Richard Wilson
Welsh Romantic Painter, ca.1713-1782 was a Welsh landscape painter, and one of the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768. Wilson has been described as '...the most distinguished painter Wales has ever produced and the first to appreciate the aesthetic possibilities of his country.' Wilson is considered to be the father of landscape painting in Britain. The son of a clergyman, Wilson was born in Penegoes, Montgomeryshire. The family was an old and respected one, and Wilson was first cousin to Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden. In 1729 he went to London where he began as a portrait painter, under the apprentership of an obscure artist, Thomas Wright. From 1750 to 1757 he was in Italy and adopted landscape on the advice of Francesco Zuccarelli. Painting in Italy and afterwards in England, he was the first major British painter to primarily 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. According to John Ruskin, he "paints in a manly way, and occasionally reaches exquisite tones of colour." He concentrated on painting Italianate landscapes and landscapes based upon classsical literature, but when his painting The Destruction of the Children of Niobe (c.1759-60) won high acclaim he gained many commissions from wealthy families seeking classical potrayals of their estates.

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Richard Wilson Ceyx and Alcyone oil painting


Ceyx and Alcyone
mk102 1768 Oil on canvas 101.6x127.1cm National Museums
Painting ID::  35402
Richard Wilson
Ceyx and Alcyone
mk102 1768 Oil on canvas 101.6x127.1cm National Museums
   
   
     

Richard Wilson Lake Avernus I, by Richard Wilson, oil painting


Lake Avernus I, by Richard Wilson,
Lake Avernus I, by Richard Wilson, c. 1765
Painting ID::  61615
Richard Wilson
Lake Avernus I, by Richard Wilson,
Lake Avernus I, by Richard Wilson, c. 1765
   
   
     

Richard Wilson River Scene with Castle, oil painting


River Scene with Castle,
River Scene with Castle, 1751-1757, Richard Wilson V&A Museum no. 246&:1-1876
Painting ID::  61616
Richard Wilson
River Scene with Castle,
River Scene with Castle, 1751-1757, Richard Wilson V&A Museum no. 246&:1-1876
   
   
     

Richard Wilson the destruction of the children of niobe oil painting


the destruction of the children of niobe
1760 oil on canvas 147.4x188cm se
Painting ID::  68811
Richard Wilson
the destruction of the children of niobe
1760 oil on canvas 147.4x188cm se
   
   
     

Richard Wilson the thames near twickemham oil painting


the thames near twickemham
1762 oil on canvas 56x88cm se
Painting ID::  68854
Richard Wilson
the thames near twickemham
1762 oil on canvas 56x88cm se
   
   
     

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     Welsh Romantic Painter, ca.1713-1782 was a Welsh landscape painter, and one of the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768. Wilson has been described as '...the most distinguished painter Wales has ever produced and the first to appreciate the aesthetic possibilities of his country.' Wilson is considered to be the father of landscape painting in Britain. The son of a clergyman, Wilson was born in Penegoes, Montgomeryshire. The family was an old and respected one, and Wilson was first cousin to Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden. In 1729 he went to London where he began as a portrait painter, under the apprentership of an obscure artist, Thomas Wright. From 1750 to 1757 he was in Italy and adopted landscape on the advice of Francesco Zuccarelli. Painting in Italy and afterwards in England, he was the first major British painter to primarily 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. According to John Ruskin, he "paints in a manly way, and occasionally reaches exquisite tones of colour." He concentrated on painting Italianate landscapes and landscapes based upon classsical literature, but when his painting The Destruction of the Children of Niobe (c.1759-60) won high acclaim he gained many commissions from wealthy families seeking classical potrayals of their estates.

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