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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

John George Brown (1831 - 1913)
John George Brown
1831 - 1913
John Schuppe ()
John Schuppe
John Wakelin ()
John Wakelin
John Baptiste Medina (1659 - 1710)
John Baptiste Medina
1659 - 1710
Euan Uglow (1932 - 2000)
Euan Uglow
1932 - 2000
William Havell (1782 - 1857)
William Havell
1782 - 1857
Louis Laroche ()
Louis Laroche
Paul Merrick (1973)
Paul Merrick
1973
Andries Scheerboom (1832 - 1891)
Andries Scheerboom
1832 - 1891
John Bellany (1942 - 2013)
John Bellany
1942 - 2013
Paul Nash (1889 - 1946)
Paul Nash
1889 - 1946
Jack Banham Coggins (1911 - 2006)
Jack Banham Coggins
1911 - 2006
Basil James Nightingale (1864 - 1960)
Basil James Nightingale
1864 - 1960
Thomas Blinks (1860 - 1912)
Thomas Blinks
1860 - 1912
Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888 - 1935)
Thomas Edward Lawrence
1888 - 1935
John Houle ()
John Houle

Creators Neoclassicism

François-André Vincent (1746 - 1816)
François-André Vincent
1746 - 1816
Léon Fleury (1804 - 1858)
Léon Fleury
1804 - 1858
Eugène Deshayes (1828 - 1890)
Eugène Deshayes
1828 - 1890
Constant-Joseph Brochart (1816 - 1889)
Constant-Joseph Brochart
1816 - 1889
Franz Xaver von Hofstetten (1811 - 1883)
Franz Xaver von Hofstetten
1811 - 1883
Friedrich Adolph Arnold (1831 - 1862)
Friedrich Adolph Arnold
1831 - 1862
Ludwig Lange (1808 - 1868)
Ludwig Lange
1808 - 1868
Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872 - 1945)
Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale
1872 - 1945
Pierre Tétar van Elven (1828 - 1908)
Pierre Tétar van Elven
1828 - 1908
Friedrich Nerly (1807 - 1878)
Friedrich Nerly
1807 - 1878
Felix Hippolyte Lanoue (1812 - 1872)
Felix Hippolyte Lanoue
1812 - 1872
Francis Danby (1793 - 1861)
Francis Danby
1793 - 1861
Alexander Alexandrovich Sakharov (1856 - 1914)
Alexander Alexandrovich Sakharov
1856 - 1914
Antoni Albertrandi (1732 - 1795)
Antoni Albertrandi
1732 - 1795
Thomas Sutherland (1785 - 1838)
Thomas Sutherland
1785 - 1838
Alfred Douglas (1870 - 1945)
Alfred Douglas
1870 - 1945