Discover painter, wall painter, draftsperson Lourens Alma Tadema

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: Alma Tadema, Lawrence
Alma Tadema, Sir Lawrence
Alma Tadema, Laurens
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence
mostly signed L. Alma Tadema (Scheen 1981); see also cat. exh. Amsterdam / Liverpool 1996-1997, p. 12-13

Qualifications: painter, wall painter, draftsperson, graphic artist, etcher, illustrator, watercolorist, lithographer

Nationality/school: Dutch, English
Nationalized to English nationality in 1873 (Saur 1992)

Born: Dronrijp 1836-01-08

Deceased: Wiesbaden 1912-06-25
buried in the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral, London (Saur)

See also In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).

assisted Leys with his murals in the Town Hall of Antwerp (Saur 1992)

This person/entity in other databases

48 hits in RKDimages as artist
43 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
14 hits in RKDexcerpts as artist
1 hit in RKDtechnical as artist

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Biographical information

Period of activity: 1851 - 1912
L. Alma Tadema with an opus number (408 numbered works from 1851-1912, Saur 1992)

Education: Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten (Antwerpen)

1852-1857 (Saur 1992)

Active in

Antwerpen (stad) 1852 - 1865
Saur
Leeuwarden (stad) 1855
temporarily (Scheen 1981). In Leeuwarden population register 1848-1859. Registered at Waeze 277 since 16 April 1859
Keulen 1861
study trip (Saur 1992)
Pompei 1863 - 1864
Honeymoon, o.a. Pompeï (Saur 1992)
Rome 1863 - 1864
Noack 1927, vol. II, p. 60
Parijs 1864
Rue de Hambourg 66 (historic address, now Rue de Bucarest, cat. Parijse Salon 1864); Sanchez/Saydoux/Lobstein 1999-, dl. 8, inv. nr. 29 [1864]
Brussel 1865 - 1870
Tadema's 'Pompejaanse periode'
Rome 1866
Noack 1927, vol. II, p. 60
Londen (Engeland) 1868
visit to London on the invitation of the art dealer Ernest Gambart, who ordered 24 works from him
Londen (Engeland) 1870 - 1912
Rome 1876
Noack 1927, vol. II, p. 60
Rome 1885 - 1886
Noack 1927, vol. II, 60
Egypte 1902 - 1903

born in

active in

died in

Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: De Taeye, Louis
Leys, Henri
Wappers, Gustaf
see exhib.cat. Amsterdam/Liverpool 1996-1997; Leys (1859)
Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Alma Tadema, Laura Theresa (Lady)
Collier, John (1850-1934)
Epps, Ellen
Mesdag, Hendrik Willem
Rappard, Anthon van

see Saur; gave advice to Mesdag (Scheen 1981)
Followed by This field mentions the artist’s emulators. Although students can naturally also be followers, they are not mentioned again here. What is meant by followers are those who continue to work in the spirit of a predecessor. Sometimes this may happen a century later; there is no time limit. What is at issue, however, is that someone’s oeuvre must substantially follow in the manner of the artist emulated.: Godward, John William
Long, Edwin

according to Saur
Influence on This field specifies the artists influenced by the artist in question, without there being question of an educational setting or servile following.: Moore, Albert Joseph
Rosell, Alexander
Waterhouse, John William
Krajenbrink, Reinout

influence on the historical film genre in Hollywood (Saur and exh.cat. Amsterdam/Liverpool 1996-1997, p. 19)

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: allegory, figure, history (genre), landscape (genre), portrait, topography

Product: book illustration, scenic design
for book illustrations, see: R. Verhoogt, 2007, p. 479

Member of

Académie des Beaux-Arts de l'Institut de France (Parijs)
member of the Académie since 1896

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 43 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Rooses 1898 , vol. 1, p. 141-166
Marius 1903 , p. 176-179 en passim
Veth 1905 (tekenaars) , p. 1-5
Bénédite/Marius 1910 , p. 201
Noack 1927 , vol. 2, p. 60
Brom 1959 , p. 15 en passim
Hoenderdos 1974 , passim
Bénézit 1976 , vol. 1, p. 130-131
Johnson/Greutzner 1976 , p. 24
Busse 1977 , p. 18
Witt Checklist 1978
Wright 1980 , p. 7
Scheen 1981 , p. 511-512 (as: Tadema, Sir Laurens Alma;*)
De Leeuw/Sillevis/Dumas 1983 (extended version) , p. 57 en passim
Loos/Van Tuyll van Serooskerken 1988 , p. 19 en passim
Carasso 1991 , cat.nr. 240
Saur 1992- , vol. 2 (1992), p. 574-577 (as: Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (Sir) (urspr. Tadema, Laurens Alma))
Bergsma/Bionda/Blotkamp et al. 1994 (catalogus) , p. 113-114
Leeman/Pennock 1996 , p. 76-80
Peters/Tempel 1998 , p. 71, 74, 80, 88
Stolwijk 1998 , p. 53 en passim
Sanchez/Seydoux/Lobstein 1999- , dl. 8 (2004), in het jaar 1864 inv. nr. 29; in het jaar 1865 inv. nr. 29 (as: Alma-Tadema (Laurens))
Erftemeijer 2000 , p. 371, 372
Van Heteren/Jansen/De Leeuw 2000 , cat.nrs. 81, 82
Adelaar et al. 2003 , p. 115 en passim
Verhoogt 2007 , p. 427-506
Jonkman/Geudeker 2010 , p. 19 en passim

