A Juggler by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema was created between 1870 – 1877. The painting is in Art Gallery of NSW Sydney. The size of the work is 77,8 x 48,4 cm and is made of oil on panel.
About the Artist
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836 – 1912) was a Dutch painter of special British denizenship. Born in Dronrijp, the Netherlands. He trained at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium. The artist, working on classical objects, is famous for his luxury-themed paintings on the collapse of the Roman Empire. In these narratives, there are striking marble textured spaces, or marble figures in the Mediterranean and the sky where the rear fascia is an eye-catching blue. The process of working with classical ancient civilizations with excellent technical painters and illustrations aroused admiration all over the world. In the last thirty years, his works have been re-examined and evaluated because of the importance of English art in the nineteenth century if he lost some reputation after his death.
Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema came to the world on June 8, 1836 under the name of Laurens Tadema. The town notary is the sixth child after three children from Pieter Jiltes Tadema’s (1797 – 1840) previous marriage. Tadema (meaning – the son of Adam) is a family name in Frisian language. Ma means “son”. The names Laurens and Alma come from the grandfather. Laurens starts to use Lawrence’s name in order to be able to adapt more to the English language. Exhibit catalogs also include the Alma name in the index group because the letter “A” is in front of the letter “T” in indexes. In fact, we did not separate the surname from the hyphen itself, but others have used it in this way and have been using it in the same way today…. Read more
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