlin, forming the southerly and most urban district of the borough of Pankow. From its founding in 1920 until 2001, Prenzlauer Berg was a district of Berlin in its own right ...

* ''Regiments-Kriegerdenkmal 1914–1918 des Grenadier-Regiments zu Pferde (Neumärkisches) No. 3'', 1923 eingeweiht, Treptow a. Rega,

Farther Pomerania Farther Pomerania, Hinder Pomerania, Rear Pomerania or Eastern Pomerania (; ), is a subregion of the historic region of Pomerania in north-western Poland, mostly within the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, while its easternmost parts are within the Po ...

* ''Kriegerdenkmal 1914–1918'', c. 1925, Marktplatz, Altdamm, Farther Pomerania

Gallery

Das_Schicksal_(Friedhof_Hamburg-Ohlsdorf).1.ajb.jpg, ''Schicksal'',

, 1896 Wroclaw szermierz.jpg, Fountain in

Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...

Wuppertal Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 0008.jpg,

Clio In Greek mythology, Clio ( , ; ), also spelled Kleio, Сleio, or Cleo, is the muse of history, or in a few mythological accounts, the muse of lyre-playing. Etymology Clio's name is derived from the Greek root κλέω/κλείω (meaning ...

, in front of a Bismarck monument in

, 1900 Gustav Stresemann-artist-Hugo Lederer.jpg, Gravesite of

Luisenstadt Cemetery Luisenstadt () is a former quarter (''Stadtteil'') of central Berlin, now divided between the present localities of Mitte and Kreuzberg. It gave its name to the Luisenstadt Canal and the Luisenstädtische Kirche. History The area of the neighb ...

, 1930 Hamburg-Bismarck-Denkmal-frontal.jpg, Bismarck Memorial, Hamburg, front view

External links

hugo-lederer.de
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lederer, Hugo 1871 births 1940 deaths People from Znojmo German male sculptors 20th-century German sculptors Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class) Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to Germany

Biography

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