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A Coign of Vantage Painting ID:: 40848
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Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence A Coign of Vantage mk156
1895
Oil on canvas
64.2x45cm
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This is our Corner Painting ID:: 41539
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Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence This is our Corner mk164
1873
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam
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Pleading Painting ID:: 44642
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Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence Pleading mk174
1876
Oil on canvas laid on panel
21.5x35.6cm
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Sunny Days Painting ID:: 40118
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Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence Sunny Days mk23
1874
Oil on canvas
21.5x34.2cm
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Portrait of Sir Henry Thompson Painting ID:: 40119
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Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence Portrait of Sir Henry Thompson mk23
1878
Oil on wood
28.1x20.9cm
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Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence
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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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