Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Landscape with banditti: the murder

WILSON, Richard (1714-1782 Richard Wilson, originally from Montgomeryshire, is often called ‘the Father of British landscapes’ for the key role he played in the development of the tradition, though he initially trained as a portrait painter. He became the first major artist to popularize images of Wales that went beyond topographical accuracy. Caiff Richard Wilson, sy’n wreiddiol o Sir Drefaldwyn, ei alw’n aml yn ‘Dad tirluniau Prydain’ am y rôl allweddol a chwaraeodd yn natblygiad y traddodiad, er iddo hyfforddi fel peintiwr portreadau i gychwyn. Ef oedd yr artist mawr cyntaf i boblogeiddio delweddau o Gymru oedd yn mynd y tu hwnt i gywirdeb topograffaidd.)

The exaggerated gestures of the powerful murderer about to stab his pleading victim recall the theatre rather than real life. This is heightened by the dramatic moutainous landscape modelled on the work of Salvator Rosa, whose pictures were highly regarded by eighteenth-century connoisseurs.

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 69

Creation/Production

WILSON, Richard
Date: 1752

Acquisition

Purchase, 1953

Measurements

Height (cm): 73.8
Width (cm): 98.5
Height (in): 29
Width (in): 38

Techniques

oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting

Material

oil
canvas

Location

Gallery 04

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