Richard Wilson (painter), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Wilson (painter)

Welsh landscape painter

Date of Birth: 01-Aug-1713

Place of Birth: Penegoes, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 11-May-1782

Profession: artist, painter

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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.



Alternative names	Mengs
Description	German painter and art historian Neoclassical
Date of birth/death	22 March 1728	29 June 1779
Location of birth/death	Ústí nad Labem, Bohemia	Rome
Work period	1749-1779
Work location	Rome, Madrid (1761-1769), Dresden
Authority control	: Q76718 VIAF: 54179382 ISNI: 0000 0001 0857 5632 ULAN: 500009824 LCCN: n79089094 NLA: 36514878 WorldCat