After his reputation was shredded by Roger Fry, Alma-Tadema was almost forgotten. Why should his work now be revived?
Poynter
An unusual classical god in very peculiar circumstances: what took the goddess of love to the doctor?
His classical narratives are as sophisticated as Leighton’s, his spectacles as good as Gérôme at his best, and he made some of the best paintings of the Aesthetic movement.
Reviled through the twentieth century, in his day he was one of the most eminent British artists. Is he due a revival?
