At around this time the painter produced a number of pictures featuring his charming young French wife as a model. On returning from Italy the young couple moved to Paris, where Tadema met the celebrated art dealer Gambert, who quickly realised the potential of his young Dutch friend. Whilst in Italy Lourens Tadema visited a number of times, and was fascinated by the newly excavated ruins of Pompeii, and kept a photographic record of these visits. In 1863 he married Pauline Gressin de Boisgirard, and they honeymooned in Italy, that magnet for most aspiring artists of the time. In 1862 Lourens visited London for the first time, where he saw and was impressed by the Elgin Marbles, as well as some ancient Egyptian artefacts. Born also at this time was his interest in the Ancient World and archeology, which became the driving force in his whole artistic career. In 1852 Lourens became a student at the Antwerp Academy, where he studied under a number of noted practitioners of the Romantic school. Shortly after his birth the family moved to the town of Leeuwarden, where in 1840 Tadema senior died. Pieter and Hinke were members of the Baptist Church, and from this puritanical background would come the work ethic which drove Tadema junior all his life. Laurens Tadema was born in Dronryp, Holland on January 8th 1836, the son of Pieter Tadema and his wife Hinke. This Website is Best Viewed Using Firefox The Art History Archive - Biography & Art
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