Vincent Capraro

Vincent Capraro was born in Manhattan; his parents had immigrated from Italy. He attended City College of the City University of New York. He graduated in 1942 then enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps attaining the rank of Captain. From 1946 to 1949 he attended Hans Hofmann's School of Fine Arts in Greenwich Village and then moved to Italy and exhibited at the 1952 Venice Biennale and in 1953 at the Museum of Modern Art in Rome. After returning to New York, he executed a mural of the residence of Edward Durrell Stone, the architect, in 1959, and exhibited at the Iolas Gallery and Grippi "G" Gallery in New York. In 1961, he exhibited at the Kingworthy Gallery and in 1962 at the Hirsch & Adler Gallery, both in New York. In 1965, he moved to Piermont-on-the-Hudson. In 1984 and 1987, he exhibited at the De Rempich Gallery in New York. In 1992, he exhibited at the Knesset and Vad Vashem in Jerusalem.