He won many awards throughout his career, and became a Professor at the Accademia Di Belle Arti in Florence in the 1960s.
In his birthplace, Barberino Val d'Elsa, a square and a community hall have been named after him.
Ugo Capocchini moved from Barberino Val d'Elsa to Florence where he attended Liceo Artistico and later the Accademia di Belle Arti.
In 1928, he won the Panerai Award for his work "Nudo" at the Gallery of Modern Art of Firenze (Florence).
[5][6] In 2001, on the centenary of his birth, Barberino Val d'Elsa, his birthplace, dedicated a retrospective on his art.