Our February Picture of the Month is 'Mr and Mrs Thomas Coltman' by Joseph Wright 'of Derby'. Find out more here: http://bit.ly/1AcqG3y
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Wright_of_Derby
Joseph Wright 
Self-portrait ca. 1780, oil on canvas, in the Yale Center for British Art
Born 3 September 1734
Derby Died 29 August 1797 (aged 62)
Derby Residence Derby Nationality English Other names Wright of Derby Occupation Painter
Joseph Wright (3 September 1734 – 29 August 1797), styled Wright of Derby, was anEnglish landscape and portrait painter. He has been acclaimed as "the first professional painter to express the spirit of the Industrial Revolution".[1]
Wright is notable for his use of Chiaroscuro effect, which emphasises the contrast of light and dark, and for his paintings of candle-lit subjects. His paintings of the birth of science out of alchemy, often based on the meetings of the Lunar Society, a group of very influential scientists and industrialists living in the English Midlands, are a significant record of the struggle of science against religious values in the period known as the Age of Enlightenment.
Many of Wright's paintings and drawings are owned by Derby City Council, and are on display at the Derby Museum and Art Gallery.
Our February Picture of the Month is 'Mr and Mrs Thomas Coltman' by Joseph Wright 'of Derby'. Find out more here: http://bit.ly/1AcqG3y
| Joseph Wright | |
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Self-portrait ca. 1780, oil on canvas, in the Yale Center for British Art
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| Born | 3 September 1734 Derby |
| Died | 29 August 1797 (aged 62) Derby |
| Residence | Derby |
| Nationality | English |
| Other names | Wright of Derby |
| Occupation | Painter |
Joseph Wright (3 September 1734 – 29 August 1797), styled Wright of Derby, was anEnglish landscape and portrait painter. He has been acclaimed as "the first professional painter to express the spirit of the Industrial Revolution".[1]
Wright is notable for his use of Chiaroscuro effect, which emphasises the contrast of light and dark, and for his paintings of candle-lit subjects. His paintings of the birth of science out of alchemy, often based on the meetings of the Lunar Society, a group of very influential scientists and industrialists living in the English Midlands, are a significant record of the struggle of science against religious values in the period known as the Age of Enlightenment.
Many of Wright's paintings and drawings are owned by Derby City Council, and are on display at the Derby Museum and Art Gallery.
Joseph Wright of Derby was born #onthisday in 1734. Here's one of his drawings http://ow.ly/B1zxT
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