At the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War, LAT
's father, Dutch painterLourens Alma-Tadema
, moved with his motherless children from Europe to England to settle in London, where he became known as Lawrence.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Laurence Alma-Tadema
LAT
's father, painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema
, received from Queen Victorialetters of denization making him a British subject.
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Laurence Alma-Tadema
LAT
's father, painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema
, made a second marriage: to Laura Theresa Epps
, who was not yet twenty and had been taking lessons from him.
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Laurence Alma-Tadema
LAT
fell in love with the Polish musician Paderewski
while he was sitting for his portrait to her father
.
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Laurence Alma-Tadema
Eminent painter Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
died at the German spa of Wiesbaden; his death transformed the life of his daughter LAT
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