Dimitri Romanovsky
Lyme Art Colony
(1886–1971) In Lyme: 1910-1919
Dimitri Romanovsky (1886-1971) was born in southern Russia in 1886. His family came to the United States when he was two. He was primarily a portrait painter. Romanovsky was also known for his paintings of nudes.
At the age of nineteen he had a painting on exhibit at the National Academy. It was there that he met the painters William Chase and John Singer Sargent. He studied with William Chase, Frank DuMond, George Bridgeman, and Robert Henri. He taught at the Art Students League. He also held his own classes in the Lincoln Arcade in New York City in a studio formerly occupied by Robert Henri.
Romanovsky exhibited in the Armory Show of 1913, the Society of American Painters and Sculptors, the Philadelphia Academy, the Boston Art Club, Allied Artists of America, the New York Society of Painters, Grand Central Art Galleries, Carnegie International, Portraits, Inc., Portraits in Review, Brooklyn Museum, Worcester Art Museum, Lawrence Hale Museum, Memorial Art Gallery, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Dayton Art Institute, Decatur Institute of Civic Arts, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, the Syracuse Museum, and the National Academy. Romanovsky also exhibited in Old Lyme in 1912 and in 1918-19.
He was recipient of the Louis Betts Prize, Allied Artists of America, the Lee Jeffrey’s Prize, Grand Central Art Galleries, the Prize by Popular Vote in "Art Without Isms" at the Grand Central Art Galleries, and his favorite – the medal awarded to him at the completion of his first year of study at the National Academy of Design for the best draughtmanship in the entire school.
Dimitri Romanovsky died in 1971.
Lyme Art Colony
(1886–1971) In Lyme: 1910-1919
Dimitri Romanovsky (1886-1971) was born in southern Russia in 1886. His family came to the United States when he was two. He was primarily a portrait painter. Romanovsky was also known for his paintings of nudes.
At the age of nineteen he had a painting on exhibit at the National Academy. It was there that he met the painters William Chase and John Singer Sargent. He studied with William Chase, Frank DuMond, George Bridgeman, and Robert Henri. He taught at the Art Students League. He also held his own classes in the Lincoln Arcade in New York City in a studio formerly occupied by Robert Henri.
Romanovsky exhibited in the Armory Show of 1913, the Society of American Painters and Sculptors, the Philadelphia Academy, the Boston Art Club, Allied Artists of America, the New York Society of Painters, Grand Central Art Galleries, Carnegie International, Portraits, Inc., Portraits in Review, Brooklyn Museum, Worcester Art Museum, Lawrence Hale Museum, Memorial Art Gallery, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Dayton Art Institute, Decatur Institute of Civic Arts, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, the Syracuse Museum, and the National Academy. Romanovsky also exhibited in Old Lyme in 1912 and in 1918-19.
He was recipient of the Louis Betts Prize, Allied Artists of America, the Lee Jeffrey’s Prize, Grand Central Art Galleries, the Prize by Popular Vote in "Art Without Isms" at the Grand Central Art Galleries, and his favorite – the medal awarded to him at the completion of his first year of study at the National Academy of Design for the best draughtmanship in the entire school.
Dimitri Romanovsky died in 1971.
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