Wright of Derby

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:artworkLocation gptkb:Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:National_Gallery,_London
gptkb:Tate_Britain
gptkb:Derby_Museum_and_Art_Gallery
gptkbp:birthDate 1734-09-03
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Derby,_England
gptkbp:children gptkb:Joseph_Wright_Jr.
gptkb:Anna_Romana_Wright
gptkbp:deathDate 1797-08-29
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Derby,_England
gptkbp:depicts gptkb:scientist
volcanoes
philosophers
industrial scenes
portraits of local people
gptkbp:education gptkb:Thomas_Hudson_(apprenticeship)
gptkbp:exhibitedAt gptkb:Royal_Academy_of_Arts
gptkb:Society_of_Artists_of_Great_Britain
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Joseph_Wright
gptkbp:genre gptkb:landscape
gptkb:portrait
history painting
scientific painting
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wright of Derby
gptkbp:influenced British landscape painting
scientific illustration in art
gptkbp:influencedBy Enlightenment thinkers
Caravaggio (chiaroscuro technique)
gptkbp:knownFor depictions of scientific subjects
use of chiaroscuro
gptkbp:memberOf Lunar Society (associated)
gptkbp:movement gptkb:Enlightenment
gptkb:Romanticism
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:A_Philosopher_Lecturing_on_the_Orrery
gptkb:An_Experiment_on_a_Bird_in_the_Air_Pump
gptkb:The_Alchemist_Discovering_Phosphorus
gptkb:Vesuvius_in_Eruption
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:painter
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Liverpool
gptkb:Derby
Italy (briefly)
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:St_Alkmund's_Church,_Derby
gptkbp:signature Joseph Wright signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ann_Swift
gptkbp:subjectOf biographies
art historical studies
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Frick_Collection
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5