The Favourite Poet (1888). Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Dutch-born English, 1836-1912). Oil on can
The Favourite Poet (1888). Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Dutch-born English, 1836-1912). Oil on canvas. Sargent’s criticism that Alma-Tadema had, ‘no knowledge of the fact that these materials [marble and metal] vary in colour according to the light playing upon them,’ led Alma-Tadema to improve vastly his sensitivity to colour nuance during his second English phase, which was just beginning. Certainly Sargent’s criticism was more valid at the start of the decade than at its conclusion. -- source link
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