Daily Archives: august 1, 2010
Richard Wilson(1 august 1714 – 15 mai 1782), pictor peisagist galez
Richard Wilson(1 august 1714 – 15 mai 1782) a fost un pictor peisagist galez si unul dintre membrii fondatori ai Academiei Regale in in 1768. Wilson este considerat parintele picturii peisagiste din Marea Britanie.
Fiul unui cleric, Wilson s-a nascut in Penegoes, Montgomeryshire. Familia sa erao o familie veche, respectata, Wilson fiind verisor primar cu primul Duce de Camden. In 1729 a plecat la Londra si a inceput sa picteze portrete sub indrumarea unui artist obscur, Thomas Wright.
Intre 1750 si 1757 a plecat in Italia si a studiat peisagismul sub indrumarea lui Francesco Zuccarelli, el fiind primul cel mai important peisagist britanic. S-a concentrat asupra peisagisticii si peisagisticii bazate pe literatura clasica, dar cand lucrarea sa „The Destruction of the Children of Niobe” (1759-60) a devenit de notorietate, a inceput sa primeasca multe comenzi de la familiile bogate care doreau portete clasice potrivite rangului lor.
- Richard Wilson – A View of the Thames
- Richard Wilson – Landscape
- Richard Wilson – Hounslow Heath
- Richard Wilson – Lake Avernus
- Richard Wilson – Meleager and Atalanta
- Richard Wilson – On the Wye
- Richard Wilson – River View, on the Arno
- Richard Wilson – The Cock Tavern, Cheam, Surrey
- Richard Wilson – The Inner Temple after the Fire of 4 January 1737
- Richard Wilson – The Thames near Marble Hill
- Richard Wilson – The-Falls-of-Niagara
- Richard Wilson – The-White-Monk
- Richard Wilson – Tivoli; Temple of the Sibyl and the Campagna
- Richard Wilson – Westminster Bridge under Construction
- Richard Wilson – Apollo and the Seasons
- Richard Wilson – Caernarvon Castle
- Richard Wilson – Croome Court, Worcestershire
- Richard Wilson – Dolbadarn Castle
- Richard Wilson – The Vale of Narni
- Richard Wilson – Solitude
- Richard Wilson – Francis Ayscough with the Prince of Wales
- Richard Wilson – Portrait of a Lady
- Richard Wilson – Francesco Zuccarelli
- Richard Wilson (1714-1782)
Tot in 1 august s-au nascut:
Jan van Scorel (1 august 1495 – 6 decembrie 1562), pictor olandez.
Sebastiano Ricci (1 august 1659 – 15 mai 1734), pictor italian baroc.
Daniel Hernández Morillo (1 august 1856 – 23 octombrie 1932), pictor peruvian.
Emily Shanks(1 august 1857 – 13 ianuarie 1936), pictorita engleza.
Din blogosfera.