Nicolas Carone (June 4, 1917 – July 15, 2010) belonged to the early generation of New York School

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artists. Their artistic innovation by the 1950s had been recognized internationally, including in

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and

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. New York School Abstract Expressionism, represented by

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and others, became a leading

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of the postwar era.

Biography

Carone was born June 4, 1917 into an Italian-American family in

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. They moved to

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, where he grew up. He 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. He studied at the

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under Leon Kroll, Art Students League of New York, Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts, and the

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. In 1941 he won the

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and in 1949 a

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. Both gave him an opportunity to study art in Italy. During his time in Italy after World War II, he came into personal contact with important Italian painters, particularly

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. After returning to the US, Carone continued to paint and exhibited works in the

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in 1951. Along with other first generation abstract expressionists, he also showed his work at the

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. Carone was a part of the

movement, which relied heavily on Surrealism,

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, and interpretations of

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. He was a good friend of

, a noted abstract painter. He 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

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, and the Mobile Museum of Art. Recent exhibits of his work were held at the Washburn Gallery in New York City from February 2 to March 31, 2012, and the Watson MacRae Gallery in South Florida from March 2 to April 3, 2010. His work was exhibited by a number of galleries, including at the

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, Frumkin Gallery,

, and Staempfli Gallery. Carone taught at universities including

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, Cooper Union,

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, and Skowhegan School. He was a founding faculty member of the

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, where he taught for 25 years. In 1988 he founded the International School of Art, located first in Todi, Italy and then in Nearby Montecastello. Carone was consulted by dealers, collectors and film makers regarding his expertise on

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and Pollock, including for the films ''

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'', starring Ed Harris, and '' Who the *$&% Is Jackson Pollock?'' He died July 15, 2010 at the age of 93.

References

Sources

*Marika Herskovic
''American Abstract and Figurative Expressionism Style Is Timely Art Is Timeless An Illustrated Survey With Artists' Statements, Artwork and Biographies.''
(New York School Press, 2009.) . p. 64–67 *Marika Herskovic
''American Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s An Illustrated Survey,''
(New York School Press, 2003.) . p. 74–77 *Marika Herskovic
''New York School Abstract Expressionists Artists Choice by Artists,''
(New York School Press, 2000.) . p. 8; p. 16; p. 19; p. 25; p. 36; p. 94–97 *Leja, Michael
"Reframing Abstract Expressionism: Subjectivity and Painting in the 1940s.
Yale University Press. 1993. *Hilton Kramer
Nicolas Carone Shows He’s Still Unsurpassed On the Female Nude , The New York Observer
Nov. 2005 *Nicolas Carone at the Lohin Geduld Gallery: list of exhibition
''Nicolas Carone (American), 1917: Featured artist works, exhibitions and biography fromLohin Geduld Gallery''
*Thomas Longhi

External links

*Smithsonian Archive Intervie

*New York Studio Schoo
Brooklyn Rail interview
* *
Nicolas Carone: In Memoriam
by David Rigsbee, ''

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