1734 - 1797
Joseph Wright (3 September 1734 – 29 August 1797), styled Joseph Wright of Derby, was an English landscape and portrait painter. He has been acclaimed as "the first professional painter to express the spirit of the Industrial Revolution".Wright is notable for his use of tenebrism, an exaggerated form of the better known chiaroscuro effect, which emphasizes the contrast of light and dark, and for his paintings of candle-lit subjects. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Wright of Derby has received more than 398,028 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Joseph Wright of Derby is the 340th most popular painter (up from 437th in 2019), the 765th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 933rd in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Painter.
Joseph Wright of Derby is most famous for his paintings of the effects of light and color.
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among painters, Joseph Wright of Derby ranks 340 out of 1,428. Before him are Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Pietro Cavallini, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Lyonel Feininger, Johann Friedrich Overbeck, and Thomas Couture. After him are Konrad Witz, Bartholomeus Spranger, Bernardino Luini, Helene Schjerfbeck, Federico Barocci, and Melozzo da Forlì.
1502 - 1550
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 334
1240 - 1330
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 335
1834 - 1903
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 336
1871 - 1956
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 337
1789 - 1869
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 338
1815 - 1879
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 339
1734 - 1797
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 340
1400 - 1446
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 341
1546 - 1611
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 342
1475 - 1532
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 343
1862 - 1946
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 344
1535 - 1612
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 345
1438 - 1494
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 346
Among people born in 1734, Joseph Wright of Derby ranks 7. Before him are Franz Mesmer, Maria I of Portugal, Wolfgang von Kempelen, Taksin, François-Joseph Gossec, and Grigory Orlov. After him are Sophie of France, Cardinal de Rohan, Anna Göldi, Nicolas-Edme Rétif, Charles Alexandre de Calonne, and Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière. Among people deceased in 1797, Joseph Wright of Derby ranks 10. Before him are Frederick William II of Prussia, François-Noël Babeuf, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, James Hutton, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, and Vilna Gaon. After him are Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Lazare Hoche, Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Horace Walpole, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, and Pasquale Anfossi.
1734 - 1815
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 1
1734 - 1816
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 2
1734 - 1804
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 3
1734 - 1782
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 4
1734 - 1829
HPI: 70.77
Rank: 5
1734 - 1783
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 6
1734 - 1797
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 7
1734 - 1782
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 8
1734 - 1803
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 9
1734 - 1782
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 10
1734 - 1806
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 11
1734 - 1802
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 12
1734 - 1793
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 13
1744 - 1797
HPI: 78.06
Rank: 4
1760 - 1797
HPI: 76.03
Rank: 5
1742 - 1797
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 6
1726 - 1797
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 7
1715 - 1797
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 8
1720 - 1797
HPI: 70.81
Rank: 9
1734 - 1797
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 10
1732 - 1797
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 11
1768 - 1797
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 12
1728 - 1797
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 13
1717 - 1797
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 14
1717 - 1797
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 15
1727 - 1797
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 16
Among people born in United Kingdom, Joseph Wright of Derby ranks 765 out of 6,924. Before him are Pete Townshend (1945), James Mill (1773), Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764), Paul Grice (1913), Tim Roth (1961), and Arthur Cayley (1821). After him are Stanley Rous (1895), Guy Ritchie (1968), Anthony James Leggett (1938), Harold Lowe (1882), Pat Hitchcock (1928), and Daniel Rutherford (1749).
1945 - Present
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 759
1773 - 1836
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 760
1764 - 1845
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 761
1913 - 1988
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 762
1961 - Present
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 763
1821 - 1895
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 764
1734 - 1797
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 765
1895 - 1986
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 766
1968 - Present
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 767
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 768
1882 - 1944
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 769
1928 - Present
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 770
1749 - 1819
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 771
Among painters born in United Kingdom, Joseph Wright of Derby ranks 9. Before him are Thomas Gainsborough (1727), John Everett Millais (1829), Joshua Reynolds (1723), William Hogarth (1697), Richard Hamilton (1922), and William Holman Hunt (1827). After him are Leonora Carrington (1917), Frederic Leighton (1830), John Tenniel (1820), Edmund Leighton (1852), Thomas Lawrence (1769), and John Martin (1789).
1727 - 1788
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 3
1829 - 1896
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 4
1723 - 1792
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 5
1697 - 1764
HPI: 72.59
Rank: 6
1922 - 2011
HPI: 70.90
Rank: 7
1827 - 1910
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 8
1734 - 1797
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 9
1917 - 2011
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 10
1830 - 1896
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 11
1820 - 1914
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 12
1852 - 1922
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 13
1769 - 1830
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 14
1789 - 1854
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 15