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Richard Wilson (painter)
British painter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Richard Wilson RA (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[1][2] 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".[3] 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.[4]
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![]() Portrait of Richard Wilson by Anton Raphael Mengs (1752) | |
Born | (1714-08-01)1 August 1714 Penegoes, Montgomeryshire, Great Britain |
Died | 15 May 1782(1782-05-15) (aged 67) |
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