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Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema OM, RA, RWS (/ ˈ æ l m ə ˈ t æ d eɪ m ə / AL-mə TAD-ay-mə; [1] born Lourens Alma Tadema, Dutch: [ˈlʌurəns ˈɑlmaː ˈtaːdəmaː]; 8 January 1836 – 25 June 1912) was a Dutch painter who later settled in the United Kingdom, becoming the last officially recognised denizen in 1873.
A Reading from Homer (sometimes Listening to Homer) is an oil-on-canvas painting executed in 1885 by the English artist Lawrence Alma-Tadema. It depicts an imaginary festival scene from ancient Greece with youth reading poetry to a small audience on a marble balcony overlooking the sea.
In the square where the scene takes place, the market is already set up with the many products it offers: oils, honey, eggs, meat, fish, among others Alma-Tadema offers the viewer the meeting of two exclusively female groups. Only one man appears in the painting: a merchant located in the shadows of his stall, at the left. [1]
The Finding of Moses is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Anglo-Dutch artist Lawrence Alma-Tadema, from 1904.It was one of his last major works before his death in 1912, but quickly fell out of favour; according to rumour, it was sold in the 1950s for its frame.
The Roses of Heliogabalus (1888) by Lawrence Alma-Tadema shows the Emperor Heliogabalus (reigned 218–222) suffocating guests beneath rose petals, [58] and was part of a major trend towards painting historical scenes. [55]
Sappho and Alcaeus is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch-British artist Lawrence Alma-Tadema, from 1881. It is held by the Walters Art Museum , in Baltimore . [ 1 ]
Alma-Tadema worked on the painting for four years. It was completed in late 1894, and bought by the German banker Robert von Mendelssohn [ de ] . It was exhibited at the 1895 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition , at the 1899 Große Berliner Kunstausstellung in Berlin, and at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris.
Laurence Alma-Tadema CBE (August 1865 – 12 March 1940), born Laurense Tadema, was a British writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who worked in many genres. [ 1 ] Early life