Product code: Alma-Tadema purchases “Spring” 1894 Print
Spring 1894 oil on canvas 70.25” x 31.5” photographed print poster by Lou Meluso. Never used in original box. Painting by famed Victorian Painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) “Born in Dronryp, the Netherlands, and trained at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium, he settled in London, England in 1870. A classical-subject painter, he 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. Alma-Tadema was considered one of the most popular Victorian painters. Alma-Tadema's meticulous archaeological research, including research into Roman architecture, led to his paintings being used as source material purchases by Hollywood directors in their vision of the ancient world for films such as D. W. Griffith's Intolerance (1916), Ben Hur (1926), Cleopatra (1934), and most notably of all, Cecil B. DeMille's epic remake of The Ten Commandments (1956).
Spring 1894 oil on canvas 70.25” x 31.5” photographed print poster by Lou Meluso. Never used in original box. Painting by famed Victorian Painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) “Born in Dronryp, the Netherlands, and trained at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium, he settled in London, England in 1870. A classical-subject painter, he 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. Alma-Tadema was considered one of the most popular Victorian painters. Alma-Tadema's meticulous archaeological research, including research into Roman architecture, led to his paintings being used as source material purchases by Hollywood directors in their vision of the ancient world for films such as D. W. Griffith's Intolerance (1916), Ben Hur (1926), Cleopatra (1934), and most notably of all, Cecil B. DeMille's epic remake of The Ten Commandments (1956).