Lawrence Alma-Tadema: Japanese Peonies

Born the Netherlands, Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) was trained at the Academy of Antwerp, Belgium, he settled in England in 1870 and spent the rest of his life there.  A classical-subject painter, he was admired for his superb draftsmanship and became famous for his depictions of the luxury and decadence of the Roman Empire, with languorous figures set in fabulous marbled interiors or against a backdrop of dazzling blue Mediterranean sea and sky. His curiosity about the ancient world was insatiable, and the knowledge he acquired was incorporated into over three hundred paintings of ancient archeological and architectural design.

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HC-810: card size 6" x 6" (150mm x 150mm)