Edmond Casarella

Edmond Casarella (September 3, 1920 – February 13, 1996) was an American printmaker, painter, and sculptor based in the New York metropolitan area.

He developed the innovative use of a layered cardboard printing matrix that could be carved like a woodcut, enabling the inexpensive creation of large-scale works.

He became a mentor to Vincent Longo, a younger boy in the neighborhood who was interested in art and followed Casarella to Cooper Union.

After his discharge, he studied under the GI Bill at the Brooklyn Museum School from 1949 to 1951, including printmaking with Gabor Peterdi.

He continued to experiment with the medium throughout his career and developed a way of layering cardboard in order to cut it like a woodcut - an inexpensive way to produce large-scale works.

That same year Casarella's work was included in the Young American Printmakers exhibition at the New York Museum of Modern Art.