Dmitri Wright
American
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.
Legacy: As an American artist, Wright’s travels have taken him to paint and/or teach throughout the United States and visiting over a dozen National Park sites in addition to Italy, France, Ireland, Austria, England, West Indies, Central and South America, and China. His work focuses on the Preservation and Progress of Impressionism.
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 New England and East Coast; and International -Japan, Italy, China.
Selected Exhibitions: 50 Year Retrospective Mattatuck Museum, National Arts Club NYC; Brooklyn Museum NYC; NewarkMuseum NJ, Sorelle Gallery, Silvermine Art Center, New Canaan Library, Wilton Library CT; Watershed Gallery Ridgefield CT; Ana Cara Gallery Greenwich, Weir Farm National Historic Site, NPS; National Art Museum of Sport; Old Town Hall Museum of Stamford; Cos Cob Library; Greenwich Historical Society.
Education: Wright was the winner of national scholarship at Cooper Union and the Max Beckman International Scholar Program at Brooklyn Museum Art School, and valedictorian at the Newark School of Fine & Industrial Arts major in Painting.
Listings & Membership: Artists Fellowship, NYC, NYWho's Who in AmericaSalmagundi Club NYC, NYSilvermine Artist Guild, New Canaan CTFriends of Weir Farm, Wilton, CT| Styles |
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Located in Greenwich, CT
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Dmitri Wright - Polyphony Opus 3, Painting 2017
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Located in Greenwich, CT
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Dimanche Cote d'Azur, the Riviera, original 30x40 contemporary French landscape
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Located in Spring Lake, NJ
Dimanche Cote d'Azur, Sunday on the French Riviera, is forever bathing in glowing sunlight, reflecting the sun's golden rays throughout her storied landscape and azure blue waters. It is indeed one of Europe's most adored waterfronts. Artist Dmitri Wright, Director of the Weir Farm National Historic Site Art Academy, where he teaches art in addition to teaching painting at the venerable Florence Griswold Museum, both of Connecticut, punctuates this contemporary oil painting with impasto paint, highlighting the joy to behold relaxing along the renowned French coastline. Wright studied art at Cooper Union, the Brooklyn Museum Art School and the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Art. His work has been exhibited at three museums among other notable venues. In 2008 Wright taught a series of painting classes at a private estate in Cap d'Antibes, one of the most exclusive spots on the Riviera...
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Dmitri Wright - Daffodils Radiance, Painting 2023
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Located in Greenwich, CT
Oil on canvas
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Dmitri Wright - Campodi Fiori (Field of Flowers), Painting 2015
By Dmitri Wright
Located in Greenwich, CT
Oil on linen
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Dmitri Wright - Polyphony Opus III, Painting 2017
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Located in Greenwich, CT
Oil on Canvas
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Dmitri Wright - Glo, Painting 2020
By Dmitri Wright
Located in Greenwich, CT
Oil on canvas
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