Biografie von Dimitri PETROV (1919-1986)
Birth place: Philadelphia, PA
Addresses: Philadelphia, 1940s; Mount Washington, MA, 1977
Profession: Painter, printmaker
Studied: PAFA; with Hayter at Atelier 17 Workshop
Exhibited: Hugo Gal., NYC; Stravinsky Gal.; Maeght Gal.; CI; AIC; PAFA Ann., 1944; Iris Clert; Corcoran Gal biennial, 1947; WMAA, 1951.
Member: Woodstock AA
Work: Woodstock AA; Indiana Univ.; Rutgers Univ.; Swarthmore; Brandeis; Pace; Phila. Mus.; Penn. State; Reading Mus.; Wm. Penn Mus., Harrisburg, PA; MoMA; PAFA; Phila. Print Club; Pasadena Mus.; Oklahoma Mus.; Bridgeport Univ. Mus.; Containier Corp. Collection; AVX Corp. Collection; Lake Placid AC; St. Peters Col.; Syracuse Univ.; Cornell; Grand Rapids Mus.; Norfolk Mus.; New Jersey State; State Univ. NY, Col. at New Paltz; Ulster County CC; New Britain Mus. AA
Comments: A Dada-Surrealist painter, he grew up in an anarchist colony in New Jersey. Publications: co-editor: Prospero series of poet-artist books and Instead, a surrealist newspaper; co-publisher/editor, Letter Edged in Black; a series of portfolios, S.M.S.
Sources: Wechsler, 31; Falk, Exh. Record Series; addit. info. courtesy Woodstock AA.