Sir Lawrence Alma- Tadema RA, OM
Born 8 January 1836
Died 25 June 1912
Active: 1876 - 1910
Country of birth: Netherlands
Country of death: Great Britain
Painter
Born Lorenz Alma Tadema in Dronrijp, Friesland (Netherlands). Worked in Antwerp and Rome. Moved to England from Paris at the start of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871. Died in Kaiserhof Spa, Wiesbaden, Germany where he was undergoing treatment and was buried with full honours in St. Paul's Cathedral, London.
Wealth at death: £58,834 0s. 0d.
Probate date: 27 July 1912
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Funded Alma-Tadema Scholarship
1943
Funded through Alma-Tadema's estate, after his death
Institutional and Business Connections
Elected ARA Royal Academy of Arts
26 January 1876 - 14 June 1879
Elected RA in 1879.
Elected RA Royal Academy of Arts
14 June 1879 - 25 June 1910
Died in 1910.
Member of council Royal Academy of Arts
1880 - 1910
Listed as a Member of the Council from 1880 to 1881, 1887 to 1888, 1896 to 1897, 1903 to 1904, and from 1910. See Royal Academy 'Annual Reports'.
In addition to his positions on the Council, Alma-Tadema was appointed to be on of the representative Trustees of the British Institution Scholarship Fund, on the 15 November,. The Fund was 'to be applied to the foundation of Scholarships for young British Artists'. See Royal Academy 'Annual Report, 1887', (1888), p. 8.
Visitor at Royal Academy Schools
1877 - 1905
Listed variously as a visitor to the Life School and to the School of Painting. See Royal Academy 'Annual Reports'.
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominator of John Warrington Wood
16 June 1885
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of Frederick William Pomeroy
1 December 1890
For RA.
Nominator of Henry Alfred Pegram
1 December 1890
For RA.
Nominator of George James Frampton
1 December 1890
For RA.
Seconder of Thomas Nelson MacLean
30 December 1878
For RA; unsuccessful.
Seconder of Charles James Bart
16 November 1888
For RA; unsuccessful.
Seconder of Henry Alfred Pegram
1 December 1890
For RA.
Seconder of Joseph William Swynnerton
30 October 1896
For RA; unsuccessful.
Sources
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1866-1906
1906
See entries for 1878, 1888, 1890, 1896.
Citing this record
'Sir Lawrence Alma- Tadema RA, OM', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1213969876, accessed 04 Jun 2023]
