Nicholas Acquavella

Nicola Mario "Nicholas" Acquavella (1898–1987) was an Italian-born, American art dealer and gallerist, and the founder of Acquavella Galleries.

Early life Acquavella was born on 1 July 1898, in Padula, near Salerno, Italy. He immigrated to the US in 1919, and started dealing privately in Italian art.

Career IN 1921, Nicholas founded Acquavella Galleries, at 598 Madison Avenue, where he continued to focus on Italian art while working with other European artists, most notably Lucien Freud.

In 1967, he moved his gallery to 18 East 79th Street, where it still based. In 1968, his son William Acquavella took over. (1911–2008), the daughter of Vincenzo Cardillo and Anna Della Valle.

They had one son, William Acquavella, and three grandchildren.

Nicholas Acquavella died on 20 April 1987 at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, aged 88.