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Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema
(1852 C 15 August 1909 in Hindhead) was from 1871 the second wife of the painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema and a painter in her own right.
A daughter of Dr George Napoleon Epps (who was brother of Dr John Epps), her two sisters were also painters (Emily studied under John Brett, a Pre-Raphaelite, and Ellen under Ford Madox Brown), whilst Edmund Gosse and Rowland Hill were her brothers-in-law. It was at Madox Brown's home that Alma-Tadema first met her in December 1869, when she was aged 17 and he 33. (His first wife had died in May that year.) He fell in love at first sight,and so it was partly her presence in London (and partly the fact that only in England had his work consistently sold) that influenced him into relocating in England rather than elsewhere when forced to leave the continent by the outbreak of the Franco Prussian War in July 1870. Arriving in London at the beginning of September 1870 with his small daughters and sister Artje, Alma-Tadema wasted no time in contacting Laura, and it was arranged that he would give her painting lessons. During one of these, he proposed marriage. As he was then thirty-four and Laura was now only eighteen, her father was initially opposed to the idea. Dr Epps finally agreed on the condition that they should wait until they knew each other better. They married in July 1871 and, though this second marriage proved childless, it also proved enduring and happy, with Laura acting as stepmother to her husband's children by his first marriage.
The Paris Salon in 1873 gave Laura her first success in painting, and five years later, at the Paris International Exhibition, she was one of only two English women artists exhibited.
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Hadrian Visiting a Romano
oil on canvas
Date 1884(1884)
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Painting ID:: 80403
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Hadrian_Visiting_a_Romano
oil on canvas
Date 1884(1884)
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Caracalla Sir Lawrence Alma
oil on panel
Date 1902(1902)
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Painting ID:: 80405
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Caracalla_Sir_Lawrence_Alma
oil on panel
Date 1902(1902)
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Saturnalia
oil on panel
Date 1880(1880)
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Painting ID:: 80406
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Saturnalia
oil on panel
Date 1880(1880)
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A Pyrrhic Dance Sir Lawrence Alma
1869 Guildhall Art Gallery London (England) Painting - oil on canvas Height: 40.59 cm (15.98 in.), Width: 81.31 cm (32.01 in.)
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Painting ID:: 80486
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A_Pyrrhic_Dance_Sir_Lawrence_Alma
1869 Guildhall Art Gallery London (England) Painting - oil on canvas Height: 40.59 cm (15.98 in.), Width: 81.31 cm (32.01 in.)
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A Greek Woman Sir Lawrence Alma
oil on canvas Height: 66.7 cm (26.26 in.), Width: 47.09 cm (18.54 in.)
Date 1869(1869)
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Painting ID:: 80570
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A_Greek_Woman_Sir_Lawrence_Alma
oil on canvas Height: 66.7 cm (26.26 in.), Width: 47.09 cm (18.54 in.)
Date 1869(1869)
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Laura_Theresa_Alma-Tadema
(1852 C 15 August 1909 in Hindhead) was from 1871 the second wife of the painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema and a painter in her own right.
A daughter of Dr George Napoleon Epps (who was brother of Dr John Epps), her two sisters were also painters (Emily studied under John Brett, a Pre-Raphaelite, and Ellen under Ford Madox Brown), whilst Edmund Gosse and Rowland Hill were her brothers-in-law. It was at Madox Brown's home that Alma-Tadema first met her in December 1869, when she was aged 17 and he 33. (His first wife had died in May that year.) He fell in love at first sight,and so it was partly her presence in London (and partly the fact that only in England had his work consistently sold) that influenced him into relocating in England rather than elsewhere when forced to leave the continent by the outbreak of the Franco Prussian War in July 1870. Arriving in London at the beginning of September 1870 with his small daughters and sister Artje, Alma-Tadema wasted no time in contacting Laura, and it was arranged that he would give her painting lessons. During one of these, he proposed marriage. As he was then thirty-four and Laura was now only eighteen, her father was initially opposed to the idea. Dr Epps finally agreed on the condition that they should wait until they knew each other better. They married in July 1871 and, though this second marriage proved childless, it also proved enduring and happy, with Laura acting as stepmother to her husband's children by his first marriage.
The Paris Salon in 1873 gave Laura her first success in painting, and five years later, at the Paris International Exhibition, she was one of only two English women artists exhibited.
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