Hugo Lederer
(1871–1940) German sculptor (1871-1940)
Hugo Lederer (1871–1940) is listed in the catalogue as a sculptor. By year of birth, Hugo Lederer belongs to the chapter ‘The avant-garde’ in this site’s history of art.
Hugo Lederer was born in Znojmo and died in Berlin. Hugo Lederer trained at K. K. Technical School for Ceramics, Znojmo. The teachers included Robert Toberentz, Christian Behrens, and Johannes Schilling. Hugo Lederer worked in Brno. Hugo Lederer became a member of Academy of Arts, Berlin. The awards include Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, and honorary doctor of the University of Wrocław. The students included Kurt Harald Isenstein.
The best-known works include ‘Friedrich III. Denkmal’, ‘Fountain of fertility’, and ‘Fencer sculpture, Wrocław’. The catalogue has 3 works by Hugo Lederer with free images. The dated works span the years 1905–1932.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts, Clark Greenwood Voorhees, Louis Soutter, Elena Klokacheva, and Leo von könig.