Hugo Lederer

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

Biography 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.

Sculptural works 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

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