Anna Alma-Tadema (British, 1865-1943) A Corner of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema's Studio 35.5 x 22.2 ...

Anna Alma-Tadema (British, 1865-1943) A Corner of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema's Studio signed and dated 'Anna Alma-Tadema/Sept. 1882' (lower left); inscribed and dated again 'Corner No.1 from studio/1882/Too late for criticism' (verso) watercolour over traces of pencil 35.5 x 22.2 cm. (14 x 8 3/4 in.) Footnotes: Provenance Private Collection, U.K. Anna Alma-Tadema was the second daughter of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, the foremost painter of Classical Antiquity of the Victorian era. An artist in her own right, Anna shared her father's fascination with antiquity. Described as 'a delicate, dainty artist who has inherited so much of her father's power for reproducing detail'1, she exhibited a small number of works across London and regional galleries. She produced a number of highly detailed watercolours, depicting the studio interiors of Townshend House, the Tadema family home until 1885, and 17 Grove End Road. See for example Interior of the Gold Room, Townshend House (Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City), Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema's Study in Townshend House, London, 1884 (Smithsonian Design Museum, New York and The Garden Studio (Royal Academy, 1887). Anna was committed to women's suffrage, and a signatory to the Some Supporters of the Women's Suffrage Movement of 1897. 1Helen Zimmern, Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema, RA, London 1902, p.8. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing