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Acquavella (surname)
Acquavella is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Nicholas Acquavella (1898–1987), Italian-born American art dealer and gallerist * William Acquavella William Raymond Acquavella (born 1937/38) is an American art dealer and gallerist, and the head of Acquavella Galleries. Early life William Raymond Acquavella is the son of Nicholas Acquavella, who founded Acquavella Galleries in 1921, and Ed ... (born 1937/38), American art dealer and gallerist {{surname, Acquavella Italian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Surname
A name in the Italian language consists of a given name ( it, nome), and a surname (); in most contexts, the given name is written before the surname. (In official documents, the Western surname may be written before the given name or names.) Italian names, with their fixed ''nome'' and ''cognome'' structure, have little to do with the ancient Roman naming conventions, which used a tripartite system of given name, gentile name, and hereditary or personal name (or names). The Italian ''nome'' is not analogous to the ancient Roman ''nomen''; the Italian ''nome'' is the given name (distinct between siblings), while the Roman ''nomen'' is the gentile name (inherited, thus shared by all in a gens). Female naming traditions, and name-changing rules after adoption, for both sexes likewise differ between Roman antiquity and modern Italian use. Moreover, the low number, and the steady decline of importance and variety, of Roman ''praenomina'' starkly contrast with the current number of It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Acquavella
Nicholas Acquavella (1898–1987) was an American art dealer and gallerist, and the founder of Acquavella Galleries. Early life Acquavella was born on 1 July 1898, in Padula, Provincia di Salerno, Kingdom of Italy, and immigrated to the US in 1919, and started dealing privately in Italian art. Career He founded Acquavella Galleries in 1921, at 598 Madison Avenue, where he specialised in Italian art. In 1967, he moved his gallery to 18 East 79th Street, where it remains, and in 1968, his son William Acquavella took over. Personal life He was married to Michelina Editta "Edythe" Acquavella (1911–2008), the daughter of Vincenzo Cardillo and Anna Della Valla. They had one son, William Acquavella, and three grandchildren. He died on 20 April 1987 at Lenox Hill Hospital Lenox Hill Hospital (LHH) is a nationally ranked 450-bed non-profit, tertiary, research and academic medical center located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, servicing the tri-state area. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Acquavella
William Raymond Acquavella (born 1937/38) is an American art dealer and gallerist, and the head of Acquavella Galleries. Early life William Raymond Acquavella is the son of Nicholas Acquavella, who founded Acquavella Galleries in 1921, and Edythe Acquavella. He was educated at Westminster School in Simsbury, Connecticut. Career In 1992, he became Lucian Freud's dealer, agreeing to settle Freud's £2.7 million in gambling debts. Acquavella negotiated the sale of a Picasso painting from Steve Wynn to Steve Cohen for $139 million, but it fell through when Wynn put his elbow through the painting. ''Forbes'' included Acquavella in their list of the top ten art dealers. Personal life Acquavella's own art collection is "dominated by Picasso, Matisse, and Miró", as well as Bonnard and Léger. On May 21, 1966, in Shelburne, Vermont Shelburne is a town in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. Located along the shores of Lake Champlain, Shelburne's town center lies approxima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
