1734-1797
-Enjoyed Panting Industrial Subjects
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-First Exhibit-London at the Society of Artists in 1765 (age 31)
"Three Persons Viewing the Gladiator by Candlelight"
-Considered the Best European Painter of Light (for his time)
"An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump", 1768
-shocking picture due to subject matter
-Member of the Lunar Society
-Meets and is greatly influenced by Dr. Erasmus Darwin (grandfather of evolutionist Charles Darwin)
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Interesting Fact: Wright witnessed the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius while visiting Italy, which inspired him to paint ~30 vocano pictures.
Vesuvius
