Joseph Wright of Derby

Portrait of Joseph Wright of Derby

Joseph Wright of Derby was an English artist born on September 3, 1734. Wright of Derby contributed to the Romantic and Baroque movements and died on August 29, 1797. Get notified when Joseph Wright of Derby's biography is complete:

A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery

A lighthouse on fire at night

A Blacksmith's Shop

The Alchemist

Iron Forge Viewed from Without

The Annual Girandola at the Castel Sant’Angelo, Rome

Lake by Moonlight with Castle on Hill

Portrait of Gustave Doré

Gustave Doré

Father of Horror, Father of Fantasy

Portrait of John Constable

John Constable

Nature wins, every time

Portrait of George Stubbs

George Stubbs

Portrait of Artemisia Gentileschi

Artemisia Gentileschi

Heads will roll

Johannes Vermeer

Can you cheat at art?

Portrait of Frans Snyders

Frans Snyders

Harnessing the power of the diagonal line

A disgraced silversmith, last of a dynasty

François-Thomas Germain

We're all young and hot — let's make out

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Joseph Wright of Derby

Renaissance painter wins the internet

A feminist prodigy charms the European elite

Angelica Kauffmann

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