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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:: 23025
Vain Courtship (mk24)
Opus CCCLXII 1900
Oil on canvas 30 1/2 x 16 1/4 in/77.5 x 41.3 cm
Private collection
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Painting ID:: 23026
A World of Their Own (mk24)
Opus CCCLXXIII 1905
Oil on panel,5 1/8 x 19 3/4 in/13 x 50.2 cm
Bequest of Mr and Mrs Charles Phelps Taft;the Taft Museum,Cincinnati,Ohio
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Painting ID:: 27949
The SculPtor's Model
1877
Oil on canvas 195.6 x 84 cm
(77 x 33in)
Private collection (mk63)
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Painting ID:: 30064
Self-Portrait
mk67
Oil on canvas
26 3/16x21 1/16in
Uffizi,
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Painting ID:: 31305
Unconscious Rivals,
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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: | Marie Spartali Stillman | jean Huber | Carlo Portelli | Simone Pignoni | Paul Maitland |
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