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Richard Wilson

1713–1782 · British

Born
1713 · Penegoes
Died
1782 · Colomendy Hall

47 works in the Collect24 Registry

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Richard Wilson was a Welsh painter who specialized in landscape art and worked in Britain and Italy. He is recognized as a pioneer in British art of landscape for its own sake and was a founder-member of the Royal Academy in December 1768.

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Richard Wilson (1 August 1714 – 15 May 1782) was a Welsh painter who specialised in landscape art and 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 Encyclopaedia 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.

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Selected registered works by Richard Wilson

Selected from 47 works by Richard Wilson in the Collect24 Registry.

Richard Wilson, Cader Idris, with the Mawddach River

Richard Wilson

Cader Idris, with the Mawddach River, c. 1774

oil on canvas

89.8 × 105.5 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-112012

Richard Wilson, Lake, Ruin and Pine Trees

Richard Wilson

Lake, Ruin and Pine Trees, 1767

oil paint

88.9 × 68.6 cm

Tate

C24-462768

Richard Wilson, Maecenas’ Villa, Tivoli

Richard Wilson

Maecenas’ Villa, Tivoli, 1765

oil paint

25.4 × 36.1 cm

Tate

C24-462740

Richard Wilson, River View, on the Arno (?)

Richard Wilson

River View, on the Arno (?), 1760

oil paint

54.6 × 44.5 cm

Tate

C24-462527

Richard Wilson, House of Pompey at Albano

Richard Wilson

House of Pompey at Albano, 1753–56

Black chalk touched with white chalk on gray paper

21.9 × 38.1 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-572591

Richard Wilson, Tivoli and the Roman Campagna with a Man and Woman

Richard Wilson

Tivoli and the Roman Campagna with a Man and Woman, 1767

oil paint

99 × 125.4 cm

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

C24-452900

Richard Wilson, View of St. Peter's and the Vatican from the Janiculum

Richard Wilson

View of St. Peter's and the Vatican from the Janiculum, 1754

Black chalk with stumping, heightened with white chalk on blue paper; laid down on original paper mount with purple border

28.5 × 42.4 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-500832

Richard Wilson, The Thames near Marble Hill, Twickenham

Richard Wilson

The Thames near Marble Hill, Twickenham, 1762

oil paint

73 × 46.4 cm

Tate

C24-462918

Richard Wilson, On Hounslow Heath

Richard Wilson

On Hounslow Heath, 1770

oil paint

52.7 × 42.5 cm

Tate

C24-462808

Richard Wilson, The Cock Tavern at Cheam

Richard Wilson

The Cock Tavern at Cheam, 1745

oil paint

43.6 × 73 cm

Tate

C24-462790

Richard Wilson, Lake Avernus and the Island of Capri

Richard Wilson

Lake Avernus and the Island of Capri, 1760

oil paint

72.4 × 47 cm

Tate

C24-462699

Richard Wilson, Strada Nomentana

Richard Wilson

Strada Nomentana, 1767

oil paint

76.2 × 57.1 cm

Tate

C24-462686

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