Posted August 27, 2014

Posted August 27, 2014

Paintings by Rogelio de Egusquiza and Cal Pedranti

Egusquiza and Wagner´s Parsifal in the Museo del Prado – to October 27, 2014

R. D. Egusquiza was an established artist when he met Wagner in 1879, whom he already admired and followed. He was the only Spanish artist to establish a first-hand relationship with the composer, albeit of a sporadic, respectful nature. This acquaintanceship completely transformed Egusquiza’s artistic concerns and from then on he focused on the iconography of the composer’s works.

https://www.museodelprado.es/en/exhibitions/exhibitions/at-the-museum/e…

The Pedranti Wagner Collection recently acquired by the Wagner Society of Northern California – the paintings were a gift of The Cal Pedranti Trust.

Cal Pedranti (1922 – 2001), San Francisco painter and Wagnerian, had an exhibition of his Wagner themed paintings in Bayreuth during a Festival.  Two Pedranti paintings were featured inside the program for the 1953 Bayreuth production of Parsifal. An image of one of Cal Pedranti’s paintings from the program is attached below as a Jpeg image.

The Wagner Society of Northern California plans an exhibition of the Pedranti works in 2015.