![]() ![]() Self-portrait Lourens Alma Tadema at the age of sixteen, a gift to his mother, 1852Īlma-Tadema world-famous except in the Netherlands After his death the Tadema family went through a difficult financial period.Īlthough it made more sense for Lourens to become a lawyer later on, his mother recognised his artistic talent and stimulated him to practice painting and sketching early in the morning, before going to school. His father was a notary in the Frisian town of Donryp. In 1840 Lourens Alma-Tadema lost in his father at the age of 4. In this article, we tell you more about Alma-Tadema's life, his paintings and especially his engravings, which are still for sale for the 'common' man nowadays. The few original engravings that have survived in time are nowadays sought-after collectors' items. Besides paintings, Alma Tadema also produced and sold beautiful etchings and engravings during his lifetime. Today, Alma-Tadema's paintings hang in the most famous museums or are in the possession of important private collections. ![]() Even less people know that he was a world-famous Dutch painter during the Victorian period. Few people are familiar with the name Alma-Tadema, better known as 'Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema'. ![]()
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