Nicola Zamboni

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Nicola Zamboni (10 May 1943 – 17 January 2023)[1] was an Italian sculptor.

Zamboni portrayed by Paolo Monti, Bologna 1974

Life

Zamboni was born in Bologna and he was student and assistant of Quinto Ghermandi.[2] After retiring from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna in his third year, he went to England in 1968 as a guest of Henry Moore. In 1975 he began teaching at the Academy in Bologna, and from 1997 to 2004 he taught sculpture at the Brera Academy of Arts in Milan, [2][3] where he met Sara Bolzani who became his student and partner.[4]

Zamboni lived in Sala Bolognese in a big farmhouse converted into a studio residence, under the banks of the Samoggia river.[2]

The sculptor portrayed the human figure with realistic forms, with a careful search for detail and life-size,

ceramics,[6] cement, stone,[7]
wood, copper.

He created the large monument in Marzabotto in 1975 in front of the town hall,[8] as well as several monuments commemorating the Bologna massacre in various Italian cities.[9] He also created a small garden of medieval inspiration with allegorical statues in one of the courts of the Cavedone PEEP.

  • Works by Zamboni photographed by Paolo Monti, 1971
  • Experiments with cement
    Experiments with cement
  • Sculpture theatre
    Sculpture theatre
  • Sculpture, Villa Pepoli Baciocchi, Bologna
    Sculpture, Villa Pepoli Baciocchi, Bologna

References

  1. ^ Nicola Zamboni è morto, addio al maestro della materia (in Italian)
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  3. ^ Biografia Nicola Zamboni
  4. ^ "A tu per tu con l'autore: Sara Bolzani". Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
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  8. ^ Luciano Galmozzi (1986). Monumenti alla libertà: antifascismo, resistenza e pace nei monumenti italiani dal 1945 al 1985. p. 152. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
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