Joseph Wright
1734 – 1797
English painter, generally known as Wright of Derby, who was a pioneer in the artistic treatment of industrial subjects. He was also the best European painter of artificial light of his day. Wright was trained as a portrait painter by Thomas Hudson for whom he worked as a drapery painter from 1751-53 and again in 1756-57.
20 artworks in collection
Locations
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Works
14751795
14751795
Museum
View of San Felice Circeo, near Gaeta, Italy
Private collection1475
An Academy by Lamplight
Private collection1769
Academy by Lamplight (detail)
Private collection1769
Portrait of Jane Darwin and Her Son William Brown Darwin
Private collection1776
A Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno
Private collection1780
View of Lake Nemi
Private collection1790
Self-Portrait Aged 59 in a Grey-Brown Coat
Private collection1793
Portrait of Rev. Christopher Alderson
Private collection1793
View of Vesuvius from Posilippo
Private collection
View of Florence and the Arno, Looking West
Private collection