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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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Alexander Munro
1825 - 1871
John Skinner Prout (1806 - 1876)
John Skinner Prout
1806 - 1876
Thomas Jones (1742 - 1803)
Thomas Jones
1742 - 1803
Josefina de Vasconcellos (1904 - 2005)
Josefina de Vasconcellos
1904 - 2005
Lionel Percy Smythe (1839 - 1918)
Lionel Percy Smythe
1839 - 1918
George Dawe (1781 - 1829)
George Dawe
1781 - 1829
Thomas Kitchin (1718 - 1784)
Thomas Kitchin
1718 - 1784
Hans Coper (1920 - 1981)
Hans Coper
1920 - 1981
Bryan Hook (1856 - 1924)
Bryan Hook
1856 - 1924
Henry Bryan Ziegler (1798 - 1874)
Henry Bryan Ziegler
1798 - 1874
James Lawton Wingate (1846 - 1924)
James Lawton Wingate
1846 - 1924
Tom Mosley (1927 - 2009)
Tom Mosley
1927 - 2009
Eugene von Guérard (1811 - 1901)
Eugene von Guérard
1811 - 1901
William Ellerby ()
William Ellerby
Will Roberts (1907 - 2000)
Will Roberts
1907 - 2000
Michael Glancy (1950 - 2020)
Michael Glancy
1950 - 2020

Creators Neoclassicism

Walenty Wańkowicz (1800 - 1842)
Walenty Wańkowicz
1800 - 1842
Rudolf Alfred Höger (1877 - 1930)
Rudolf Alfred Höger
1877 - 1930
Alexey Alexandrovich Vasilyev (1811 - 1879)
Alexey Alexandrovich Vasilyev
1811 - 1879
Giuseppe Bernardino Bison (1762 - 1844)
Giuseppe Bernardino Bison
1762 - 1844
Simeon Solomon (1840 - 1905)
Simeon Solomon
1840 - 1905
Joseph-Charles Valette (1813 - 1888)
Joseph-Charles Valette
1813 - 1888
Manuel Barron and Carrillo (1814 - 1884)
Manuel Barron and Carrillo
1814 - 1884
Charles Kuwasseg (1833 - 1904)
Charles Kuwasseg
1833 - 1904
Johann Jakob Frey (1813 - 1865)
Johann Jakob Frey
1813 - 1865
Modesto Faustini (1839 - 1891)
Modesto Faustini
1839 - 1891
Alfred Douglas (1870 - 1945)
Alfred Douglas
1870 - 1945
Mikhas Sevruk (1905 - 1979)
Mikhas Sevruk
1905 - 1979
Eduard Wilhelm Pose (1812 - 1878)
Eduard Wilhelm Pose
1812 - 1878
Allan Ramsay (1713 - 1784)
Allan Ramsay
1713 - 1784
Paul Armand Girardet (1859 - 1915)
Paul Armand Girardet
1859 - 1915
Charles Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894)
Charles Leconte de Lisle
1818 - 1894
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