Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence Oil Painting Reproduction
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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:: 22900
An Exedra (mk23)
1869
Oil on wood,38 x 59.8 cm(15 x 23 1/2 in)
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center,Gift of Mrs Avery Coonley
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Painting ID:: 22901
A Sculpture Gallery in Rome at the Time of Augustus (mk23)
1867
Oil on wood,62.2 x 46.9 cm(24 1/2 x 18 1/2 in)
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts,Horsley and Annie Townsend Bequest
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Painting ID:: 22902
The Collector of Pictures in the Time of Augustus (mk23)
1867
Oil on wood,71 x 46.4 cm(28 x 18 1/4 in)
Private collection
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Painting ID:: 22903
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia,Roman,1st century AD Wall painting from pompeii(House of the Tragic Poet) (mk23)
H 1.26m(49 5/8 in)
Archaeological Museum,Naples
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Painting ID:: 22904
A Roman Art Lover (mk23)
1868
Oil on wood,53.3 x 80 cm(21 x 31 1/2in)
Yale University Art Gallery,New Haven,Mary Gertrude Abbey Fund
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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: | BELLEGAMBE, Jean | Axel Lindman | ALBERTINELLI Mariotto | Charles Wellington Furse | Hans Burgkmair |
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