Lawrence Alma-Tadema (real name Laurens Tadema) was born in 1836 in Dronrijp a small town near Leeuwarden, which in turn was not far from Harlington in Holland. His father was a village notary, with a reasonable talent in music. He was a composer and organist. His mother was his fathers half sister. Lawrence’s father passed away in 1840, and left little for his invalid wife and two children and three step-children to live on. With the help of the extended family, they managed to survive and educate the children. The three step-children all pursued careers in business.
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Lawrence Alma-Tadema (real name Laurens Tadema) was born in 1836 in Dronrijp a small town near Leeuwarden, which in turn was not far from Harlington in Holland. His father was a village notary, with a reasonable talent in music. He was a composer and organist. His mother was his fathers half sister. Lawrence’s father passed away in 1840, and left little for his invalid wife and two children and three step-children to live on. With the help of the extended family, they managed to survive and educate the children. The three step-children all pursued careers in business.
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Lawrence Alma-Tadema (real name Laurens Tadema) was born in 1836 in Dronrijp a small town near Leeuwarden, which in turn was not far from Harlington in Holland. His father was a village notary, with a reasonable talent in music. He was a composer and organist. His mother was his fathers half sister. Lawrence’s father passed away in 1840, and left little for his invalid wife and two children and three step-children to live on. With the help of the extended family, they managed to survive and educate the children. The three step-children all pursued careers in business.
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Lawrence Alma-Tadema (real name Laurens Tadema) was born in 1836 in Dronrijp a small town near Leeuwarden, which in turn was not far from Harlington in Holland. His father was a village notary, with a reasonable talent in music. He was a composer and organist. His mother was his fathers half sister. Lawrence’s father passed away in 1840, and left little for his invalid wife and two children and three step-children to live on. With the help of the extended family, they managed to survive and educate the children. The three step-children all pursued careers in business.
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Lawrence lived a passion for art all of his life. He showed potential from an early age, but is not classed as a child prodigy, as he did not attend any formal “master classes” until he was sixteen years of age. He trained in Antwerp under landscape artists and excelled in his work. He did not win many prizes as a young man, but he simply pursued his passion until the results followed.
Below is a very short list of his works, listed in date order.
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