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Joseph Wright

Joseph Wright, 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".

Wright is notable for his use of tenebrism, an exaggerated form of the better known chiaroscuro effect, which emphasizes the contrast of light and dark, and for his paintings of candle-lit subjects. His paintings of the birth of science out of alchemy, often based on the meetings of the Lunar Society of Birmingham, a group of scientists and industrialists living in the English Midlands, are a significant record of the struggle of science against religious values in the period known as the Age of Enlightenment.

Many of Wright's paintings and drawings are owned by Derby City Council, and are on display at the Derby Museum and Art Gallery.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:3 september 1734, Derby, United Kingdom
Date and place of death:29 august 1797, Derby, United Kingdom
Nationality:United Kingdom
Period of activity: XVIII century
Specialization:Artist, Painter
Art school / group:English School
Genre:Landscape painting, Portrait
Art style:Romanticism, Neoclassicism

Creators United Kingdom

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William Gilpin (1724 - 1804)
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Anthony Devis (1729 - 1816)
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Richard Cosway (1742 - 1821)
Richard Cosway
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Nathaniel Everett Green (1823 - 1899)
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Vivian Forbes (1891 - 1937)
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George Henry Boughton (1833 - 1905)
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Alexander Mackenzie (1923 - 2002)
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Edward Burra (1905 - 1976)
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William Paterson Ewen (1925 - 2002)
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Jeff Keen (1923 - 2012)
Jeff Keen
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Sarah Morris (1967)
Sarah Morris
1967
Forshaw Day (1831 - 1901)
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1831 - 1901
Bob Law (1934 - 2004)
Bob Law
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Anthony van Dyck (1599 - 1641)
Anthony van Dyck
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Louisa Anne Beresford, Marchioness of Waterford (1818 - 1891)
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Creators Neoclassicism

Léon Légat (1829 - ?)
Léon Légat
1829 - ?
Adrien Aimé Taunay (1803 - 1828)
Adrien Aimé Taunay
1803 - 1828
Jan Bogumil Rosen (1854 - 1936)
Jan Bogumil Rosen
1854 - 1936
John Watson Gordon (1788 - 1864)
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1788 - 1864
Hans Jakob Oeri (1782 - 1868)
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1782 - 1868
Albert Zimmermann (1808 - 1888)
Albert Zimmermann
1808 - 1888
James Ward (1769 - 1859)
James Ward
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Auguste Anastasi (1820 - 1889)
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1820 - 1889
Henri Schäfer (1833 - 1916)
Henri Schäfer
1833 - 1916
Bruno Lilyefors (1860 - 1939)
Bruno Lilyefors
1860 - 1939
 Victor Louis (1731 - 1800)
Victor Louis
1731 - 1800
James Otto Lewis (1799 - 1858)
James Otto Lewis
1799 - 1858
Joseph Birbeck I (1862 - ?)
Joseph Birbeck I
1862 - ?
Alexander Vasilievich Gine (1830 - 1880)
Alexander Vasilievich Gine
1830 - 1880
Ernst Stückelberg (1831 - 1903)
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1831 - 1903
Alexander Ivanovich Dmitriev-Mamonov (1788 - 1836)
Alexander Ivanovich Dmitriev-Mamonov
1788 - 1836
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