Gallery

ID: #2817 | Symbolism | People

Date: 1874
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museum, Burnley, Lancashire
Dimensions: 218.4 x 166.4

The painting depicts a group of people in a historic interior that resembles a studio or gallery full of artworks. In the middle is painted an actor in costume, sharing the space with the painter and his model. The model sits in traditional clothing while the painter works on her portrait. In the background are other figures watching or engaged in their own activities. The work exudes an atmosphere of the Renaissance or Baroque period due to the rich decoration and details of the clothing.

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Alma-Tadema painted picture Gallery in 1874. Prevailing color of this fine art print is brown and its shape is portrait. Original size is 218.4 x 166.4. This art piece is located in Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museum, Burnley, Lancashire. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912). British painter of Dutch origin. He was educated at the Royal Academy of Antwerp. In 1870 he settled in England. Painted classical motifs - mostly luxury (and decadence) of the Roman Empire, its stature has advocated to the beautiful marble interior, against the background of dazzling blue sea and sky. Detailed and realistic prokresloval objects in his paintings, masterfully managed reflections marble, metal objects. He was obsessed with precision - often painted architecture or things according to reality (perhaps in a museum). He kept the flowers from Africa carry a large rush is painted until the fresh ... During his life he was an important painter of the Victorian era and gained a good position. After his death, his importance in the eyes of critics fell, but by the 60s of the last century is once again becoming popular and award-winning author.