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Richard Wilson

1714 - 1782

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Wilson is the 1,258th most popular painter (down from 1,177th in 2019), the 2,685th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,224th in 2019) and the 47th most popular British Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Richard Wilson ranks 1,258 out of 2,023. Before him are Ellen Thesleff, Jacob de Gheyn II, Matthias Stom, Louise Moillon, François-Hubert Drouais, and Gustaf Cederström. After him are Lilla Cabot Perry, Gustave Le Gray, Theodor Aman, Lygia Clark, Jan Frans van Bloemen, and François Marius Granet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1714, Richard Wilson ranks 22. Before him are Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia, George Whitefield, Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Rotenburg, Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi, Anna Morandi Manzolini, and Princess Anne Charlotte of Lorraine. After him are René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, Suleiman II of Persia, Ranieri de' Calzabigi, Philippine Élisabeth d'Orléans, Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch, and Kosmas the Aetolian. Among people deceased in 1782, Richard Wilson ranks 27. Before him are Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet, Princess Maria Carolina of Savoy, Princess Maria Christina of Saxony, Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Christine Kirch, and Anna Dorothea Therbusch. After him are Sava Petrović, Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau, Sadeq Khan Zand, José Cadalso, Elisabeth Christina von Linné, and Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Wilson ranks 2,686 out of 8,785. Before him are Philip Kerr (1956), Ivor Richard (1932), Jackie Oliver (1942), John McDouall Stuart (1815), Alexander Gardner (1821), and Isabella of Scotland, Duchess of Brittany (1426). After him are Christopher Robin Milne (1920), Marjorie Bruce (1297), Alan Sillitoe (1928), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (1967), Ken Armstrong (1924), and Bill Slater (1927).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Richard Wilson ranks 47. Before him are Dora Carrington (1893), George Romney (1734), Frank Dicksee (1853), Robert Peake the Elder (1551), Thomas Hill (1829), and Arthur Hughes (1832). After him are George Dawe (1781), John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836), George Turner (1841), Alan Lee (1947), Allen Jones (1937), and Herbert James Draper (1863).

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