Richard Wilson

1713–1782

Richard Wilson, ‘Llyn-y-Cau, Cader Idris’ ?exhibited 1774 — Llyn-y-Cau, Cader Idris ?exhibited 1774
License this image

In Tate Britain

Walk Through British Art

Free entry

In Tate Britain

Prints and Drawings Rooms

View by Appointment

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 is published by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.

This biography is from Wikipedia under an Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons License. Spotted a problem? Let us know.

Read full Wikipedia entry

Artworks

Richard Wilson, ‘Llyn-y-Cau, Cader Idris’ ?exhibited 1774

Richard Wilson Llyn-y-Cau, Cader Idris

?exhibited 1774

On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art N05596

Richard Wilson, ‘Meleager and Atalanta’ c.1770

Richard Wilson Meleager and Atalanta

c.1770

On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art T03366

Richard Wilson, ‘Distant View of Maecenas’ Villa, Tivoli’ c.1756–7

Richard Wilson Distant View of Maecenas’ Villa, Tivoli

c.1756–7

N00108

Richard Wilson, ‘Westminster Bridge under Construction’ 1744

Richard Wilson Westminster Bridge under Construction

1744

T03665

Richard Wilson, ‘Lake, Ruin and Pine Trees’ c.1765–70

Richard Wilson Lake, Ruin and Pine Trees

c.1765–70

N06267

Richard Wilson, ‘Rome: St Peter’s and the Vatican from the Janiculum’ c.1753

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 T01873

Richard Wilson Lake Avernus

date not known

N00267

Richard Wilson, ‘Lake Avernus and the Island of Capri’ c.1760

Richard Wilson Lake Avernus and the Island of Capri

c.1760

N00304

Features

Tate Etc

A Turning Leaf

Alexandra Harris

From laden apple trees to yellowing leaves, autumn – ‘the painter's season’ – has inspired generations of aritsts and writers

Read

The Craze for Pastel: Essay

Ruth Kenny

Ruth Kenny's essay on The Craze for Pastel in conjunction with a 2014 BP Spotlight display at Tate Britain ...

Related art terms

You might like

Thomas Gainsborough, ‘Pomeranian Bitch and Puppy’ c.1777

Thomas Gainsborough

1727–1788

William Taverner, ‘Italian Composition: The Outskirts of a Town’ ?1750–65

William Taverner

1700–1772

Thomas Jones, ‘Pencerrig’ 1772

Thomas Jones

1742–1803

Joseph Wright of Derby, ‘Vesuvius in Eruption, with a View over the Islands in the Bay of Naples’ c.1776–80

Joseph Wright of Derby

1734–1797

William Marlow, ‘Capriccio: St Paul’s and a Venetian Canal’ ?c.1795

William Marlow

1740–1813

Jean Baptiste Claude Chatelain, ‘A View of the Wrekin Hill from Ercall, Shropshire’ c.1748

Jean Baptiste Claude Chatelain

c.1710–c.1758

George Stubbs, ‘Horse Attacked by a Lion’ 1769

George Stubbs

1724–1806

George Lambert, ‘Classical Landscape’ 1745

George Lambert

1700–1765

Robert Adam

1728–1792

George Barret Senior

1728 or 32–1784

Philip James De Loutherbourg, ‘An Avalanche in the Alps’ 1803

Philip James De Loutherbourg

1740–1812

Francis Towne, ‘The Source of the Arveyron’ 1781

Francis Towne

1739–1816

John Downman, ‘Thomas Williams, a Black Sailor’ 1815

John Downman

1750–1824

John Taylor of Bath

1735–1806

Richard Cooper Junior

c.1740–c.1814