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rel: Balloonfest ‘86, Treb Heining and Balloons
- painted by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
In a banqueting-room with a reversible ceiling he once buried his guests in violets and other flowers, so that some were actually smothered to death, being unable to crawl out to the top.
In order to meticulously paint each petal one by one, Alma asked for the roses to be shipped from the French Riviera every week for as long as it took to complete the artwork.