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Dmitri Wright ( 1948 - ) is an American painter in the expressionist impressionist tradition. He is master art instructor, inspirational speaker and poet.

Lineage He was classical trained in the Academy tradition in the foundations used by the Renaissance and Impressionist masters in the tradition of his mentors. 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 School of Art. 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.

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 and Industrial Arts major in Painting

Collections  Wright’s work is housed in hundreds of collections. Museums: National Art Museum of Spor t, 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  Mattatuck Museum; Silvermine Art Center, New Canaan, CT; Wilton Library, Wilton CT; Watershed Gallery Ridgefield CT; Ana Cara Gallery Greenwich CT;, Weir Farm National Historic Site, NPS, Wilton CT; National Art Museum of Sport; Old Town Hall Museum of Stamford, CT; Cos Cob Library CT; Greenwich Historical Society CT; National Arts Club NYC; Brooklyn Museum; and Newark Museum.

Listings & Membership  Who's Who in America; Silvermine Artist Guild, New Canaan CT; Salmagundi Club, New York City, NY