Nicola Zamboni (10 May 1943 – 17 January 2023)[1] was an Italian sculptor.
Nicola Zamboni | |
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_-_BEIC_6348911.jpg) Zamboni portrayed by Paolo Monti, Bologna 1974 | |
| Born | May 10, 1943 |
| Died | January 17, 2023 (aged 79) |
Life
editZamboni 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,[5] in large choral works that require the use of various modelling techniques; these sculptures are made of various materials including 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
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Sculpture theatre -
Sculpture, Villa Pepoli Baciocchi, Bologna
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References
edit- ^ Mignardi, Gabriele (17 January 2023). "Nicola Zamboni è morto, addio al maestro della materia". Il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). Bologna.
- ^ a b c Campanini, Graziano; Romano, Luciano (2004). Di pieve in pieve: paesi e città del Bolognese fra il Samoggia e il Reno. FMR. p. 34. ISBN 9788821606854.
- ^ "Biografia Nicola Zamboni".
- ^ "A tu per tu con l'autore: Sara Bolzani". Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ Crous, Joan; Bubbico, Giovanna (2002). Il grande libro della scultura. Giunti Editore. pp. 40–41. ISBN 978-88-440-2455-0.
- ^ Ceramica. Manuale completo. Giunti Editore. 2004. pp. 119–. ISBN 978-88-440-2952-4.
- ^ Di pieve in pieve: paesi e città del Bolognese fra il Samoggia e il Reno. FMR. 2004. p. 41. ISBN 9788821606854.
- ^ Galmozzi, Luciano (1986). Monumenti alla libertà: antifascismo, resistenza e pace nei monumenti italiani dal 1945 al 1985. La Pietra. p. 152.
- ^ Venturoli, Cinzia (2007). Stragi fra memoria e storia: Piazza Fontana, Piazza della Loggia, la stazione di Bologna. Dal discorso pubblico all'elaborazione didattica. Libreria Bonomo. p. 122. ISBN 9788860710109.
Further reading
edit- Censi, Maria (2000). Vanitas vanitatum, et omnia vanitas. Renaissance Editore. pp. 92–.
- Bosi, Nadia; Graziano Campanini (2006). Nicola Zamboni, Sara Bolzani. Skira. ISBN 978-88-6130-022-4.
- Bubbico, Giovanna; Joan Crous (2004). Ceramica. Manuale completo. Giunti Editore. ISBN 978-88-440-2952-4.
- Cordoni, