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Richard Wilson is a painter who creates realistic and creative images of the world around him, often featuring his family. He has won awards, exhibited his work, and inspired others with his art.
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Richard Wilson (1714-1782) was a Welsh landscape painter who pioneered the genre in Britain and Italy. He painted idealised and classical landscapes influenced by Claude Lorrain and the Dutch tradition, and was a founder of the Royal Academy.
Learn about Richard Wilson (1713–1782), a pioneer of British landscape painting and a founder of the Royal Academy. Explore his artworks, biography and features on Tate's website.
Jul 31, 2020 · Richard Wilson was born on 1st August 1713 or 1714 in Penegoes, Powys, North Wales, the third son of its rector. Classically educated at home, he grew up to become the leading British landscapist of his generation and one of the great artistic pioneers of the eighteenth century.
Painting in Italy and afterwards in Britain, he was the first major British painter to concentrate on landscape. He composed well, but saw and rendered only the general effects of nature, thereby creating a personal, ideal style influenced by Claude Lorrain and the Dutch landscape tradition.
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- August 1, 1714
- Penegoes, Montgomeryshire, United Kingdom
- May 15, 1782
Richard Wilson (born August 1, 1713 or 1714, Penegoes, Montgomeryshire, Wales—died May 11, 1782, Colomendy Hall, near Llanferres, Denbighshire [now Clwyd]) was one of the earliest major British landscape painters, whose works combine a mood of classical serenity with picturesque effects.
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Learn about Richard Wilson (1713/14 - 1782), a pioneer of landscape painting in Britain who was influenced by Claude and Vernet. See his paintings of Italy and England at the National Gallery.
