Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, OM, RA (8 January 1836 – 25 June 1912) was a Frisian painter of special British denizenship.
Born in Dronrijp, the Netherlands, and trained at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium, he settled in England in 1870 and spent the rest of his life there. A classical-subject painter, he became famous for his depictions of the luxury and decadence of the Roman Empire, with languorous figures set in fabulous marbled interiors or against a backdrop of dazzling blue Mediterranean Sea and sky.
Though admired during his lifetime for his draftsmanship and depictions of Classical antiquity, his work fell into disrepute after his death, and only since the 1960s has it been re-evaluated for its importance within nineteenth-century English art.
Meet Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, a Dutch Painter who later moved to England, where he built up a reputation for narrative paintings in the Classical style. His large paintings brought everyday scenes of long-dead civilizations vividly to life through his extraordinary mater of detail. Download Alama-Tadema lifework now, so you can enjoy his lifelong works in 5 Amazing Categories.
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1. Early Years at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium (~1869)
2. Settling in England (1870~1879)
3. Mid Career in London - Part 1 (1880~1889)
4. Mid Career in London - Part 2 (1890~1899)
5. Later Years (1900~)
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