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| Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797) |
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Artists who influenced Joseph Wright of Derby | The effects of light fascinated Joseph Wright of Derby. An attorney's son, he trained as a portrait painter in London, but he returned to Derby, the first major English painter to build his career outside the capital. With scientific experiments a source of general fascination, his meticulously painted figure groups in dark interiors illuminated by candles or lamps carried his reputation to Lo ... more (Google) | Artists who were influenced by Joseph Wright of Derby | |
 Rembrandt |  Blacksmith's Shop (Yale Center for British Art) |  Grotto by Seaside in Kingdom of Naples (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) |  John Downman |
 Thomas Gainsborough |  Cavern, Evening (Smith College Museum of Art) |  Sarah and Ann Haden (Worcester Art Museum) | |
 George Romney |  Corinthian Maid (National Gallery of Art) |  Penelope Unraveling Web (Getty Museum) | |
 Alexander Cozens |  Italian Landscape (National Gallery of Art) |  Academy by Lamplight (Yale Center for British Art) | |