![]() ![]() He was deeply impressed by Pompeii and abandoned subjects from Merovingian History in favour of more appealing Roman genre scenes. In 1863, Tadema made a honeymoon visit to Italy. I want one that everyone knocks their knees to pieces on' (Swanson, 1977). ![]() ![]() Leys encouraged him to develop realism and immediacy in his paintings, and criticised one of them: 'That is not my idea of a table. He received his art training in Antwerp at the Academy under Baron Gustave Wappers and from 1859 in the atelier of Baron Leys. His paintings are vivid realisations of scenes from classical life and history. Lawrence Alma-Tadema was a Dutch artist who exhibited in Britain from the mid 1860s and became a resident in 1870.
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