Joseph Wright of Derby was born into the age of the beginning industrial revolution. Closely associated with his hometown of Derby, he developed an early interest in the natural sciences. Wright took his first steps as a painter during his apprenticeship with a portrait painter. He adopted the style of his teacher with moderate success. Profitable commissions failed to materialize.
Joseph Wright of Derby changed his style and incorporated his love of the scientific discoveries of his time into the paintings. Wright created the first painting of the Industrial Revolution, The Experiment with the Bird in the Air Pump. At the same time, he created a series of depictions of candle-lit people at the center of the painting. This way of depicting people was new and the artist received the long awaited attention. Derby went one step further with the positioning of scientific apparatus as the centre of his work.
He took up the style of chiaroscuro painting, which had already found its way into Dutch painting, and experimented with artificial light sources. Joseph Wright demonstrated his ability to depict landscapes in a realistic way in the play of light with Cave in the Evening. Repeated attempts at portraiture failed because of his realistic way of depiction, which was often not desired by the client.
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.jpg "Mrs Frances Hesketh by Joseph Wright of Derby")
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.jpg "A Cottage on Fire at Night, c. 1785-93 by Joseph Wright of Derby")
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.jpg "Vesuvius in Eruption, with a View over the Islands in the Bay of Naples by Joseph Wright of Derby")
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.jpg "Derwent Water with Skiddaw in the Distance, ca. 1795-6 by Joseph Wright of Derby")
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.jpg "Matlock Dale, Looking Toward Black Rock Escarpment by Joseph Wright of Derby")
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.jpg "Self Portrait at the age of about Forty, c.1772-3 by Joseph Wright of Derby")
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.jpg "An Eruption of Vesuvius, seen from Portici, c.1774-6 by Joseph Wright of Derby")
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.jpg "A Girl Reading a Letter by Candlelight, with a Young Man Peering over Her Shoulder, c. 1760-2 by Joseph Wright of Derby")
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.jpg "A view of Vesuvius from Posillipo, Naples by Joseph Wright of Derby")
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.jpg "The Iron Forge, 1772 by Joseph Wright of Derby")
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.jpg "A Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno, Sunset, c.1780-1 by Joseph Wright of Derby")
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.jpg "Penelope Unraveling Her Web by Joseph Wright of Derby")
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.jpg "A Conversation between Girls, or Two Girls with their Black Servant, 1770 by Joseph Wright of Derby")
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.jpg "Portrait of Miss Bentley, Seated Full Length, Wearing a White Dress, Holding a Rabbit in a Landscape by Joseph Wright of Derby")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Hon. Mrs. Boyle by Joseph Wright of Derby")
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.jpg "Cottage On Fire by Joseph Wright of Derby")
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.jpg "Landscape with Rainbow, View near Chesterfield by Joseph Wright of Derby")
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.jpg "Portrait of Mr. Anthony Greatorex by Joseph Wright of Derby")
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.jpg "Portrait of His Wife, Anne by Joseph Wright of Derby")
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.jpg "The Rev. and Mrs Thomas Gisborne, of Yoxhall Lodge, Leicestershire, 1786 by Joseph Wright of Derby")
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.jpg "Grotto by the Seaside in the Kingdom of Naples with Banditti, Sunset by Joseph Wright of Derby")
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.jpg "Sir Richard Arkwright, engraved by Joseph Jenkins, 1833 by Joseph Wright of Derby")
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.jpg "Anna Ashton, Mrs. Thomas Case by Joseph Wright of Derby")
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.jpg "Portrait of Mr. William Chase, Sr. by Joseph Wright of Derby")
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.jpg "Atelier de Marechal Ferrant in the 18th century by Joseph Wright of Derby (1771) by Joseph Wright of Derby")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Lady by a Garland of Flowers, in a Landscape by Joseph Wright of Derby")
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.jpg "Portrait of Sarah and Ann Haden by Joseph Wright of Derby")
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