An Eruption of Vesuvius, Seen From Portici.
Both 2008 VCU Open, and 2009 Chicago Open had bonuses entirely on this artist and his works. This artist demonstrated the title meteorological phenomenon in Landscape with a Rainbow, and like Ford Madox Brown, this man painted scenes of the Industrial Revolution such as The Iron Forge. This painter of A Girl Reading a Letter based one of his paintings on a (+) 79 A.D. historical event. That painting by this student of Thomas Hudson was (*) An Eruption of Vesuvius, Seen From Portici. This artist painted Miravan Opening the Grave of His Forefathers, Three Gentleman Observing the Gladiator, and The Alchemist In Search of the Philosopher's Stone. He may me better known for The Maid of Corinth, and A Philosopher Lecturing in the Orrery. For 10 points, name this artist of many dark paintings, an artist who emphasizes the titlecontraption in An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump, a British artist of the 18th century, who is as his name indicates, is from Derby.
Both 2008 VCU Open, and 2009 Chicago Open had bonuses entirely on this artist and his works.
Joseph Wright of Derby