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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Examples of jewelry — like an Alma-Tadema serpent bangle, made for his wife — show that the movement touched many different areas.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2011

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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