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Oil On Canvas, Real Flavor of Old Masters
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WRIGHT, Joseph
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Indian Widow r
Painting ID:: 9767 WRIGHT, Joseph5.jpg
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WRIGHT, Joseph
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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). |
Indian Widow r |
1785
Oil on canvas
Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby |
Related Paintings::. | Seated Woman | Landscape with the Temptation of Saint Anthony | Autumn in America, Oneida County | |
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