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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
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Painting ID:: 71492
A Philosopher Lecturing with a Mechanical Planetary
Date 1766
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 147,3 x 203,2 cm
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Painting ID:: 79458
Wright of Derby, Academy
Wright of Derby, Academy by Lamplight
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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 Artists to Joseph Wright: | Ubaldo Gandolfi | BARBARI, Jacopo de | Sir Hubert von Herkomer,RA,RWS | Brodero Mathisen | Giovanni del Biondo |
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