A painter and sculptor whose style is non-objective*, Nicolas Carone was born in New York City to Italian parents who emigrated to New York where Carone was born on the East Side. When he was five years old, they moved to Hoboken, New Jersey where he spent the remainder of his childhood. His family remained in that home, which he later described as being like a salon with many art and music oriented guests. All of this activity was encouraged by his mother, but the father, a "stevedore", had little interest in the discussions although he loved having the people around.

At age eleven, he began art study, attending the night school of the Leonardo da Vinci Art School.* Also there but older than Carone ...