Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema(Jnuary 8,1836, -June 25,1912,Germany ) was one of the most renowned painters of late nineteenth century in Britain.Born in the Netherlands, and trained at the Academy of Antwerpen, he settled in England in 1870 and spent the rest of his life there. A classical-subject painter, he became famous for his depictions of the luxury and decadence of the Roman Empire, with langorous figures set in fabulous marbled interiors or against a backdrop of dazzling blue Mediterranean sea and sky.Universally admired for his superb draftsmanship and depictions of Classical antiquity, during his life time, he fell into disrepute after his death and only in the last thirty years has his work been reevaluated for its importance within the nineteenth century English Art.
