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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:: 23020
The Frigidarium (mk24)
Opus CCCII 1890
Oil on panel,17 3/4 x 23 1/2 in/45.1 x 59.7 cm
Private collection
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Painting ID:: 23021
Promise of Spring (mk24)
Opus CCCIII 1890
Oil on panel,15 x 8 7/8 in/38 x 22.5 cm
Bequest of Frances M.Baker
Courtesy,Museum of Fine Arts,Boston
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Painting ID:: 23022
Comparisons (mk24)
Opus CCCXVI 1892
oil on canvas,18 x 24 in/45.7 x 61 cm
Cincinnati Art Museum
Gift of Emile L.Heine in memory of Mr and Mrs John Hauck
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Painting ID:: 23023
God speed
Opus CCCXXII 1893
Oil on panel,10 x 5 in/25.4 x 12.7 cm
Reproduced by Gracious Permission of Her Majesty the Queen
(mk24)
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Painting ID:: 23024
The Baths of Caracalla (mk24)
Opus CCCLVI 1899
Oil on canvas,60 x 37 1/2 in/152.4 x 95.3 cm
Private collection
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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: | Fedor Alekseev | Joseph Allen | Max Klinger | Francois Clouet | Alexandre-Jean Dubois |
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