Nicholas U. Comito Art for Sale and Sold Prices

Painter, Illustrator, Wall painter, Lithographer, b. 1906 - d. 1990

Nicholas U. Comito (New York/Texas, 1906-1990): Nicholas Comito was born in New York City and studied at New York University, the National Academy of Design School and in Italy. He exhibited paintings at the 1934 Salons of America. In 1940, his Fig Leaves and Fruit won the Second Hallgarten Prize at the National Academy of Design; he also exhibited there again in 1944. He also exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum; Carnegie Institute; the Currier Gallery of Art; Irvington, NJ, 1945 (prize); the Jersey City Art Museum, 1945 (prize); the Library of Congress; the Philadelphia Watercolor Club; the Washington Watercolor Club; and the Wawasee Art Gallery, Syracuse, Indiana, 1945 (prize). Source: Askart; Who Was Who in American Art.