Richard Wilson
Landscape and Figures
About this artwork
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title:Landscape and Figures
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accession number:D 1356
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materials:Black and white chalk on paper
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date created:Unknown
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy transferred 1910
Richard Wilson
Richard Wilson
Wilson was the first British artist to paint classical landscapes, inspired by the work of Claude Lorraine and Gaspard Dughet. He was born in Wales, but moved to London to train with Thomas Wright, an established portrait painter. Wilson's early paintings were portraits, but he turned to landscape subjects during…