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A prominent figure in Cumbrian art history, Mathias Read was an 18th-century landscape painter whose work captured the region’s scenery during his long career. Often regarded as one of England’s finest landscape artists of his time, he produced hundreds of paintings that remain significant to local heritage. His legacy endures in Whitehaven, where his contributions to Cumbrian painting are still recognised.
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Mathias Read (1669-1774) Mathias Read has been described as the father of Cumbrian painting and was one of the finest landscape painters in England at that time. In his long life span he painted probably hundreds of paintings on a wide range of subjects. In Whitehaven he is still best know for one masterpiece - A Birds Eye View of Whitehaven c 1738 for as a picture paints a thousand words it provides more information about Whitehaven at that date than any other single document.
