painted Junger Mann mit Pfeife in 1681  Related Paintings of Michel Gobin :. | sonia | Ethiopian king meeting ambasadors of Persia | Sturm auf Cap Ampeglio | Portrait of the Actress Babette Cochois | junius, |
Related Artists:
Richard Wilson
1713-1782 British Richard Wilson Galleries
Shool of Bologna
1333
WRIGHT, Joseph
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).