Joseph Wright
1734-1797
British
Joseph Wright Gallery
English painter. He painted portraits, landscapes and subjects from literature, but his most original and enduringly celebrated works are a few which reflect the philosophical and technological preoccupations of the later 18th century and are characterized by striking effects of artificial light. He was the first major English painter to work outside the capital all his life: apart from spells in Liverpool (1768-71), Italy (1773-5) and Bath (1775-7), he lived and worked in his native Derby, though exhibiting in London at both the Society of Artists (1765-76, 1791) and the Royal Academy (1778-82, 1789-90, 1794 Related Paintings of Joseph Wright :. | Details of A Philosopher giving a Lecture on the Orrery | Matlock Tor | Sir Brooke Boothby | The Forge | Portrait of the Reverend Basil Bury Beridge | Related Artists: Antonio PugaSpanish Baroque Era Painter, 1602-1648 Nicolas NeufchatelNicolas Neufchâtel (fl. 1539-1567)
Alternative names Nicolas de Neufchâtel, Nicolaes Neufchatel, Lucidel
Description Southern Netherlandish painter and draughtsman
Murano, Andrea daRussian, approx. 1670-1740
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