1. Nicholas A Volpe was an American artist, noted for his portraits of Hollywood celebrities, presidents, sports figures, and other famous personalities.
15 Facts About Nicholas Volpe
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Nicholas Volpe is said to have painted more movie stars than any other artist in America.
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Nicholas Volpe began his primary education there and became especially talented as a young violinist.
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Nicholas Volpe's parents sent him to Italy to continue his violin studies, assuming he might take it up as a profession.
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Nicholas Volpe grew homesick for his home in the US however, and soon returned to New Haven to finish his high school education.
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Nicholas Volpe turned down the offer, deciding that he needed more time to develop his artistic skills more fully.
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Nicholas Volpe subsequently entered an art contest with thousands of other contestants and was one of six who won the coveted Tiffany Foundation Art Scholarship Award.
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Nicholas Volpe later accepted a position as a fine art instructor at New York City's Leonardo da Vinci Art School.
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Nicholas Volpe next decided to move to Hollywood, California after he received an offer by a studio to design film sets, create make-up and design costumes.
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Nicholas Volpe was commissioned to do a portrait of Johnny Cash for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Nicholas Volpe traveled to Israel to paint its first Prime Minister, David Ben Gurion.
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Nicholas Volpe wrote and illustrated a regular newspaper column in the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, with articles covering various travel topics about California.
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Nicholas Volpe traveled across the country during tours where he appeared on television, gave radio interviews, and spoke to audiences at various events.
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Nicholas Volpe spent his career living in Southern California, where he would marry and raise his three children.
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Nicholas Volpe died in Oceanside, California, following a stroke, on February 11,1992.