Richard Wilson Ceyx and Alcyone Painting ID:: 35402 new10/Richard Wilson-382662.jpg
Ceyx and Alcyone mk102
1768
Oil on canvas
101.6x127.1cm
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Richard Wilson River Scene with Castle, Painting ID:: 61616 new21/Richard Wilson-669398.jpg
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 Painting ID:: 68811 new23/Richard Wilson-653867.jpg
the destruction of the children of niobe 1760 oil on canvas 147.4x188cm
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Richard Wilson the thames near twickemham Painting ID:: 68854 new23/Richard Wilson-744934.jpg
the thames near twickemham 1762 oil on canvas 56x88cm
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Richard Wilson The Temple of the Sybil and the Campagna, Painting ID:: 75958 new24/Richard Wilson-679844.jpg
The Temple of the Sybil and the Campagna, The Temple of the Sybil and the Campagna, c. 1765, oil on canvas painting by Richard Wilson, Kimbell Art Museum.
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Richard Wilson Portrait of Francesco Zuccarelli (1702-1788), Italian painter Painting ID:: 78061 new24/Richard Wilson-699396.jpg
Portrait of Francesco Zuccarelli (1702-1788), Italian painter 1751
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Richard Wilson Landscape Capriccio with Tomb of the Horatii and Curiatii, and the Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli Painting ID:: 84376 new25/Richard Wilson-989978.jpg
Landscape Capriccio with Tomb of the Horatii and Curiatii, and the Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli Date 1754(1754)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 99.1 x 134.5 cm (39 x 53 in)
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Richard Wilson Meleager and Atalanta Painting ID:: 89165 new25/Richard Wilson-557549.jpg
Meleager and Atalanta c. 1770(1770)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions Height: 1,045 cm (411.4 in). Width: 1,295 cm (509.8 in).
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Richard Wilson Hounslow Heath Painting ID:: 89869 new25/Richard Wilson-577577.jpg
Hounslow Heath 1770(1770)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 43 x 53 cm
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Richard Wilson Ariccia, umgesturtzter Baum Painting ID:: 90674 new25/Richard Wilson-345333.jpg
Ariccia, umgesturtzter Baum c. 1750(1750)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 47.5 x 73 cm (18.7 x 28.7 in)
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Richard Wilson Ruinen der Villa des Maecenas in Tivoli Painting ID:: 91564 new25/Richard Wilson-469987.jpg
Ruinen der Villa des Maecenas in Tivoli c. 1757(1757)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 122 x 170 cm
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Richard Wilson Ruinen der Villa des Maecenas in Tivoli Painting ID:: 91706 new25/Richard Wilson-765557.jpg
Ruinen der Villa des Maecenas in Tivoli c. 1757(1757)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 122 X 170 cm
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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.