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August Lederer (3 May 1857 in Böhmisch Leipa (Austria-Hungary) – 30 April 1936 in Vienna), was an Austrian industrialist and art collector whose art collection was looted by Nazis. He helped promote the artists of the Vienna Secession, notably Gustav Klimt.
In 1912 the Lederers met Egon Schiele, who that year spent with them in Györ a memorable Christmas, and became particularly friends with their son Erich, whom he painted and drew several times.
Beitrag über das Gartenpalais Huldenberg auf PLANET VIENNA mit historischen Abbildungen
Article sur les anciens palais et jardins Huldenberg à Vienne. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lederer, August Pages with unreviewed translations 1857 births 1936 deaths Austrian industrialists Austrian art collectors Jewish art collectors Austro-Hungarian Jews Austrian Jews 20th-century Austrian Jews Nazi-looted art Patrons of the arts Subjects of Nazi art appropriations Businesspeople from Austria-Hungary
Biography
In 1892 Lederer married Serena Pulitzer (1867–1943). With a business empire built on distilleries, the Lederer family became the second wealthiest in Vienna, using their fortune to support artists and acquire art, notable of the Vienna Secession. To complete the artistic claim, the furnishings of the residence had been entrusted toEduard Josef Wimmer-Wisgrill
Eduard Josef Wimmer-Wisgrill (2 April 1882 – December 1961) was an Austrian industrial designer, architect, and fashion designer. He was active in the first half of the 20th century. Wimmer is best known for his work in jewelry and garments for ...
und produced by the Wiener Werkstätte founded by Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser.
In 1912 the Lederers met Egon Schiele, who that year spent with them in Györ a memorable Christmas, and became particularly friends with their son Erich, whom he painted and drew several times.
Art collection
The Lederer's art collection was the largest and most important private collection of Gustav Klimt. Lederer acquired theBeethoven Frieze
The ''Beethoven Frieze'' is a painting by Gustav Klimt on display in the Secession Building, Vienna, Austria.
Description
In 1901, Klimt painted the ''Beethoven Frieze'' for the 14th Vienna Secessionist exhibition in celebration of the composer ...
from Carl Reininghaus in 1915.
Their relationship with Klimt was very friendly, intimate to the point that Elisabeth Franziska Lederer, born in 1894, was able to affirm during the Nazi period to be the adulterous daughter of the painter and to receive in 1940 a certificate of filiation establishing that she was only "Half-Jewish", while her two brothers, Erich and Fritz, were considered full Jews.
Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d'art. Klimt's prim ...
painted ''Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer'' between 1914 and 1916 for the Lederer family.
Nazi persecution and looting
The Lederer's art collection was one of the first stolen by the Nazis in Austria. The Gestapo seized most of the Lederer's art collection. The "Zentralstelle für Denkmalschutz" or so-called "Monument protection" and Vugesta were involved. The Lederer collection, confiscated in 1938, was stored mainly at Immendorf Castle in Lower Austria, where it would have largely burned in early 1945 under poorly clarified circumstances - which seems to contradict the fact that Isolated paintings resurfaced after the war, which were returned to the heirs. In 2013 the Lederer heirs initiated a lawsuit to claim restitution of the Beethoven Frieze. Austria refused the claim. In 2018 a Swiss court in Geneva ordered that theGalerie Kornfeld
Galerie Kornfeld is a privately owned Swiss auction house in Bern and one of the leading auction houses in Switzerland in the fields of Modern Art (paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures) as well as Old Master prints and drawings.
History
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respond to questions asked by the Lederer heirs concerning artworks by Klimt and Schiele.
Bibliography
* Christian M. Nebehay, '' (Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele et la famille Lederer)'', Vienne, 1979. * Tobias G. Natter et Gerbert Frodl, '' (Klimt et les femmes)'', Cologne-Vienne, 2000.References
External links
Beitrag über das Gartenpalais Huldenberg auf PLANET VIENNA mit historischen Abbildungen
Article sur les anciens palais et jardins Huldenberg à Vienne. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lederer, August Pages with unreviewed translations 1857 births 1936 deaths Austrian industrialists Austrian art collectors Jewish art collectors Austro-Hungarian Jews Austrian Jews 20th-century Austrian Jews Nazi-looted art Patrons of the arts Subjects of Nazi art appropriations Businesspeople from Austria-Hungary