ALMA-TADEMA, SIR LAWRENCE

ălˈmə-tădˈĭmə, 1836–1912, English painter, b. Friesland. He studied in Belgium, where he lived until 1869. In that year he went to England; there he became a citizen and enjoyed a long popularity and many honors. He is best known for his scholarly and meticulous paintings of scenes from Greek and Roman life.

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books on: Alma Tadema Sir Lawrence  - 178 results

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The Life and Letters of Sir Edmund Gosse
Book by Sir Evan Charteris, Sir Edmund Gosse, Sir Norman Gullick; Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1931
Subjects: Gosse, Edmund--1849-1928
...Atossa" from a drawing by Alma Tadema 286...500 My thanks are due to Sir Edmund Gosses correspondents...1931 THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF SIR EDMUND GOSSE The Life and Letters of SIR EDMUND GOSSE CHAPTER...
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The Life of Henry Irving - Vol. 2
Book by Austin Brereton; Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908
Subjects: Irving, Henry--Sir--1838-1905
...of Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett--hesitate to...gave or lent money to Sir Henry Irving; never...Mary Anderson and Mr. Lawrence Barrett-- renewed cheering...ORSINO Mr. TERRISS. Sir TOBY BELCH Mr. DAVID FISHER. Sir ANDREW AGUECHEEK Mr...
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A Number of People: A Book of Reminiscences
Book by Edward Marsh; Harper & Brothers, 1939
Subjects: Marsh, Edward Howard--Sir--1872-1953
...and thrill of reading long afterwards in Sir Walter Scott Journal that he had met...which my betise about Shakespeare and Sir Walter was received. However, I redeemed...eight to nine was the reading hour. When Sir Walter was exhausted it would be interesting...
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The Story of My Life
Book by Harry H. Johnston; Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1923
Subjects: Johnston, Harry Hamilton--Sir--1858-1927
...heard you--were coming, sir---" I believe the great...suggestive, like Millais, or Alma Tadema, H. W. B. Davis, W. Q...induced his very kind father, Sir Alfred one of Queen Victorias...Hill and see my brother. Sir Alfred examined him and...
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Biography of Edward Marsh
Book by Christopher Hassall; Harcourt Brace, 1959
Subjects: Marsh, Edward Howard--Sir--1872-1953--Biography
...grant. On May 15 Bellingham was tried by Sir James Mansfield in the presence of the...evensong at the Foundling Hospital Chapel. Sir James was not impressed. The prisoner...to Howard. He had studied medicine under Sir James Paget, to whom he owed his upbringing...
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journal articles on: Alma Tadema Sir Lawrence  - 2 results

 
 
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U.s. and Canadian Dissertations, 2004
Journal article; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 87, 2005
...Higonnet) BEVVLEY, MICHELE,"A Coign of Vantage: Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema and the Solaces of Modern London" (SUNY Binghamton...Aesthetics: Asger Jorn, 1940-1963" (IFA/NYU, R. Lubar) LAWRENCE, JAMES, "Abdication in a Artistic Democracy: Meaning...
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The Most Famous Fairy in History: Antinous and Homosexual Fantasy
Journal article by Sarah Waters; Journal of the History of Sexuality, Vol. 6, 1995
Subjects: Sex Customs--History, Sexology
...historical painters, Frederic Leighton, G. F. Watts, and Lawrence Alma- Tadema. More peculiar to Symonds, however, are the lingering...example, who speculates in his entry on Antinous in Sir William Smith Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography...


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magazine articles on: Alma Tadema Sir Lawrence  - 3 results

 
 
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A Classic Comeback
Magazine article by Robert Stacy Mccain; Insight on the News, Vol. 16, December 11, 2000
Subjects: Art criticism--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Painting, Modern--19th century
...John William Waterhouse and neoclassicalists such as Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. "Those Victorian painters were swept under the...unjustly maligned -- artists like Bouguereau, Gerome and Alma-Tadema were excluded from our art galleries, museums, textbooks...
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Frederic, Lord Leighton - a Victorian Grandee
Magazine article by Muriel Julius; Contemporary Review, Vol. 268, April 1996
Subjects: Artists, English--Biography, Leighton, Frederick--Biography
...less pretentiously catered for by his contemporary, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. In the early years Leighton painted portraits, not...Parthenon frieze. More vital is the portrait of his friend, Sir Richard Burton, explorer, scholar and diplomat. A formidably...
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The Head That Wears the Crown
Magazine article by John Adler; History Today, Vol. 48, August 1998
Subjects: Shakespeare, William--Histories, Social change--History, Theater and society--History
...reputation for his lavish Shakespearean productions. When Sir Henry Irving played Coriolanus in April 1901, the set was designed by Lawrence Alma-Tadema. A painter with a strong inclination towards architectural...


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Artists Advocate Return to Classics
Newspaper article by Robert Stacy Mccain; The Washington Times, October 29, 2000
...William Waterhouse and neo-classical artists like Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. Canadian artist Jonathon Bowser says such artists...cyber-gallery of 19th-century art by Bouguereau, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Jean-Leon Jerome, Lord Frederic Leighton and...
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Our Art Lovers Try the Write-a-Label Challenge
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), September 11, 2004
...Brindley picks Coign of Vantage by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Getty Museum, Malibu A COPY...completed in 1895 - is typical Alma-Tadema, depicting three Roman women...protracted battle in a far-off land. Alma-Tademas paintings have always captured...
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The Naked Truth; Joe Riley Defends Yoko Ono's New Art Exhibition Which Will 'Bare All' in the Streets of Liverpool
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), September 16, 2004
Subjects: Ono, Yoko
...dedicated to the Dutch nineteenth century painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema, an artist show specialised in depicting naked and...painting Peter Getting Out of Nicks Pool. Right, Sir Lawrence Alma Tedemas 1909 picture, A Favourite Custom; SHOCK...
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Culture: Punk with a Hint of Mysterious; Not All Artists Think an Unmade Bed Makes Great Art. David Whetstone Talks to North-East Stuckist Painter Paul Harvey
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), December 11, 2006
Subjects: Harvey, Paul
...Thats OK, says the artist who has, in fact, used the sumptuous and mildly erotic canvases of the Victorian painter Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema as inspiration. Paul Harvey was born in Burton-on- Trent and did a degree in design, although he says he spent...
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A Tissot for [Pounds Sterling]2 Million; ... and for Another [Pounds Sterling]15m, the House Where He Painted It
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 29, 2006
Subjects: Clock and watch industry, Watch industry
...really poor state. Im sad to see it go - I grew up there. "Its difficult to say how much of Tissots house exists as Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema an artist who bought it after Tissot played around with it but he reused some Tissot elements. People who have...
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encyclopedia articles on: Alma Tadema Sir Lawrence  - 2 results

 
 
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Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ALMA-TADEMA, SIR LAWRENCE al m -tad im , 1836 1912, English painter, b. Friesland. He studied in Belgium, where he lived until 1869. In that year he went...
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Tadema, Alma
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TADEMA, ALMA see Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


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