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Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema AUCTION RECORDS
1836 Dronrup, Holland - 1912 Wiesbaden, Germany. Known for: Classical-theme paintings, drawing.
Laurens Alma Tadema was born in 1836 in Holland. His parents thought art was no profession for a gentleman, and as a result, he worked himself into tuberculosis studying art and law at the same time.... Read full biography
Laurens Alma Tadema was born in 1836 in Holland. His parents thought art was no profession for a gentleman, and as a result, he worked himself into tuberculosis studying art and law at the same time. He became a British citizen, a Royal Academician and was knighted by Queen Victoria. Merchandised... Read full biography
Laurens Alma Tadema was born in 1836 in Holland. His parents thought art was no profession for a gentleman, and as a result, he worked himself into tuberculosis studying art and law at the same time. He became a British citizen, a Royal Academician and was knighted by Queen Victoria. Merchandised by a shrewd worldwide dealer, his work became hugely popular in that other burgeoning empire, the United States. Alma-Tadema held the limelight in Britain and America, but until recently he has been... Read full biography
Laurens Alma Tadema was born in 1836 in Holland. His parents thought art was no profession for a gentleman, and as a result, he worked himself into tuberculosis studying art and law at the same time. He became a British citizen, a Royal Academician and was knighted by Queen Victoria. Merchandised by a shrewd worldwide dealer, his work became hugely popular in that other burgeoning empire, the United States. Alma-Tadema held the limelight in Britain and America, but until recently he has been unfamiliar in his native Holland. Dutch contemporaries had had no interest in his elaborate neo-Roman visions. Now, people from Holland are expressing appreciation of his technical mastery and his skill as a colorist. After a visit to Pompeii, he... Read full biography
Laurens Alma Tadema was born in 1836 in Holland. His parents thought art was no profession for a gentleman, and as a result, he worked himself into tuberculosis studying art and law at the same time. He became a British citizen, a Royal Academician and was knighted by Queen Victoria. Merchandised by a shrewd worldwide dealer, his work became hugely popular in that other burgeoning empire, the United States. Alma-Tadema held the limelight in Britain and America, but until recently he has been unfamiliar in his native Holland. Dutch contemporaries had had no interest in his elaborate neo-Roman visions. Now, people from Holland are expressing appreciation of his technical mastery and his skill as a colorist. After a visit to Pompeii, he focused on the life of ancient Greece and Rome, concentrating on the domestic and the homely rather than the dramatic. In London, after the d... Read full biography
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