What movement was William Richardson part of?

William Richardson was part of the British Romanticism and Impressionism movements.

Where can I see paintings by William Richardson?

Paintings by William Richardson are held by Victoria and Albert Museum.

William Richardson — Paintings, Biography & Famous Works

British

William Richardson is a British British Romanticism artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

William Richardson spent his life with a paintbox and a pocket rule, measuring shadows in Westminster Abbey because the stonework’s angles fascinated him. He wasn’t decorating; he was double-checking the masons’ math. That’s why his 1859 watercolour of Edward the Confessor’s Chapel reads like an architect’s notebook you can flip through—all the vault ribs line up. Find it next time you’re in the Abbey’s north aisle and compare the real fan vaulting to his crisp graphite underpainting.

Works by William Richardson

Edward the Confessor's Chapel, Westminster Abbey

Collections represented

Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.