1842-1910 Conrad Wise Chapman Gallery   Related Paintings of Conrad Wise Chapman :. | Appian Way | Via Appia | Stacked Swords | Mexican Scene | The Fifty-ninth Virginia Infantry--Wise's Brigade, probably |
Related Artists:
Adeodato Malatesta
Italy (1806 -1891 ) - Painter
Matteo Di Giovanni
Italian Early Renaissance Painter, ca.1430-1495
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).