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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/richard-wilson-606" aria-label="More by Richard Wilson" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Richard Wilson</a>
LlynyCau Cader Idris
Presented by Sir Edward Marsh 1945
adults
Cader Idris
Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire
crater
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
figure
lake
landscape
mountain
people
places
rocky
serenity
Snowdonia
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK natural features
Wales
water: inland
<p>Richard Wilson paints Llyn Cau, a lake near the summit of Cadair Idris in North Wales. He heightened the precipice and included imagined landscape features to create a balanced, more ordered composition. The tiny people underscore the monumental scale of the scenery. Wilson suggests we are looking at an untouched paradise, ideal for contemplating nature. The figure with a telescope may reflect the fashionable enthusiasm for such remote scenery. The Welsh countryside particularly appealed to Wilson’s contemporaries because of the new taste for sublime awe-inspiring landscapes and the growing interest in Welsh history and culture.</p><p><em>Gallery label, February 2024</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
24 June 2002 – 21 May 2007
2007-05-21
24 June 2002 – 1 July 2003
2003-07-01
2002-06-24
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-06-24
Turner: Sublime Landscape
Collection based display
15 June 2005 – 4 September 2005
2005-09-04
15 June 2005 – 4 September 2005
2005-09-04
2005-06-15
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2005-06-15
A Picture of Britain
Exhibition
18 August 2009 – 14 November 2010
2010-11-14
18 August 2009 – 14 November 2010
2010-11-14
2009-08-18
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2009-08-18
Sublime
Collection based display
29 November 2012 – 24 July 2022
2022-07-24
1 December 2012
2012-12-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2012-11-29
Gallery 15
Collection based display
1 December 2012 – 30 June 2013
2013-06-30
15 December 2012 – 30 June 2013
2013-06-30
2012-12-15
Millennium Gallery (Sheffield, UK)
http://www.sheffieldgalleries.org.uk
2012-12-01
Force of Nature
Loan-out
6 March 2014 – 29 October 2014
2014-10-29
6 March 2014 – 1 June 2014
2014-06-01
2014-03-06
Yale Center for British Art (New Haven, USA)
http://ycba.yale.edu/index.asp
5 July 2014 – 29 October 2014
2014-10-29
2014-07-05
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales (Cardiff, UK)
2014-03-06
Richard Wilson and the Transformation of European Art
Loan-out
26 September 2022
26 September 2022
2022-09-26
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2022-09-26
Gallery 15
Collection based display
Llyn-y-Cau, Cader Idris
support: 511 × 730 mm
frame: 670 × 895 × 73 mm
Presented by Sir Edward Marsh 1945
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<p>Richard Wilson paints Llyn Cau, a lake near the summit of Cadair Idris in North Wales. He heightened the precipice and included imagined landscape features to create a balanced, more ordered composition. The tiny people underscore the monumental scale of the scenery. Wilson suggests we are looking at an untouched paradise, ideal for contemplating nature. The figure with a telescope may reflect the fashionable enthusiasm for such remote scenery. The Welsh countryside particularly appealed to Wilson’s contemporaries because of the new taste for sublime awe-inspiring landscapes and the growing interest in Welsh history and culture. </p>
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