Alma-Tadema

[ al-muh-tad-uh-muh ]

noun

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

Alma-Tadema

/ ˈælməˈtædɪmə /

noun

1. Alma-TademaSir Lawrence18361912MEnglishDutchARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Sir Lawrence. 1836–1912, Dutch-English painter of studies of Greek and Roman life

Example Sentences

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

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 Literature

In “Sappho and Alcaeus,” by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, a Victorian painter much given to lush re-creations of scenes from Greek antiquity, the Poetess and four diaphanously clad, flower-wreathed acolytes relax in a charming little performance space, enraptured as the male bard sings and plays, as if he were a Beat poet in a Telegraph Hill café.

From The New Yorker

The most powerful influence was the Pre-Raphaelite painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema, whose luscious blooms in luminous colors and languorous fin de siècle ladies were interpreted by the designer on the runway.

From New York Times

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