Nicholas Acquavella

Acquavella was born on 1 July 1898,[1] in Padula, Provincia di Salerno, Kingdom of Italy, and immigrated to the US in 1919, and started dealing privately in Italian art.

[citation needed] He founded Acquavella Galleries in 1921,[2][3] at 598 Madison Avenue, where he specialised in Italian art.

[4] In 1967, he moved his gallery to 18 East 79th Street, where it remains, and in 1968, his son William Acquavella took over.

[4] He was married to Michelina Editta "Edythe" Acquavella[5] (1911–2008), the daughter of Vincenzo Cardillo and Anna Della Valla.

[4] He died on 20 April 1987 at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, aged 88.