Richard Piccolo

Biography

Richard Piccolo is a painter living and working in Italy. His work has been exhibited throughout Europe and the U.S. and he has painted murals for The Crown American Corp., The US Bank Plaza building in Sacramento and the Hotel Pierre in New York City. His awards include The Edwin Austin Abbey Fellowship in Mural Painting at the American Academy in Rome, a National Endowment for the Arts Grant in painting, and a Classical America Award for Figure Painting. He has a B.I.D. from Pratt Institute and an M.F.A. from Brooklyn College. Prof. Piccolo  is currently teaching drawing and watercolor at Notre Dame's campus in Rome.