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Richard Wilson
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Welsh landscape painter (1714-1782)
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Richard Wilson was a male painter and artist from the Welsh people. He was born in Penegoes and held citizenship in the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom. His professional focus included painting and landscape painting. He was a member of the Royal Academy of Arts and spoke English.
Wilson died on 1782-05-11 and is buried in Mold. His work was influenced by Claude Lorrain and Francesco Zuccarelli. His paintings are held in the collections of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Tate, and the National Gallery of Victoria. He is described by the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Family name
- Wilson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Penegoes
- Occupation
- artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- landscape painting
- Image
- Mengs - Richard Wilson.jpg
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- Commons category
- Richard Wilson (painter)
- Commons Creator page
- Richard Wilson (painter)
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- member of
- Royal Academy of Arts
- place of burial
- Mold
- influenced by
- Francesco Zuccarelli
- ethnic group
- Welsh people
- name in native language
- Richard Wilson
- P12749
- Bay
- date of birth
- 1714-00-00
- date of death
- 1782-01-01
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Works in European collections
4 objects attributed to Richard Wilson, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
