Joseph Wright of Derby
Joseph Wright
Self-portrait ca. 1780, oil on canvas,in the Yale Center for British Art
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Joseph Wright of Derby Art.West
an English landscape and portrait painter. He has been acclaimed as "the first professional painter to express the spirit of the Industrial Revolution"
Born
3 September 1734 Derby, England
Died
29 August 1797 (aged 62) Derby, England
Nationality
English
Occupation
Painter
adultbasic
Britain
era
1600-1800
Other names
Wright of Derby
Resting place
St Alkmund's Church, Derby
Works
An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump