Joseph Wright of Derby
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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 spi
Self-portrait, c. 1780
Self-portrait as a young man, 1765–1768, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump (1768)
The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus (1771)
Tenebrism
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Tenebrism, from Italian tenebroso, also occasionally called dramatic illumination, is a style of painting using especially pronounced chiaroscuro, where there are violent contrasts of light and dark,
Joseph Wright of Derby
…art. He has been acclaimed as "the first professional painter to express the spirit of the Industrial Revolution". Wright is notable for his use of tenebrism, an exaggerated form of the better known chiaroscuro effect, which emphasises the contrast of light and dark, and for his paintings of candle-lit…
John the Baptist (John in the Wilderness), by Caravaggio, 1604, in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
Martyrdom of St Andrew by Jusepe de Ribera, 1628 (Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest))
A Man Singing by Candlelight, by Adam de Coster, 1625–1635
Orazio Gentileschi Young Woman Playing a Violin