Biography
Dmitri Wright’s artistic lineage stems from American Impressionists. He is the Master Artist/Instructor for Weir Farm the National Historic Site dedicated to American Impressionism. Wright is also in the tradition of John Henry Twachtman founder of the Cos Cob Art Colony where Wright instructs and lectures at the Greenwich Historic Society the birthplace of American Impressionism.
Dmitri’s mentors have been Samuel Brecher, who studied under Charles W. Hawthorne the founder of the Cape Cod Art School. Hawthorne was student of William Merritt Chase. Wright as a Max Beckman International Scholarship winner at the Brooklyn Museum studied under Rueben Tam, and at Cooper Union he studied under Wolf Kahn and Will Barnet.
Selected Collections
Museums: National Art Museum of Sport, Newark Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Long Island Fine Arts Museum. Corporate: Time Warner, Sloan Kettering, AT&T, First Union Bank, Pitney Bowes, Center for Hope Hospice, Bell Atlantic, Connecticut Water Co. Private collector: USA - CT, MA, NY, NJ, DC; Internationally - Japan, Italy, Vatican City.
Selected Exhibitions
National Art Museum of Sport, Old Town Hall Museum of Stamford, Weir Farm, Cos Cob Library, Greenwich Historical Society, Montgomery Pinetum Cos Cob, Westbeth, Brooklyn Museum, Newark Museum.
Education
Cooper Union, Max Beckman International Fellowship Brooklyn Museum Art School, Newark School of Fine & Industrial Arts.
Philosophy
To be an Artist is to be in search of what is true and good in life, consenting to one’s natural ability expressing Emotional Sincerity, Rhythmic Energy, and Imaginative Beauty with joy and gratitude in order to share it with others.
Method
My method is lyrical, poetic, and realistic where all contact is direct and unrepeatable. Each piece reveals working in moment of creating. My work embodies the representational method in integrating the symbolic, impressionist, and expressionist schools with my vision rooted in the classics.
Teaching
As an Instructor, Mentor and Coach I have dedicated my career, sharing my expertise in the canon and foundations of the Academy and Impressionists, teaching artists - beginners to advanced - the technical and creative skills needed to express their visual poetry and passion to become more of who they are.
