10 Facts About Nicolas Carone

Nicolas Carone belonged to the early generation of New York School Abstract Expressionist artists.

Nicolas Carone began formal art studies at the age of eleven at the Leonardo da Vinci School located at St Mark's Church on E 10th St Nicolas Carone studied at the National Academy of Design under Leon Kroll, Art Students League of New York, Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts, and the Rome Academy of Fine Arts.

Nicolas Carone was a part of the Abstract Expressionist movement, which relied heavily on Surrealism, poetry, and interpretations of Jungian psychology.

Nicolas Carone was a good friend of Jackson Pollock, a noted abstract painter.

Nicolas Carone was later interviewed by authors Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith for their biography, Jackson Pollock: An American Saga.

Nicolas Carone's work is in the collections of museums including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Baltimore Museum of Art, and the Mobile Museum of Art.

Nicolas Carone's work was exhibited by a number of galleries, including at the Anita Shapolsky Gallery, Frumkin Gallery, Stable Gallery, and Staempfli Gallery.

Nicolas Carone taught at universities including Yale University, Columbia University, Brandeis University, Cornell University, Cooper Union, School of Visual Arts, and Skowhegan School.

Nicolas Carone was a founding faculty member of the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, where he taught for 25 years.

Nicolas Carone died July 15,2010, at the age of 93.