Hugo Lederer

Hugo Lederer studied at K. Technical School for Ceramics, Znojmo. Training under Robert Toberentz, Christian Behrens and Johannes Schilling is recorded. Kurt Harald Isenstein is recorded as having studied under Hugo Lederer. The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Brno. Employment is recorded with Academy of Arts, Berlin. Works named in the authority record are Friedrich III. Denkmal, Fountain of fertility and Fencer sculpture, Wrocław. Work by Hugo Lederer is recorded in the collections of Belvedere and Berlinische Galerie. Distinctions recorded are Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art and honorary doctor of the University of Wrocław.

Lederer was born on 16 November 1871 in Znojmo. He 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 died on 1 August 1940 in Berlin. He is buried in Wilmersdorfer Waldfriedhof in Stahnsdorf near Berlin.

Schicksal, 1896, Ohlsdorf Cemetery, Hamburg Bismarck-Denkmal, 1902–1906, Elbhöhe, Hamburg (with architect Emil Schaudt) Fechter-Brunnen, 1904, Universitätsplatz, Breslau Kaiser Friedrich III.-Reiterstandbild, 1911, Kaiserplatz, Aachen Löwendenkmal, Theodor Tantzen-Platz, Oldenburg Ringer, 1908, Heerstraße, Berlin-Charlottenburg Bismarck-Standbild, 1911, in Wuppertal-Barmen Gedenkrelief für Freiherr vom Stein, 1914, Rathaus Berlin-Schöneberg Bärenbrunnen, 1928, Werderscher Markt, Berlin-Mitte Säugende Bärin, 1929, Rathaus/Finanzamt, Berlin-Zehlendorf Grabmal Gustav Stresemann, Friedensnobelpreisträger, 1929–1930, Luisenstädtischer Friedhof, Berlin-Kreuzberg Fruchtbarkeits-Brunnen, 1927–1934, Arnswalder Platz, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin Regiments-Kriegerdenkmal 1914–1918 des Grenadier-Regiments zu Pferde (Neumärkisches) No. 3, 1923 eingeweiht, Treptow a. Rega, Farther Pomerania Kriegerdenkmal 1914–1918, c. 1925, Marktplatz, Altdamm, Farther Pomerania