Nicholas Acquavella (1898–1987) was an American art dealer and gallerist, and the founder of

Acquavella Galleries Acquavella Galleries is an art gallery located at 18 East 79th Street between Madison and Fifth Avenues in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. History Acquavella Galleries was founded at 598 Madison Avenue in 1921 b ...

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

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, 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 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 ...

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

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in New York City, aged 88.

References

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