Joseph Wright of Derby - Wikipedia
Joseph Wright ARA (3 September 1734 – 29 August 1797), styled Joseph Wright of Derby, was an English landscape and portrait painter. He has been acclaimed as "the first professional painter to express the spirit of the Industrial Revolution ".
Joseph Wright | Romanticism, Landscapes, Portraits | Britannica
Aug 30, 2024 — Joseph Wright (born September 3, 1734, Derby, Derbyshire, England—died August 29, 1797, Derby) was an English painter who was a pioneer in the artistic treatment of industrial subjects. He was also the best European painter of artificial light of his day.
Joseph Wright of Derby
Joseph Wright of Derby. Born in Derby in 1734, Wright is an internationally renowned artist, whose paintings and works on paper adorn the walls of major galleries the world over. Derby Museums is home to the world’s largest collection of his work.
Joseph Wright - 150 artworks - painting - WikiArt.org
Joseph Wright ARA (3 September 1734 – 29 August 1797), styled Joseph Wright of Derby, was an English landscape and portrait painter. He has been acclaimed as "the first professional painter to express the spirit of the Industrial Revolution".
Smarthistory – Joseph Wright of Derby, A Philosopher Giving a ...
The provincial English painter Joseph Wright of Derby became the unofficial artist of the Enlightenment, depicting scientists and philosophers in ways previously reserved for Biblical heroes and Greek gods.
Joseph Wright 'of Derby' (1734 - 1797) | National Gallery, London
1734 - 1797. Joseph Wright was born in Derby, the son of a local lawyer. Among his patrons were Wedgwood and Arkwright. Although some of his paintings have been associated with the Industrial Revolution of the 18th century, Wright's principal interest was in the dramatic rendering of light and shade offered by such subjects.
Joseph Wright of Derby: the everyday, the epic and the ...
Dec 18, 2023 — Joseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797) Derby Museums In 1768, Wright exhibited a further pictorial rumination on the everyday and the epic, a still larger and more spectacular scene of scientific demonstration, reflecting in this instance on matters of mortality.
Joseph Wright - National Gallery of Art
Joseph Wright was born in Derby on 3 September 1734, the third son of John Wright and Hannah Brookes. He trained with Thomas Hudson from 1751 to 1753, returned to Derby as a portraitist, but, "not being satisfied with himself," again studied under Hudson between 1756 and 1757, forming a lasting friendship with his fellow pupil John Hamilton ...
Wright of Derby, Joseph, 1734–1797 - Art UK
English painter, active mainly in his native town and generally known as ‘Wright of Derby’. He was one of the most original, versatile, and accomplished British artists of the 18th century and the first major English painter whose career was based outside London.
Joseph Wright of Derby 1734–1797 - Tate
Joseph Wright (3 September 1734 – 29 August 1797), styled Joseph Wright of Derby, was an English landscape and portrait painter. He has been acclaimed as "the first professional painter to express the spirit of the Industrial Revolution".
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