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Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Dutch painter of classical subjects, known for his meticulous depictions of Roman luxury.

Lawrence Alma-Tadema

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The Dutch-born painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema, who was granted denizen status in 1873, eventually made his home in the United Kingdom.[1]

Quick Facts

Birth name
Lourens Alma Tadema
Born
8 January 1836
Birthplace
Dronryp, Waadhoeke, Netherlands
Died
25 June 1912
Place of death
Wiesbaden, German Empire
Field
Painting
Movement
Academicism
Children
Laurence Alma-Tadema; Anna Alma-Tadema

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

After his father died when he was four, his mother was left with five children.[2] At age fifteen he suffered a physical and mental breakdown and was diagnosed as consumptive.[3] On 24 September 1863 he married Marie-Pauline Gressin-Dumoulin de Boisgirard.[4] In 1873 Queen Victoria made Alma-Tadema and his wife the last British denizens.[5]

Pieter Jiltes Tadema, the village notary, and Hinke Dirks Brouwer were the parents of Alma-Tadema; he was their third child together and the sixth child of his father.[6] After being given the freedom to occupy himself as he wished, his health recovered and he chose to become an artist.[3] In Antwerp, he joined the studio of Baron Jan August Hendrik Leys, a highly regarded painter, and there created his first significant painting, The Education of the children of Clovis, in 1861.[7][8]

What the cited sources add

Alma-Tadema purchased James Tissot’s house at 17 (now 44) Grove End Road by 1883, but could not move in until he sold his home, Townshend House.[9] He moved into Tissot’s former home on July 17, 1885, and began extensive remodeling.[9] In 1886, he spent so much of his time supervising work on the house that he only completed three paintings.[9] Preparation in the Coliseum (1912) was Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s last major composition.[10]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Lawrence Alma-Tadema" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: G. M. Miller, BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (Oxford UP, 1971), p. 4. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Lawrence Alma-Tadema" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Swanson, Alma-Tadema, p. 8. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Lawrence Alma-Tadema" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Barrow, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, p. 10 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Lawrence Alma-Tadema" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Swanson, Alma-Tadema, p. 13. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Lawrence Alma-Tadema" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Tate, "Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema 1836–1912", Tate; "Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema", alma-tadema.org; "Nationality instructions: volume 2 - Publications - GOV.UK", ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk, 27 July 2017 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Lawrence Alma-Tadema" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Swanson, Alma-Tadema, p. 8.; Barrow, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, p. 10 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Lawrence Alma-Tadema" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Barrow, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, p. 15 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Lawrence Alma-Tadema" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Swanson, Alma-Tadema, p. 12.; Swanson, Alma-Tadema, p. 12. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Paquette, "James Tissot's house at St. John's Wood, London", /thehammocknovel.wordpress.com, 9 September 2013. facts only, no text reused. thehammocknovel.wordpress.com
  10. "Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema: Preparation in the Coliseum (1912) | Vivat! Crescat! Floreat!", Vcrfl.wordpress.com, 4 March 2012. facts only, no text reused. vcrfl.wordpress.com

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Lawrence Alma-Tadema (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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