In the period before and after the First World War he travelled extensively, visited Russia, Italy, France, Germany and the USA.

His family was poor but even after he became famous, he was trying to give away all of his possessions and money, living in poverty and asceticism, wearing old clothes, never shaving and eating only vegetarian food.

Dimitrov was an outstanding artist who included bright colors within his art and today his artwork may be considered a fauvist type rather than expressionist.

He uses a wide range of Post-Impressionist techniques, but his works always keep a strong bound with reality and try to simplify many of the figures and compositions to make them accessible for a wider public.

To commemorate his 100th birthday, in 1982 a set of 6 souvenir postage stamps featuring 6 of his paintings was issued.