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Sir Lawrence

Alma Tadema

BORN 8 Jan 1836 Dronrijp - Died 1912

GRAVE LOCATION London: St. Paul"s Cathedral
 
Educated at the Academy in Antwerp, where Louis de Taeye (1822-1890) and Henri Leys (1815-1869) were among his teachers.

In 1863 he married Marie Pauline Gressin Dumoulin de Boisgirard and their honeymoon brought them to Florence, Rome, Napoli and Pompeď.

He had painted paintings with Egyptian motives before, but now he dedicated himself to Roman themes, usually portraying semi nude women with erotic radiations.

When the Belgian art dealer Ernst Gambert saw Alma-Tadema paintings, he commissioned no less than 44 paintings. When they were shown in England the paintings immediately became popular.

Alma-Tadema moved to London where his star was rising and there he married his young pupil Laura Epps.

Alma Tadema enjoyed his succes and they lived extravagantly at Townshend House in Tichfield Terrace, Regent"s Park. They had it redesigned to lool like a Pompeiian villa, but when a barge with gun powder exploded near the house on Regent"s Canal it was partially destroyed and soon after its rebuilding, they moved to a larger house in St. John"s Wood, previously occupied by his friend the painter Tissot, who had left England in 1882 after the death of his mistress Kathleen Newton. 

Alma Tadema was a friend of the future king Edward VII, to whom he dedicated a series of pornographic works. In his last few years his work became less popular and he resigned from the Royal Academy committee.

Laura died in 1909 and Alma-Tadema reserved a plot for himself beside her at Kensal Green Cemetery in London. However, when he suddenly died in Wiesbaden in 1912 he was so famous that he was buried in St. Paul"s Cathedral.

 
 
 
 
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Unconscious Rivals
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema,Unconscious Rivals Unconscious Rivals

1893     Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema Advantageous Position Advantageous Position

1895

Silver Favourites Silver Favourites
Vain Courtship Vain Courtship

1900

Ask Me No More Ask Me No More

1906

Expectations Expectations

1885

The Year is at the Spring The Year is at the Spring

1902

A Favorite Custom A Favorite Custom 

1909    Tate Gallery, London

Promise of Spring Promise of Spring

1890     Museum of Fine Art, Boston

Welcome Footsteps Welcome Footsteps

1883

The Roses of Heliogabalus The Roses of Heliogabalus

1888

The Finding of Moses The Finding of Moses

1904

A Difference of Opinion A Difference of Opinion

1896

A Sculpture Gallery A Sculpture Gallery

1867     Musee des Beaux Arts

Her Eyes are with Her Thoughts Her Eyes are with Her Thoughts

1897

Love's Votaries Love's Votaries
  Alma Tadema 1 2 3 Prints
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Nicolas Poussin

John William Waterhouse

 
 

 

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