biography of Gaetano CAPONE (1845-1920/24)

Birth place: Maiori, Italy

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Painter

Studied: Palizzi, Morelli, in Naples; César Fracassini.

Exhibited: NAD, 1884; Louisiana State Museum, 1919. Award: Knighted, 1896.

Member: SC; Alliance.

Comments: He came to the U.S. in 1883 and settled in NYC. In the winter of 1918-19 he came to New Orleans to paint courtyard studies. In Oct. 1919 he returned for one month and painted portraits as well as exhibited his work.

Sources: WW19; Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists, 66, where his date of birth is given as 1845.