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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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Richard Wilson Landscape Composition with an Extensive View towards the Sea, and Figures in the Foreground
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Richard Wilson Distant View of Maecenas’ Villa, Tivoli
c.1756–7 -
Richard Wilson Lake Avernus
date not known -
Richard Wilson Strada Nomentana
c.1765–70 -
Richard Wilson Hadrian’s Villa
c.1765 -
Richard Wilson Maecenas’ Villa, Tivoli
c.1765 -
Richard Wilson Lake Avernus and the Island of Capri
c.1760 -
Studio of Richard Wilson On the Wye
date not known