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Joseph Wright of DerbyThe birth of science out of fire

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

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes

I didn't know Picasso but he knew me

1746-1828

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Every age has its Star Boy — might as well be J.M.W. Turner

1775-1851

Gustave Doré

Father of Horror, Father of Fantasy

1832-1883

Caravaggio

How a murderer invented Baroque painting

1571-1610

Rembrandt van Rijn

Your sins and your good deeds will leave a mark

1606-1669

Judith Leyster

Jovial portraitist forgotten for 200 years

1609-1660
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