Hugo Lederer, Bust of Richard Strauss

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‘Bust of Richard Strauss’
Biography: Hugo Lederer

Bronze, 1908.
With foundry mark ‘Guss v. Heinze – Co’ (this mark was used between 1906 and 1912).
Engraved number ‘5’.
Inside an old sticker from the Kunstpalast Düsseldorf.

Identical Strauss-casts by Lederer are located in prominent museums, major opera houses and in the workroom of the Strauss House.

Hugo Lederer, ‘Bust of Richard Strauss’, located in the Breslau Nationalmuseum, 1908. Watch the similarity of the marble base, which has sides with smooth as well as rough surfaces.
 

Left: Hugo Lederer, ‘Bust of Richard Strauss‘, bronze. Located in the Semperoper in the city of Dresden.
Right: Hugo Lederer, ‘Bust of Richard Strauss’, marble. Located in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.
   

Left: Hugo Lederer, ‘Bust of Richard Strauss‘, created 1908. Height 40,5 cm. In the possession of the Belvedere Museum, Vienna. Bought from the artist in 1911.
Right: Hugo Lederer’, ‘Bust of Richard Strauss’, bronze. In the possession of the Hungarian National Gallery.
 

Left: Hugo Lederer, ‘Bust of Richard Strauss’, bronze. In the possession of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin/ Nationalgalerie.
Right: Hugo Lederer, ‘Bust of Richard Strauss’, bronze (aftercast). In the possession of the Berlinische Galerie/ Museum für Moderne Kunst.
 

Left: Hugo Lederer, ‘Bust of Richard Strauss’. In the possession of the Städel Museum, Frankfurt.
Right: Hugo Lederer, ‘Bust of Richard Strauss’, bronze. In the possesson of the Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden/ Albertinum Museum.
   

Left: Hugo Lederer, ‘Bust of Richard Strauss’, depicted in ‘Die Kunstwelt, 1911/12.
Right: Hugo Lederer, ‘Bust of Richard Strauss’, depicted in ‘Deutsche Bildhauer des Zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts’, Waldemar Grzimek’, 1969.
   

The Strauss Villa
The Strauss Villa is the home of the German composer Richard Strauss in the Upper Bavarian town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Between 1907 and 1908, the Art Nouveau architect Emanuel von Seidl built the villa on the property located at Zoeppritzstraße 42 in Garmisch. Richard Strauss preferred what was then Garmisch to what used to be the neighboring town of Partenkirchen because of its cooler weather. The family used the house as a summer retreat from 1908 and later as a permanent residence.
Today, the villa remains a private residence maintained by the Strauss family and was the home of Strauss’ grandson Christian until his death in February 2020. The study houses historical works as well as German classics. The first floor bedrooms today house an archive. The room where Strauss died now serves as a memorial.

Another identical cast of ‘Strauss’ by Lederer, and a bronze cast of ‘Bogenschütze’ by Lederer, are located in the workroom of Richard Strauss in Villa Strauss.
Villa Strauss: at the back the Strauss-bust, left on the desk ‘Bogenschütze’.
‘Bogenschütze’ by Lederer, on the desk of Richard Strauss.

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