Dmitri Wright
United States
35 Works exhibited on Kooness
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Works by Dimitri Wright
Dmitri Wright is a Master Artist and inspirational Instructor. Dmitri's work is built upon the Impressionist Masters in the tradition of his mentors, while rooted in his classical training in the Academy and his experimentations of Expressionism and Abstraction.
Dmitri Wright’s artistic lineage stems from the American Impressionists. His mentors have been Samuel Brecher, who studied under Charles W. Hawthorne, the founder of the Cape Cod Art School. Hawthorne was a student of William Merritt Chase. Donald Brown an expressionist, influenced Wright to accept the Max Beckman International Scholarship at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, where he then studied under Rueben Tam, and at Cooper Union, he studied under Wolf Kahn and Will Barnet.
As an American artist, Wright’s travels have taken him to paint and/or teach throughout the United States and he visited over a dozen National Park sites; in addition to Itrips taly, France, Ireland, Austria, England, West Indies, Central and South America, and China. His work focuses on the Preservation and Progress of Impressionism, yet rooted in the Classical foundational and traditions to express beauty.
Artist's selected collections: Wright’s work is housed in hundreds of collections. Museums: National Art Museum of Sport, Newark Museum, Brooklyn Museum. Corporate: Time Warner, Sloan Kettering, AT&T, Wells Fargo Bank, Pitney Bowes, Verizon, Connecticut Water Co. Private collectors throughout East Coast and Asia
Artist's selected exhibitions: 50-Year Retrospective Mattatuck Museum "An Artist for all Seasons"; National Arts Club NYC; Brooklyn Museum NYC; Newark Museum NJ; Sorelle Gallery; Silvermine Art Center; New Canaan Library; Wilton Library CT; Watershed Gallery Ridgefield CT; Ana Cara Gallery Greenwich; Weir Farm National Historical Park NPS; National Art Museum of Sport; Old Town Hall Museum of Stamford; Cos Cob Library; Greenwich Historical Society.