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- Richard Wilson was one of the earliest major British landscape painters, whose works combine a mood of classical serenity with picturesque effects. In 1729 Wilson studied portraiture with Thomas Wright in London and after about 1735 worked on his own in this genre.
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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 ...
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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.
Richard Wilson RA (1 August 1714 – 15 May 1782) was an influential Welsh landscape painter, who worked in Britain and Italy.
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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British painter, born in rural north Wales, the son of a well-connected clergyman who encouraged his interest in art as well as giving him a good classical education. Wilson became the leading British landscape painter of his generation, but initially he seems to have worked mainly as a portraitist.
Richard Wilson, considered the “father” of British landscape painting, is perhaps Wales’s greatest artist. Ellen Castelow. 3 min read. Richard Wilson was born in the village of Penegoes in rural North Wales on 1st August 1714.
Richard Wilson. 1713/14 - 1782. Wilson was a pioneer of landscape painting in Britain. He visited Italy and, in Rome, met the French painter Joseph Vernet, who encouraged his interest in landscape.
