Dimensions: support: 419 x 521 mm
Copyright: CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: This is "View near the Loggerheads, Denbigh" by Richard Wilson. It's an oil painting, and the muted colours create such a tranquil scene. What story do you think it's trying to tell? Curator: I see it as deeply rooted in the picturesque movement and the rise of landscape as a subject worthy of artistic attention. The figures almost become part of the landscape, don't they? Landscape painting gained prominence as national identity was being asserted. Consider the public's appetite for idealized views of the British countryside during a period of rapid urbanization. What does it suggest to you? Editor: So, it's not just about the pretty scenery, but about a sense of ownership and pride? I never thought about it that way. Curator: Precisely! And the placement of the figures serves to emphasize humanity's place within, and perhaps dominion over, nature. Food for thought, isn't it?
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The landscape painter Richard Wilson was born in Wales and wanted to apply the lessons he learned in the Roman Campagna, filled with ancient ruins, to the scenery of his native country. This unfinished Welsh landscape is unusual in showing a place with family associations. It is taken from a point close to Colomendy Hall, near Llanferres, where Wilson’s cousin lived and where he stayed regularly. Still, the distant view of mountains associates the landscape firmly with its Italian predecessors. Gallery label, September 2004
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