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Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence
b.Jan. 8, 1836, Dronrijp, Netherlands.
d.June 25, 1912, Wiesbaden, Germany.
Painter and designer of Dutch birth. The son of a notary, Alma-Tadema demonstrated an early artistic ability. In 1852 he entered the Antwerp Academy, where he studied under Gustaf, Baron Wappers, and Nicaise de Keyser. An important influence at this time was Louis De Taye, Professor of Archaeology at the academy and a practising artist. Alma-Tadema lived and worked with De Taye from 1857 to 1859 and was encouraged by him to depict subjects from the early history of France and Belgium. This taste for historical themes increased when Alma-Tadema entered Baron Henri Leys studio in 1859 and began assisting him with his monumental frescoes for the Antwerp Town Hall. While in Leys studio, Alma-Tadema produced several major paintings, for example the Education of the Children of Clovis (1861; ex-Sir John Pender priv. col., see Zimmern, p. 3) and Venantius Fortunatus Reading his Poems to Radagonda (1862; Dordrecht, Dordrechts Mus.), which are characterized by their obscure Merovingian subject-matter, rather sombre colouring and close attention to detail.
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Painting ID:: 22955
Ask Me No More (mk23)
1906
Oil on canvas,80.1 x 115.7 cm(31 1/2 x 45 1/2 in)
Private collection
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Painting ID:: 22956
Pandora (mk23)
1881
Watercolour,26 x 24.3 cm(10 1/4 x 9 5/8 in)
Royal Watercolour Society,London
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Painting ID:: 22957
A Street Altar (mk23)
1883
Watercolour,34.7 x 17.3 cm(13 5/8 x 6 3/4 in)
Cecil Higgins Art Gallery,Bedford
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Painting ID:: 22958
The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra (mk23)
1883
Oil on wood,65.5 x 92.3 cm(25 3/4 x 36 3/8 in)
Private collection
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Painting ID:: 22959
Hadrian Vistiting a Romano-British Pottery (mk23)
1884
Oil on canvas(cut and repainted)
159 x 171 cm(62 5/8 x 67 3/8 in)
Stedelijk Museum,Amsterdam
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Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence
b.Jan. 8, 1836, Dronrijp, Netherlands.
d.June 25, 1912, Wiesbaden, Germany.
Painter and designer of Dutch birth. The son of a notary, Alma-Tadema demonstrated an early artistic ability. In 1852 he entered the Antwerp Academy, where he studied under Gustaf, Baron Wappers, and Nicaise de Keyser. An important influence at this time was Louis De Taye, Professor of Archaeology at the academy and a practising artist. Alma-Tadema lived and worked with De Taye from 1857 to 1859 and was encouraged by him to depict subjects from the early history of France and Belgium. This taste for historical themes increased when Alma-Tadema entered Baron Henri Leys studio in 1859 and began assisting him with his monumental frescoes for the Antwerp Town Hall. While in Leys studio, Alma-Tadema produced several major paintings, for example the Education of the Children of Clovis (1861; ex-Sir John Pender priv. col., see Zimmern, p. 3) and Venantius Fortunatus Reading his Poems to Radagonda (1862; Dordrecht, Dordrechts Mus.), which are characterized by their obscure Merovingian subject-matter, rather sombre colouring and close attention to detail.
. Related Artists to Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence: | John Wolcott Adams | BASCHENIS, Evaristo | Francisco Pradilla Ortiz | carmignani | Felice Ficherelli |
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