Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
(1836 - 1912) |
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Portraiture, Flower Still lifes Art Work
| Name: |
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema |
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Male |
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| Nationality: |
British |
| Birth: |
1836 |
| Death: |
1912 |
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Quick Facts
| Known For: |
Portraiture, Flower Still lifes |
| Medium: |
Oil on canvas |
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| Style: |
Realism |
| Fine Art Profession(s): |
Painter
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Biography
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. Universally admired during his lifetime for his superb draftsmanship and depictions of Classical antiquity, he fell into disrepute after his death and only in the last thirty years has his work been reevaluated for its importance within nineteenth-century English art.
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