Alma-Tadema, Lawrence, Sir

1836 - Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema was born in Dronrijp on the 8th of January.

1852 - He entered the academy.

1859 - He assisted Leys in the hall of the hotel de ville at Antwerp.

1861 - His first great success was a picture of The Education of the Children of Clovis.

1863 - He painted Egyptians 3000 Years Ago. He married Marie-Pauline Gressin de Boisgirard.

1864 - He was awarded medals at the Paris Salon.

1867 - He was awarded medals at the Exposition Universelle.

1869 - He sent from Brussels to the Royal Academy two pictures, Un Amateur romain and Une Danse pyrrhique.

1870 - He returned to London with his three pictures including Un Jongleur.

1873 - He became a naturalized British.

1872 - He received a gold medal at Berlin.

1874 - He received a grand medal at Berlin.

1876 - He became an associate of the Royal Academy.

1879 - He became a Royal Academician.

1889 - He received a first class medal at the Paris Internation Exhibitions and became a member of the Royal Society of Watercolors.

1899 - He was knighted on the occasion of Queen Victoria's eighty-first birthday.

1900 - He received a first class medal at the Paris Internation Exhibitions.

1907 - He was included in the Order of Merit.

1912 - He died on the 25th of June.