{{short description|British painter (born 1971)}} {{for|the American politician in Indiana|Richard B. Wathen}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Richard Llewelyn Wathen''' is a British painter born in 1971. He lives in Norfolk in England.<ref name="artnet">{{cite web | url=http://www.artnet.com/artist/423794985/richard-wathen.html | title=Richard Wathen | accessdate=2011-01-10 | publisher=artnet}}</ref> Wathen graduated with a BA in Fine Art Painting from Winchester School of Art in 1995 and received an MA in Fine Art from the Chelsea School of Art in 1996.<ref name="artnet" />
==Style== Richard Wathen's paintings are primarily portraits and his works have been compared to those of Thomas Gainsborough<ref name="NY Sun">{{cite web | url=http://www.nysun.com/arts/traditions-their-uses/58296/ | title=Traditions & Their Uses | accessdate=2011-01-10 | author=Goodrich, John | date=2007-07-12 | publisher=New York Sun}}</ref><ref name="NY Times">{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/06/arts/design/06smit.html?pagewanted=2 | title=Making an Entrance at Any Age | accessdate=2011-01-10 | author=Smith, Roberta | date=2005-05-06 | work=New York Times | pages=2}}</ref> in their subject matter and composition, though with a "strangeness"<ref name="NY Times" /> or "uneasiness"<ref name="ArtSlant">{{cite web | url=http://www.artslant.com/lon/events/show/46138-richard-wathen | title=Max Wigram Gallery: Richard Wathen | accessdate=2011-01-10 | publisher=ArtSlant}}</ref> about them, even something "eerie"<ref name="NY Sun" /> or "grotesque."<ref name="The First Post">{{cite web | url=http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/46795,in-pictures,arts-fashion,art-richard-wathen-touches-greatness | title=Touching Greatness | accessdate=2011-01-10 | author=Brown, Neal | publisher=The First Post}}</ref> His works are often described as being initially familiar,<ref name="The First Post" /><ref name="L&M Arts">{{cite web | url=http://www.lmgallery.com/exhibitions/richard-wathen/?view=pressrelease | title=Richard Wathen | accessdate=2011-01-10 | publisher=L&M Arts}}</ref> with their similarity to historical portraiture in composition and technique, but upon further inspection revealing "disquieting details"<ref name="L&M Arts" /> which contribute to the sense of eerie strangeness.
==Exhibitions== Wathen's works have been exhibited in numerous galleries in cities across Europe and the US including solo shows in London and New York City.<ref name="artnet" /><ref name="ArtFacts">{{cite web | url=http://www.artfacts.net/en/artist/richard-wathen-25618/profile.html | title=Richard Wathen | accessdate=2011-01-10 | publisher=Art Facts}}</ref> In 2004, Wathen contributed to the art exhibition, 100 MOTHERS at The Oxford House in Bethnal Green, London.<ref name="Mothers Flyer">{{cite web | url=http://www.sartorialart.com/mothers_show.html | title=Mothers | accessdate=2011-01-10}}</ref>
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