Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool
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Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool
Yale University Press, c2007
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This publication accompanies the exhibition Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool, organized by the Walker Art Gallery and the Yale Center for British Art, on view at the Walker Art Gallery from 17 November 2007 to 24 February 2008 and at the Center from 22 May to 31 August 2008
Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-207) and index
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In 1768 Joseph Wright left his native city of Derby and moved to Liverpool in search of recognition and success. Earlier the same year he had exhibited the masterly Experiment on a Bird in the Air-Pump to great acclaim in London, but he failed to sell the picture, and he would shortly be excluded from the Royal Academy. Liverpool offered him the opportunity to engage with wealthy clients who had little experience of art patronage. Wright painted portraits of the prosperous merchants and their families, and continued to develop the brilliantly illuminated subject paintings on which his reputation chiefly rests. This beautifully illustrated book examines Wright's remarkable impact on the artistic climate of the city of Liverpool, on its cultural institutions and on the other artists working there.
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