Joseph Wright, styled Joseph Wright of Derby, was an English painter who specialised in portrait painting and landscape art. He has been acclaimed as "the first professional painter to express the spirit of the Industrial Revolution".
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Artists born in the 1730s 6
About this person
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1734 to 1797 · aged 62
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