1734-97 English painter. He painted portraits, landscapes and subjects from literature, but his most original and enduringly celebrated works are a few which reflect the philosophical and technological preoccupations of the later 18th century and are characterized by striking effects of artificial light. He was the first major English painter to work outside the capital all his life: apart from spells in Liverpool (1768-71), Italy (1773-5) and Bath (1775-7), he lived and worked in his native Derby, though exhibiting in London at both the Society of Artists (1765-76, 1791) and the Royal Academy (1778-82, 1789-90, 1794).   Related Paintings of Joseph wright of derby :. | Penelope Unravelling Her Web | Portrait of Rev D'Ewes Coke, his wife Hannah and Daniel Parker Coke | Details of A Philosopher giving a Lecture on the Orrery | The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus or The Alchemist in Search of the Philosophers Stone | Sir Brooke Boothby |
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Christian Mali
painted Magd mit Kuhen an der Tranke am See an einem sonnigen Fruhlingsmorgen, Munchen in 1880
John Boultbee
British , 1753-1812
Orcagna
b Florence c 1320 d Florence 1368