Spring
Lawrence Alma-Tadema Β· 1894
Why it's great
A procession of women in colorful robes, with flowers, move along a marble street in an ancient festival, with the blue sea in the distance. Alma-Tadema loved to paint the warm Mediterranean world. The scene is rich in details. It's a bright vision of spring in the ancient world.
Where to see it
π Getty CenterLos Angeles, United States
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Lawrence Alma-Tadema was born in a village in the Netherlands and settled in London, England, in 1870. He became famous for sunny paintings of ancient Rome and Greece, filled with marble, flowers, and sea views. He was knighted and extremely popular during his lifetime. He died in Wiesbaden, Germany, in 1912.

