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Richard Wilson (painter)
Richard Wilson (August 1, 1714 - May, 1782) was a Welsh landscape painter, and one of the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768.
His landscapes were acknowledged as an influence by Constable and Turner.
Extant works include:
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Landscapes
- Caernarfon Castle
- Dolbadarn Castle
- Dover Castle
- Lake Avernus with a Sarcophagus
- Lydford Waterfall, Tavistock
- River at Penegoes
- The Garden of the Villa Madama, Rome
- Valley of the Mawddach with Cader Idris
- View at Tivoli
- View in Windsor Great Park
- Cilgerran Castle
- Classical Landscape, Strada Nomentana
- Conway Castle
- Dolgellau Bridge
- Italian Scene with an arch
- Acqua Acetosa, on the Tiber
- Coast Scene near Naples
- The Old Welsh Bridge, Shrewsbury
- Rome from the Ponte Molle (1754)
- Dinas Bran Castle, near Llangollen (1770 c.)
- Pembroke Town and Castle (1774)
Portraits
- Portrait of a Lady: Maid of Honour
- Self-portrait
- Boulter Tomlinson (1749)
- Sir Edward Lloyd (1750)
Other
- Ceyx and Alcyone (1768)
See also: English school of painting
External link
- http://www.newi.ac.uk/morrisge/wilson.htm -- "Richard Wilson, R.A. 1713-1782 Welsh landscape painter"
- Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle (c.1765)
Last updated: 10-24-2004 05:10:45