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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

Louis Laroche ()
Louis Laroche
Richard Doyle (1824 - 1883)
Richard Doyle
1824 - 1883
Benjamin Williams Leader (1831 - 1923)
Benjamin Williams Leader
1831 - 1923
Charles D'Oyly (1781 - 1845)
Charles D'Oyly
1781 - 1845
Elisa Sighicelli (1968)
Elisa Sighicelli
1968
John Virtue (1947)
John Virtue
1947
William Henry Hamilton Trood (1859 - 1899)
William Henry Hamilton Trood
1859 - 1899
Howard Hodgkin (1932 - 2017)
Howard Hodgkin
1932 - 2017
Joseph Farquharson (1846 - 1935)
Joseph Farquharson
1846 - 1935
Solomon Joseph Solomon (1860 - 1927)
Solomon Joseph Solomon
1860 - 1927
Jadé Fadojutimi (1993)
Jadé Fadojutimi
1993
John Smart (1741 - 1811)
John Smart
1741 - 1811
Kenneth Martin (1905 - 1984)
Kenneth Martin
1905 - 1984
Harry Watson (1871 - 1936)
Harry Watson
1871 - 1936
Alfred de Bréanski (1852 - 1928)
Alfred de Bréanski
1852 - 1928
Mary Edith Durham (1863 - 1944)
Mary Edith Durham
1863 - 1944

Creators Neoclassicism

Charles Robert Leslie (1794 - 1859)
Charles Robert Leslie
1794 - 1859
Kharlampi Dmitrievich Kostandi (1860 - 1917)
Kharlampi Dmitrievich Kostandi
1860 - 1917
Charles D'Oyly (1781 - 1845)
Charles D'Oyly
1781 - 1845
Henry Nelson O'Neil (1817 - 1880)
Henry Nelson O'Neil
1817 - 1880
James Fenimore Cooper (1789 - 1851)
James Fenimore Cooper
1789 - 1851
Rudolf Anton Guba (1884 - 1950)
Rudolf Anton Guba
1884 - 1950
Frederik Hansen Sødring (1809 - 1862)
Frederik Hansen Sødring
1809 - 1862
Friedrich Carl Mayer (1824 - 1903)
Friedrich Carl Mayer
1824 - 1903
Peter Busch (1861 - 1942)
Peter Busch
1861 - 1942
David Cox (1783 - 1859)
David Cox
1783 - 1859
Johannes Franciscus Spöhler (1853 - 1923)
Johannes Franciscus Spöhler
1853 - 1923
Washington Allston (1779 - 1843)
Washington Allston
1779 - 1843
Pierre Henri Révoil (1776 - 1842)
Pierre Henri Révoil
1776 - 1842
August Fink (1846 - 1916)
August Fink
1846 - 1916
Ralph Albert Blakelock (1847 - 1919)
Ralph Albert Blakelock
1847 - 1919
Félix Buhot (1847 - 1898)
Félix Buhot
1847 - 1898