Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool
by Elizabeth E. Barker and Alex KidsonFormat: Trade Book
Pub. Date: 2008-02-28
Publisher(s): Yale University Press
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Summary
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 masterlyExperiment on a Bird in the Air-Pumpto 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.
Author Biography
Elizabeth E. Barker is Director of the Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, New York. Alex Kidson is Curator of British paintings at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.
Table of Contents
| Directors' Foreword | |
| Curators' Preface | |
| Notes to the Reader | |
| The Urban Renaissance in Liverpool 1760-1800 | p. 1 |
| The Liverpool Art Scene 1745-1770 | p. 21 |
| Swallowing up all the business: Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool | p. 41 |
| Printmaking and Print Collectors in the North West 1760-1800 | p. 85 |
| A Conversation of Girls: Wright and the British Visual Culture of Slavery 1760-1800 | p. 105 |
| Catalogue | p. 121 |
| Bibliography | p. 201 |
| Index | p. 209 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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