{"id":280071,"date":"2025-11-08T21:42:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T21:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/280071\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T21:42:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T21:42:17","slug":"exhibition-for-painter-that-puts-derby-on-the-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/280071\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibition for painter that puts Derby ‘on the map’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DerbyDerby Museums Trust<\/p>\n

The display in London is the first major exhibition of candlelight paintings created by Joseph Wright<\/p>\n

An exhibition of an artist that “puts Derby on the map” is under way at the National Gallery. <\/p>\n

The display in London is the first major exhibition of candlelight paintings created by 18th Century painter Joseph Wright, known as Joseph Wright of Derby.<\/p>\n

Wright, who is viewed as a painter who ushered in the industrial and scientific revolution in the 18th Century, was one of the first people to portray industry through art work alongside traditional landscapes and portraits. <\/p>\n

Lucy Bamford, senior curator of art at Derby Museums, said the exhibition – on display at the National Gallery until 10 May – was “absolutely spectacular”.<\/p>\n

As part of the exhibition, Derby Museums Trust has lent a number of pieces to be used in the event. <\/p>\n

Ms Bamford said: “We always knew he was this international giant of art but to see that being played out on the national stage is so great.”<\/p>\n

With more than 20 works, including other paintings, mezzotints, works on paper and objects, the exhibition explores both Wright’s “artistic practice<\/a> and the historic context of scientific and artistic development in which they were made”.<\/p>\n

\"DerbyDerby Museums Trust<\/p>\n

Joseph Wright of Derby was known for showcasing the industrial and scientific revolution in his paintings<\/p>\n

Ms Bamford told the BBC the exhibition would come to Derby in June 2026 and would feature the An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump painting, which she said was “possibly Wright’s masterpiece”. <\/p>\n

“It’s certainly one of his most iconic works of art and it’s coming back to Derby, the place where it was painted, for the first time in 80 years, so that’s a really big coup,” Ms Bamford added. <\/p>\n

Ms Bamford said she hoped the exhibition at the National Gallery would attract new audiences to Derby to see the “broader collection” of work at Derby Museum and Art Gallery. <\/p>\n

She told the BBC she wondered whether did “Wright make Derby or did Derby make Wright”.<\/p>\n

“I think Wright’s one of the things that puts Derby on the map,” Ms Bamford added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Derby Museums Trust The display in London is the first major exhibition of candlelight paintings created by Joseph…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":{"0":"post-280071","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}