Richard Wilson

1713–1782

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Biography

Richard Wilson (1 August 1714 – 15 May 1782) was an influential Welsh landscape painter, who worked in Britain and Italy. With George Lambert he is recognised as a pioneer in British art of landscape for its own sake and was described in the Welsh Academy Encyclopedia of Wales as the "most distinguished painter Wales has ever produced and the first to appreciate the aesthetic possibilities of his country". In December 1768 Wilson became one of the founder-members of the Royal Academy. A catalogue raisonné of the artist's work compiled by Paul Spencer-Longhurst is published by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.

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Artworks

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Richard Wilson Llyn-y-Cau, Cader Idris

?exhibited 1774

On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art
Richard Wilson Meleager and Atalanta

c.1770

On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art
Richard Wilson Distant View of Maecenas’ Villa, Tivoli

c.1756–7
Richard Wilson Westminster Bridge under Construction

1744
Richard Wilson Rome: St Peter’s and the Vatican from the Janiculum

c.1753

On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art
Richard Wilson The Thames near Marble Hill, Twickenham

c.1762
Attributed to Richard Wilson Lake, Ruin and Pine Trees

c.1765–70
Richard Wilson Lake Avernus

date not known

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