Ferdinand Leeke
Ferdinand Leeke (born April 7, 1859 in Burg near Magdeburg , † November 16, 1937 in Nuremberg ) was a German painter.
Life
Ferdinand Leeke studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from 1881 under Ludwig von Herterich (1856–1932) and Alexander (Sándor) von Liezen-Mayer (1839–1898).
His main work is a series of pictures with scenes from Richard Wagner's operas, created between 1889 and 1898 on behalf of the composer Siegfried Wagner (1869–1930), the third son of Richard Wagner (1813–1883).
The pictures were published in poster form in 1899 by the Munich art publisher “Franz Hanfstaengl” with accompanying text by Franz Muncker , printed using the six-color rotogravure printing process.
Leeke was as an illustrator for magazines (u. A. The gazebo active) and illustrated the German heroic sagas of Richard Weitbrecht .
Wagner pictures
- Rienzi: Act IV, Scene II
- The Flying Dutchman: Act III, Finale
- Tannhäuser: 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
literature
- Leeke, Ferdinand . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 22 : Krügner – Leitch . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1928, p. 543 .
- Leeke, Ferdinand in: Horst Ludwig, Sonja Baranow, Rainer Beck : Bruckmanns Lexikon der Münchner Kunst . Munich painter in the 19th and 20th centuries Century . Volume 3 Lacher-Ruprecht . Bruckmann Verlag, Munich 1982. ISBN 3-83070-113-6 , p. 31.
Individual evidence
- ↑ matrikel.adbk.de: 04019 Ferdinand Leeke. Entry into the class of antiquities on October 13, 1881 (accessed on August 11, 2017).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leeke, Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Castle (near Magdeburg) |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 16, 1937 |
| Place of death | Nuremberg |