C. Vosmaer, 'Laurens Alma Tadema', Kunstkronijk NS 18 (1877), p. 11
Anoniem, 'Een kunstwerk van Alma Tadema ', Kunstkronijk NS 1 (1879), p. 27
Anoniem, 'Moderne Engelsche kunst. Bij L. Alma Tadema', Nederlandsche Kunstbode 2 (1880), p. 194-195
J. Staphorst [=Jan Veth], 'Tentoonstelling der Hollandsche Teekenmaatschappij.Iets over Alma Tadema', De Nieuwe Gids 2 (1886-1887), nr. 1, p. 93-94
V. van Wickevoort Crommelin, 'Lourens Alma Tadema', Elsevier's Geïllustreerd Maandschrift 1 (1891), p. 213-233
Veilingcatalogus Londen (Hampton), nalatenschap L. Alma Tadema, 9 juni 1913
C. Cuypers, 'The Question by Lourens Alma Tadema', Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 27 (1976), p. 73-90
M..J. Raven, 'Alma Tadema als amateur-egyptoloog', Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum 28 (1980) 3, p. 103-117
D. Carasso, 'Helden van het Vaderland. De patriottistische schilderijengalerij van Jacob de Vos', Ons Amsterdam 43 (1991), nr. 11, p. 274-275
C. Cuypers, 'De droom van Alma Tadema', Kunstschrift 35 (1991), nr. 4, p. 38-47
H. Pennock, 'De levens van twee neven; Hendrik Willem Mesdag en Lourens Alma Tadema', Jong Holland 9 (1993), p. 8-19
M.H. Schenkeveld en R. van der Wiel, Albert Verwey. Briefwisseling 1 juli 1885 tot 15 december 1888, Amsterdam 1995, p. 381, 382
R. Verhoogt, ''En nu nog een paar woorden business'. Reproducties naar het werk van Alma Tadema', Jong Holland 12 (1996), p. 22-37
G. Pieri, 'D'Annunzio and Alma-Tadema: Between Pre-Raphaelitism and Aestheticism', The modern language review 96 (2001), p. 361-369
The Art Newspaper nr. 128 (september 2002), p. 35: recensie van Barrow 2001
U. Pohlmann, 'Lawrence Alma Tadema und die Photographie', in: Nobilitis Arte Manus. Festschrift zum 70. Geburtstag von Antje Middeldorf Kosegarten, Kassel 2002, p. 441-464
M. de Haan, 'Lourens Alma Tadema. Erkend en miskend in België en Nederland', Kunst & Antiek Revue 19 (2003), januari-februari, p. 5-8
A. Juszczak, '''Een wel aardig beschilderd porseleinen theekopje''. Over de rol van de traditie in de kunstkritiek van Carel Vosmaer (1826-1888)', Kunstlicht 24 (2003), nr. 4, p. 14-19
L. van Santvoort, 'De mise-en-scène van het 19de-eeuwse atelier', Gentse bijdragen tot de interieurgeschiedenis 32 (2003), p. 113-130
J. Versteegh, 'Naar voorbeeld van C.C. Huijsmans. Twee landschapstekeningen van Alma Tadema', Kunst & Antiek Journaal 10, november 2005, p. 36
C. Vout, 'Aesthete or imperialist? Hadrian's afterlife in art', Apollo, zomer 2008, p. 64-69
C.G. Navarro, 'A propósito de un lienzo de Lawrence Alma-Tadema: noticias sobre el marcante Ernest Gambart y su donación de pinturas al Museo del Prado', Boletín del Museo del Prado 27 (2009), nr. 45, p. 85-99
A.J. Vervoorn, 'Grafiek van en naar Alma Tadema', Boekenpost nr. 129, 2014, p. 18-19
C.P. Briët, 'Rodeck-Tadema', De Nederlandsche Leeuw 131 (2014), p. 41-43
L. Devoldere, 'A Victorian "Arbiter Elegantiae". The paintings of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema', TLC The Low Countries 2017, p. 158-169
N. Tromans, Exibitions: 'Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Leeuwarden, Vienna and London', The Burlington Magazine 159 (2017) no. 1375, p. 837-839

exhibition project Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, 2016

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Bij het Iconografisch Bureau als: Tadema, Lawrence Alma
see also RKDlibrary: The Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema Collection : photographs and correspondence of the famous Victorian painter, University of Birmingham Library (1998)

Archive location: collectie RKD Brieven, handschriften en kleine archieven
Project: The Dutch in Paris - Retour de Paris
Dutch Artists in Rome

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Creation date: 1991-11-20; Last modified date: 2022-11-04

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