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Alma-Tadema

American  
[al-muh-tad-uh-muh] / ˌæl məˈtæd ə mə /

noun

  1. Sir Lawrence, 1836–1912, English painter, born in the Netherlands.


Alma-Tadema British  
/ ˈælməˈtædɪmə /

noun

  1. Sir Lawrence. 1836–1912, Dutch-English painter of studies of Greek and Roman life

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May Queen dress from “Midsommar” “The vibrant florals remind me of my favorite painting, ‘Spring’ by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, which depicts a spring festival and the gathering of flowers on May Day.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2021

Take, for example, paintings by Victorian traditionalist Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema and Camden Town impressionist Walter Sickert which now hang alongside each other.

From The Guardian May 3, 2013

Displayed throughout are many of Leighton’s own works as well as those of his Victorian contemporaries like John Everett Millais, G. F. Watts and Lawrence Alma-Tadema.

From New York Times Dec. 31, 2010

Instead, he filled this cosiest of rooms with pieces by friends such as Millais, Watts, Singer Sargent and Alma-Tadema.

From The Guardian Apr. 16, 2010

I had heard marvelous tales of his garden, also of the inside of the house—Attic vases, Meissen porcelain, paintings by Alma-Tadema and Frith.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

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