Wright's Shadows: Moody Genius Revealed
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Joseph Wright of Derby, renowned for his dramatic candlelit scenes, is reimagined in a new exhibition. The artist, who started by copying mezzotint prints, is now believed to have crafted his striking light-and-shadow effects specifically for mezzotint reproduction. The Shadows display at Derby Museums showcases over twenty paintings, prints, drawings, and an orrery from his key years, challenging the view of Wright as merely an Enlightenment hero of light and science. The exhibition highlights his night pieces that delve into themes like death, melancholy, morality, and the sublime. Wrights focus was mastering tenebrism, the intense play of dark and light, across various subjects. The exhibition features standout pieces like a philosopher lecturing on an orrery, a tense bird-in-the-air-pump experiment, and a lamplit academy drawing session. The Shadows show, featuring fifty works on paper, is on display from June thirteenth at Derbys museum and art gallery.
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