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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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The finding of Moses
1904(1904)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 137.5 x 213.4 cm (54.1 x 84 in)
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Painting ID:: 85686
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The_finding_of_Moses
1904(1904)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 137.5 x 213.4 cm (54.1 x 84 in)
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Sappho and Alcaeus
1881(1881)
Medium Oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 85947
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Sappho_and_Alcaeus
1881(1881)
Medium Oil on canvas
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The Triumph of Titus
Oil on canvas, 1885
Date 1885(1885)
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Painting ID:: 87715
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The_Triumph_of_Titus
Oil on canvas, 1885
Date 1885(1885)
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The Vintage Festival
1870(1870)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 77 x 177 cm (30.3 x 69.7 in)
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Painting ID:: 88752
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The_Vintage_Festival
1870(1870)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 77 x 177 cm (30.3 x 69.7 in)
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The roses of Heliogabalus
oil on canvas, 133 x 214 cm
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Painting ID:: 89421
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The_roses_of_Heliogabalus
oil on canvas, 133 x 214 cm
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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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