Classical chess art - Egyptian Chess Players by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
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Hello everyone,
Hello everyone,
Chess has been a major influence in art. We have a very nice copy of a painting by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (January 1836 – 25 June 1912) sent to us by Chess Blog friends www.blackandwhiteindia.com.
Sir Lawrence was a Dutch painter born in Dronrijp, The Netherlands, and trained at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium. He settled in England in 1870 and spent the rest of his life there. A classical-subject painter, he became famous for his depictions of the luxury and decadence of the Roman Empire, with languorous figures set in fabulous marbled interiors or against a backdrop of dazzling blue Mediterranean Sea and sky.
Merovingian themes were the painter's favorite subject up to the mid-1860s. It is perhaps in this series that we find the artist moved by the deepest feeling and the strongest spirit of romance. However Merovingian subjects did not have a wide international appeal, so he switched to themes of life in ancient Egypt that were more popular.
During the summer of 1864, Tadema met Ernest Gambart, an influential print publisher and art dealer of the period. Gambart was highly impressed with the work of Tadema, who was then painting Egyptian chess players (1865).
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Sir Lawrence was a Dutch painter born in Dronrijp, The Netherlands, and trained at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium. He settled in England in 1870 and spent the rest of his life there. A classical-subject painter, he became famous for his depictions of the luxury and decadence of the Roman Empire, with languorous figures set in fabulous marbled interiors or against a backdrop of dazzling blue Mediterranean Sea and sky.
Merovingian themes were the painter's favorite subject up to the mid-1860s. It is perhaps in this series that we find the artist moved by the deepest feeling and the strongest spirit of romance. However Merovingian subjects did not have a wide international appeal, so he switched to themes of life in ancient Egypt that were more popular.
During the summer of 1864, Tadema met Ernest Gambart, an influential print publisher and art dealer of the period. Gambart was highly impressed with the work of Tadema, who was then painting Egyptian chess players (1865).
From Alexandra Kosteniuk's
www.chessblog.com
Also see her personal blog at
www.chessqueen.com
Labels: chess art, chess painting, egyptian chess players, sir lawrence alma-tadema
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1 Comments:
At January 11, 2012 at 1:34 PM ,
alexis cochran, nz said...
Beautiful. WOuld love to own one of these.
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