Ferdinand Leeke (7 April 1859 – 1923) was a German Painter, famous for his depictions of scenes from Wagnerian Operas.Horizon, vol 23, p242 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.
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.
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
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Scenes from Wagnerian Operas