Carl Ashby
 Carl Ashby (1914–2004) was an American abstract expressionist artist who lived and worked in New York City. Ashby was born in Hurley New Mexico on March 2 1914. He worked as an artist for the Civilian Conservation Corps before attending the University of Utah where he graduated with a degree in Fine Arts in 1937. He relocated to New York City shortly thereafter and married artist Estelle Grey in 1938. Ashby earned a Master in Arts degree from New York University in 1959.