Two Boys Blowing Up a Bladder - Joseph Wright of Derby (1769-70) ( upload.wikimedia.org )
"Though wonder is doubtless the energy that pulses through the brush of every committed painter, in truth, only a rare few have managed successfully to capture its essence as a palpable property in their work. The recent rediscovery in 2019 of a work by the British Enlightenment artist Joseph Wright of Derby that was hitherto...
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