Hugo Lederer

Visual Artist

1871 – 1940

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Who was Hugo Lederer?

Professor Hugo Lederer was an Austro-Hungarian-born German sculptor.

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 a Bismarck tower 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.

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Born
Nov 16, 1871
Znojmo
Religion
  • Judaism
Ethnicity
  • Germans
Nationality
  • Germany
Died
Aug 1, 1940
Berlin

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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