40+ Landscape Mountain And Cows Richard Wilson Pics. Richard wilson, r.a., eighteenth century landscape and portrait painter. One work featured in the exhibition is a view of the castle at dinas brân richard wilson and the transformation of european landscape painting is at the national museum cardiff until 26 october.
His classical and welsh landscapes are reminiscent of the 17thc french artist, claude lorrain, who was very popular with art collectors of.
Wilson has been described as '.the most distinguished painter wales has ever produced and the first to appreciate the aesthetic possibilities of. 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. Dolbadern castle and llanberis lake. Richard wilson (scholar) (born 1950), british shakespeare scholar.