Following initial studies at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, Peter Colquhoun moved to Italy and at first settled in Venice for 6 months. Later he painted and exhibited in various cities including a solo exhibition at the Fenice Gallery in Venice in 1985. He also taught at a small art school in Casole d’Elsa, Tuscany. After returning from Italy, cityscape became an area of interest and activity as it is to the present day in New York City, his home.