Wright lived and worked in Derby all his life and his name is "synonymous to the city, like Lowry is to Lancashire and Constable to Suffolk", museum spokesman Roger Shelly said.

BBC: Portraits of Francis Hurt and Mary Hurt

Driven by visions and prompted by new circumstances, he dumps it all for the dark side, risking his position, his art, his name, and his very life.

NEWYORKER: Pola X

He was a print hack all his life, splashing out on fun and friends, but never bothering to make his name known, or his wallet fatter, with books or broadcasting.

ECONOMIST: John Midgley

In interviews, he has said that almost ten years after the death of his father, and with two novels to his name, he felt compelled to unburden himself of his past, of all his family stories, to get everything about his life on paper.

NEWYORKER: Total Recall