{{Short description|Painting by Richard Wilson}} {{Infobox artwork | image_file=File:Richard Wilson - Dinas Bran from Llangollen - Google Art Project.jpg | image_size=370px | title=Dinas Bran from Llangollen | artist=Richard Wilson | year=c.1771 | type=Oil on canvas, landscape painting | height_metric=180.3 | width_metric=244.8 | metric_unit=cm | imperial_unit=in | museum=Yale Center for British Art | city=Connecticut }} '''''Dinas Bran from Llangollen''''' is a 1771 landscape painting by the British artist Richard Wilson. It depicts a view of the medieval Castell Dinas Brân, seen from Llangollen on the River Dee in North Wales.<ref>Bindman p.38-39</ref> In line with the emerging Romanticism it exaggerates the scale of the fortress for effect rather than relying on topographical accuracy.<ref>Solkin p.238-39</ref> Wilson had spent several years in Italy which strongly influenced his style. He returned to Britain and painted many views of his native Wales. This painting was commissioned as one of a pendant pair along with ''View near Wynnstay'' by the Welsh Tory politician Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn for his London residence. They were produced to celebrate his coming-of-age in 1769. Williams-Wynn shared with Wilson a strong pride in Welsh history.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4989| title = Dinas Bran from Llangollen| last = | first = | date = | website = Collections.BritishArt.Yale.edu| publisher = Yale Center for British Art| access-date = 22 April 2026| url-status = live| archive-url = | archive-date =| quote = }} </ref> It was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1771 in Pall Mall.<ref>Solkin p.238</ref> Today the painting is in the Yale Center for British Art in Connecticut as part of the Paul Mellon Collection.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/dinas-bran-from-llangollen-245554 | title = Dinas Bran from Llangollen | last = | first = | date = | website = ArtUk.org | publisher = Art UK | access-date = 22 April 2026 | url-status = live | archive-url = | archive-date = | quote = }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Bibliography== * Bindman, David. ''The History of British Art: The history of British art, 1600-1870''. Yale Center for British Art, 2008. * Solkin, David H. ''Richard Wilson: The Landscape of Reaction''. Tate Gallery, 1982.
Category:1771 paintings Category:Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art Category:Landscape paintings Category:Paintings by Richard Wilson Category:Rivers in art Category:Wales in art
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