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Joseph Wright of Derby

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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

1766

A lighthouse on fire at night

1770

A Blacksmith's Shop

1771

The Alchemist

1771

Iron Forge Viewed from Without

1773

The Annual Girandola at the Castel Sant’Angelo, Rome

1775-1776

Lake by Moonlight with Castle on Hill

1787
Portrait of Peder Balke

Peder Balke

Hard luck in the land of supernatural beauty

1804-1887
Portrait of Eugène Delacroix

Eugène Delacroix

Drama, movement and a search for the exotic

1798-1863
Portrait of George Stubbs

George Stubbs

1724-1806
Portrait of Elisabetta Sirani

Elisabetta Sirani

The mysterious death of a young art teacher

1638-1665
Portrait of Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Making a living from etchings

1720-1778
Portrait of Louise Moillon

Louise Moillon

The original peaches-as-butts emoji

1610-1696
17011800
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
Joseph Ducreux
A feminist prodigy charms the European elite
Angelica Kauffmann

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