Later in his career Dobroviched turned to oil painting and demonstrated an interest in realist art, shown in works like "Sick girl". In his late years, Dobrovich painted portraits of Bulgarian National Revival figures Georgi Mirkovich, Georgi Rakovski, Vasil Levski and Hadzhi Dimitar. Upon returning to Bulgaria in 1893 he held an exhibition which included paintings and copies of paintings by Italian Baroque artists such as Guido Reni and Carlo Dolci. The Sliven Art Gallery is named the Dimitar Dobrovich Art Gallery in his honour. Besides the National Art Gallery of Bulgaria, the National Gallery of Greece also displays some of his works.