Wright, Joseph

Wright, Joseph

▪ English painter
byname  Wright of Derby  
born Sept. 3, 1734, Derby, Derbyshire, Eng.
died Aug. 29, 1797, Derby
 English painter who was a pioneer in the artistic treatment of industrial subjects. He was also the best European painter of artificial light of his day.

      Wright was trained as a portrait painter by Thomas Hudson (Hudson, Thomas) in the 1750s. Wright's home was Derby, one of the great centres of the birth of the Industrial Revolution, and his depictions of scenes lit by moonlight or candlelight combine the realism of the new machinery with the romanticism involved in its application to industry and science. His pictures of technological subjects, partly inspired by the Dutch followers of Caravaggio, date from 1763 to 1773; the most famous are The Air Pump (1768) and The Orrery (c. 1763–65). Wright was also noted for his portraits of English Midlands industrialists and intellectuals.

Additional Reading
Benedict Nicolson, Joseph Wright of Derby: Painter of Light, 2 vol. (1968); Judy Egerton, Wright of Derby (1990), an exhibition catalogue; Stephen Daniels, Joseph Wright (1999); and Elizabeth E. Barker and Alex Kidson, Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool (2007), an exhibition catalogue.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Wright,Joseph — Wright, Joseph. 1855 1930. British lexicographer and philologist who is best known for The English Dialect Dictionary (1905). * * * …   Universalium

  • Wright, Joseph — (1855 1930)    Born in poverty in Thackley, Yorkshire, Joseph Wright taught himself to read and write and educated himself to university level. He studied for a Ph.D. at Heidelberg, and served as Deputy Professor (1891 1901) and later Professor… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

  • WRIGHT, JOSEPH —    painter, usually called Wright of Derby, from his birthplace and place of residence nearly all his life; he excelled in portraits, and in the representation of the effects especially of firelight (1734 1797) …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Joseph Wright of Derby — Autoportrait 1780 Naissance 3 septembre 1734 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Joseph Albert Wright — Joseph Wright Joseph Albert Wright (* 17. April 1810 in Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania; † 11. Mai 1867 in Berlin) war ein US amerikanischer Politiker und zwischen 1849 und 1857 der 10. Gouverneur …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Joseph Wright (linguist) — Joseph Wright FBA (1855–1930) rose from humble origins to become Professor of Comparative Philology at Oxford University.Born in Thackley, near Bradford in Yorkshire, the seventh son of a navvy, he started work as a donkey boy (carriage driver)… …   Wikipedia

  • Joseph Wright (Philologe) — Joseph Wright Joseph Wright (* 1855 in Thackley, England; † 1930) war ein englischer Philologe und Dialektologe. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Joseph Wright (Gouverneur) — Joseph Wright Joseph Albert Wright (* 17. April 1810 in Washington, Pennsylvania; † 11. Mai 1867 in Berlin) war ein US amerikanischer Politiker und zwischen 1849 und 1857 der 10. Gouverneur von In …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Joseph Wright (linguiste) — Joseph Wright. Joseph Wright (31 octobre 1855 – 27 février 1930) est un philologue britannique, spécialiste des langues germaniques et des dialectes de l anglais. Issu d une famille pauvre du Yorkshire, il commence à travailler dès l âge de six… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Joseph Wright — Experimento con un pájaro en una bomba de aire, Joseph Wright, 1768 (Tate Gallery de Londres) …   Wikipedia Español

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”