Anna Alma-Tadema

Anna Alma-Tadema ( Tadema; 16 May 1867 – 5 July 1943) was a British artist and suffragette.

Alma-Tadema primarily worked with drawings and paintings, creating many portraits and representations of interior scenes, flowers and buildings. She was influenced by her father, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, and showed her works at exhibitions with him and her step-mother, Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema (née Epps). Her work was shown at national exhibitions, including the Royal Academy of Arts and the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

Anna Alma-Tadema was recognized for her achievements as an artist at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and the 1889 Paris Exhibition.

Early life Anna Tadema was the second daughter of Dutch painter Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema and his French wife, Marie-Pauline Gressin-Dumoulin de Boisgirard, who lived in Brussels. Lawrence and his daughters then moved to England.

Sir Lawrence was inspired by words from antiquity and developed a style that was emulated by Laura, Anna and other artists. Once he died, the popularity of his works and style waned for about six decades. During her time as an artist, Anna Alma-Tadema created several portraits, representations of flowers, as well as watercolor depictions of house interiors and buildings. One such example of Alma-Tadema's portraits is Miss Tessa Gosse. This and other works, such as The Misty Valley and The Gold Room, were shown at the Royal Academy of Arts. The family home was extravagantly decorated by her father to resemble a Roman villa. was exhibited in 1893 at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Additionally, in 1885, she painted The Gold Room, which also represented the interior of the family home.

Alma-Tadema exhibited her works in England for approximately forty years, between 1885 and 1928. Although she resided in London, Anna Alma-Tadema also exhibited works abroad. In 1889, she won a medal at an exhibition in Paris.

Anna Alma-Tadema's works continue to be exhibited today. For example, the artist's works were included within the April 2011 Victoria and Albert Museum's exhibition, The Cult of Beauty: The Aesthetic Movement 1860–1900 in London, as well as the Clark Art Institute's 2025 exhibit A Room of Her Own: Women Artists-Activists in Britain, 1875-1945.

Selected works

Personal life Alma-Tadema was committed to women's suffrage and signed the Some Supporters of the Women's Suffrage Movement in 1897.

Neither Anna Alma-Tadema or her sister ever married. They did not enjoy successful careers in their later years.