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LAWRENCE ALMA TADEMA 1836-1912 ARTIST AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, OM, RA (January 8, 1836, Dronrijp, the Netherlands.- June 25, 1912 Wiesbaden, Germany ) was one of the finest and most distinctive of the Victorian painters. Dutch born, he moved to London in 1870 and spent the rest of his life t He was a classical-subject painter and became famous for his depictions of the luxury and decadence of the Roman Empire, with langorous figures set in fabulous marbled interiors or against a backdrop of dazzling blue Mediterranean sea and sky. Autograph Letter, Signed (Als). January 16, 1879, One page to a Mrs. Goodkins? See text below; Townsend House North Gate Regents Park N.W. 16th Jan. 1879 Dear Mrs. Goodkins, Many thanks for the communication of the letter and bill I return with. Looking forward to the visit on the 28th inst. & the cigars. Ever truly yours, L. Alma Tadema From wikipedia: Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema was born as Lourens Tadema on January 8, 1836, in the small village of Dronrijp, in Friesland in the north of the Netherlands. He was the third child of a Mennonite family. His father, Pieter Jiltes Tadema (1797-1840), was the village notary, his mother, Hinke Dirks Brouwer (c 1800-1863) was Pieter's second wife. Tadema, (meaning Adam-son), was an old Frisian patronymic ending with the suffix 'ma' - 'son of' while the names Lourens and Alma belonged to the boy's godfather. Laurens would later changed his name to the more English Lawrence and incorporated, Alma into his surname in order of having his name appear at the beginning of exhibition catalogues, under A rather than under T. He did not actually hyphenate his last name, but it was done by others and this has since become the convention. The Tadema family moved in 1837 to the near town of Leeuwarden, w Pieter's position as a notary would be more lucrative. His father died when Lourens was four, leaving his mother with five children: Laurens his sister and three boys from his father's first marriage. His mother had artistic leanings, and decided that drawing lessons should be incorporated into the children's education. He received his first art training with a local drawing master hired to teach his older halfbrothers. It was intended that the boy would become a lawyer; but in 1851 at he age of fifteen he was diagnosed consumptive, given only a short time to live, he was allowed to spend his remaining days at his leisure, drawing and painting. Left to his own devices he regained his health and decided to pursue a career as an artist. In 1852 he entered The Royal Academy of Antwerp w he studied early Dutch and Flemish art, under Egide Charles Gustave Wappers. During Alma-Tadema's four years as a registered student at the Academy, he won several respectable awards. Before leaving school, towards the end of 1855, he became assistant to the painter and professor Louis (Lodewijk) Jan de Taeye, whose courses in history and historical costume he had greatly enjoyed at the Academy. Although de Taeye was not an outstanding painter, Alma-Tadema respected him and became his studio assistant working with him for three years. De Taeye introduced him to books that influenced his desire to portray Merovingian subjects early in his career. He was encouraged to depict historic accuracy in his paintings, a trait for which the artist became known. Alma-Tadema left Taeye's studio in November of 1858 returning to Leeuwarden before settling in Antwerp, w he began working with ... 
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