Ferdinand Leeke Explained

Ferdinand Leeke (7 April 1859 – 1923) was a German Painter, famous for his depictions of scenes from Wagnerian Operas.^[1] A native of Burg bei Magdeburg, Germany, he studied at the Munich Academy under Ludwig von Herterich (1843–1905) and Sándor Liezen-Mayer, a genre and historical painter, and with Alexander von Wagner (1838–1919), a Hungarian genre and landscape painter.^[2]

Around 1889, Siegfried Wagner, the son of the composer Richard Wagner, commissioned Leeke to paint a series of paintings showing scenes from ten operas by Wagner.^[3]

Wagner Pictures

• Rienzi: Act IV, Scene II
• The Flying Dutchman: Act III, Finale
• Tannhauser: Act III, Scene I.
• Lohengrin: Act III, Finale
• The Rheingold: Scene II
• The Valkyrie: Act I.
• Siegfried: Act II
• Götterdämmerung: Act III
• Tristan and Isolde: Act II
• The Mastersingers of Nuremberg: Act III

External links

• Scenes from Wagnerian Operas

Notes and References

1. Horizon, vol 23, p242
2. Web site: 19th Century Paintings - Ferdinand Leeke - Dorotheum. www.dorotheum.com. en. 2018-03-26. 2018-07-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20180703163546/https://www.dorotheum.com/en/auctions/current-auctions/kataloge/list-lots-detail/auktion/8205-19th-century-paintings/lotID/109/lot/900096-ferdinand-leeke.html. dead.
3. Web site: Ferdinand Leeke. Wagner's Ring. 4 June 2016.