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WRIGHT, Joseph
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Landscape_with_Rainbow_wer
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c._1795
Oil_on_canvas,_81_x_107_cm
Derby_Museum_and_Art_Gallery,_Derby
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| c. 1795
Oil on canvas, 81 x 107 cm
Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby |
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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).
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