Person:Richard Wilson (26)

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Richard Wilson
b.1 Aug 1714 Penegoes, Montgomeryshire, Wales
d.15 May 1782 Llanberis, Caernarvonshire, Wales
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m. 9 Feb 1709
  1. John Wilson1710 - 1785
  2. _____ Wilson
  3. Richard Wilson1714 - 1782
  4. _____ Wilson
  5. Peter Wilson
  6. _____ Wilson
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Name Richard Wilson
Gender Male
Birth[2] 1 Aug 1714 Penegoes, Montgomeryshire, Wales
Death[2] 15 May 1782 Llanberis, Caernarvonshire, WalesColomondie
Burial[1] 15 May 1782 Mold, Flintshire, WalesSt. Mary-at-Mold
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Richard Wilson (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 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". 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.

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  1. ↑ Collections, historical and archaeological, relating to Montgomeryshire and its borders. (London: Powys-Land Club, 1868-1942)
    Volume 17 page 251.

    The Remains of Richd. Wilson, Esq., Member of the Royal Academy of Artists, Interr'd May 15th, 1782; Aged 69.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stephen, Leslie, ed, and Sidney, ed Lee. Dictionary of National Biography. (London: Smith, Elder, 1885-1900)
    62:120-123.
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