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, Joseph Wright of Derby

A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery

A lighthouse on fire at night, Joseph Wright of Derby

A lighthouse on fire at night

A Blacksmith's Shop, Joseph Wright of Derby

A Blacksmith's Shop

The Alchemist, Joseph Wright of Derby

The Alchemist

Iron Forge Viewed from Without, Joseph Wright of Derby

Iron Forge Viewed from Without

The Annual Girandola at the Castel Sant’Angelo, Rome, Joseph Wright of Derby

The Annual Girandola at the Castel Sant’Angelo, Rome

Lake by Moonlight with Castle on Hill, Joseph Wright of Derby

Lake by Moonlight with Castle on Hill

Joseph Mallord William Turner, The Artists

Joseph Mallord William Turner

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

Caspar David Friedrich, The Artists

Caspar David Friedrich

The quiet tragedy of the big big world

Théodore Géricault, The Artists

Théodore Géricault

Bigger is better

Caravaggio, The Artists

Caravaggio

How a murderer invented Baroque painting

Peter Paul Rubens, The Artists

Peter Paul Rubens

Great painter, perfect entrepreneur

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, The Artists

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Making a living from etchings

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

A feminist prodigy charms the European elite

Angelica Kauffmann

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