Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: Ka oge na-aga, ihe Alma-Tadema na-arụ ji nwayọọ nwayọọ na-ebelata, ma n'ihi ọrịa ya ma n'ihi otú o si chọọ ụlọ ọhụrụ ya mma, bụ́ nke ọ kwagara na ya n'afọ 1883. N'agbanyeghị nke ahụ, ọ gara n'ihu igosi ihe n'afọ ndị 1880 na n'ime afọ iri na-esote, na-enweta ọtụtụ otito n'ụzọ, gụnyere nrite nke nsọpụrụ na Paris Exposition Universelle nke 1889, nhọpụta maka ịbụ onye otu nsọpụrụ nke Oxford University Dramatic Society na 1890, na Nnukwu Ọlaedo Nnukwu na International Exposition na Brussels nke 1897. N'afọ 1899, a họpụtara ya ka ọ bụrụ onye agha na England, ọ bụ naanị onye na-ese ihe nke asatọ si na kọntinent iji nweta nsọpụrụ a. Ọ bụghị naanị na o nyere aka na nhazi nke ngalaba ndị Britain na 1900 Exposition Universelle na Paris, o gosipụtara ọrụ abụọ nke mere ka o nweta Grand Prix Diploma. O nyekwara aka na
St. Louis World's Fair nke 1904 ebe e gosipụtara ya nke ọma ma nabata ya.