Early Life, Family and Training The story of Peter Alma begins in the tropical heat of Medan, Indonesia, where he was born on 18 January 1886. He was the son of Laurens Adrianus Alma and Cornelia Margareta Alma. Though his beginnings were tied to the distant reaches of the Dutch colonial world, his path was quickly set toward the artistic centers of Europe. His family eventually moved to the Netherlands, where the young man would begi…
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