All WRIGHT, Joseph's oil paintings
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Oil Pantings, Sorted from A to Z |
Other Information |
9764 |
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A Philosopher Lecturing with a Mechanical Planetary wr |
1766
Oil on canvas, 147,3 x 203,2 cm
Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby |
9763 |
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Earthstopper at the Bank of Derwent qr |
1773
Oil on canvas, 97 x 121 cm
Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby |
52523 |
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Experiment with the Air Pump |
c. 1768 Oil on canvas |
9767 |
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Indian Widow r |
1785
Oil on canvas
Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby |
9766 |
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Landscape with Rainbow wer |
c. 1795
Oil on canvas, 81 x 107 cm
Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby |
9765 |
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Miravan Opening the Grave of his Forefathers awr |
1772
Oil on canvas, 127 x 101,6 cm
Museum and Art Gallery, Derby |
23539 |
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The Forge (nn03) |
1772
Oil on canvas 121.9 x 132.1 cm 48 x 52 in
Collection of Lord and Lady Romsey Broadlands Romsey |
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WRIGHT, Joseph
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English painter (b. 1734, Derby, d. 1797, Derby).
Painter, known as Wright of Derby, where he was born and spent most of his life. He earned a living as a portrait painter, while he experimented with the effects of light and industrial and scientific subjects, reflecting the interests of his day. Two of his best-known works come from this period, A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery (1766, Derby) and An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump (1768, Tate).
. Related Artists to : | Sarah Miriam Peale | Pierre Auguste Renoir | Dickinson, Preston | Pieter van laer | Joachim Wtewael | |
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