Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

1836–1912

In Tate Britain

Walk Through British Art: 1840

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Biography

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, (; born Lourens Alma Tadema Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlʌurəns ˈɑlmaː ˈtaːdəˌmaː]; 8 January 1836 – 25 June 1912) was a Dutch 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 British art.

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Artworks

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema A Favourite Custom

1909

N02675

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema A Silent Greeting

1889

N01523

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema A Foregone Conclusion

1885

N03513

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema A Priestess of Apollo

?c.1888

N04949

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema Sunday Morning

?1871

On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art N03527

Features

Sir Edward Poynter, ‘A Visit to Aesculapius’ 1880

Art Term

Olympians

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A Favourite Custom by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema and La Hollandaise by Walter Richard Sickert

Blog

Works of the week: A Favourite Custom by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema and La Hollandaise by Walter Sickert

Penelope Curtis

As a new chronological display of Tate Britain’s permanent collection is unveiled this week, Penelope Curtis, Director of Tate ...

Turner’s ‘Chelsea’ palette, used at the end of his life

Tate Papers

The Materials Used by British Oil Painters in the Nineteenth Century

Joyce H. Townsend

This paper reviews existing literature on nineteenth-century British artists’ materials. Sources of information, such as colourmen’s archives, artists’ diaries ...