About Dimitri Petrov
Lived 1919 – 1986 (aged 66–67). Dimitri Petrov was an American painter and draftsperson.
Dimitri Petrov (1919-1986) was an American Dada and Surrealist painter and printmaker.
Biography Petrov was born in 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He was associated with the New York print studio Atelier 17.
He exhibited his work at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Who was Dimitri Petrov?
American painter (1919–1986)
When was Dimitri Petrov born?
Dimitri Petrov was born in 1919 in Philadelphia.
When did Dimitri Petrov die?
Dimitri Petrov died in 1986 in Woodstock.
What was Dimitri Petrov's occupation?
Dimitri Petrov was a painter and draftsperson.
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Dimitri Petrov was American.
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