1734-97 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 of derby :. | Self-portrait | Illumination of the Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome | Matlock Tor by Daylight mid | The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus or The Alchemist in Search of the Philosophers Stone | Portrait of Rev D'Ewes Coke, his wife Hannah and Daniel Parker Coke |
Related Artists:
Karl Kaspar Pitz
painted Portrait of a cleric a book in his right hand, by a marble bust in before 1795
Naish, John George
English, 1824-1905
Eugene Girardet
(Franco - Swiss, 1853 - 1907)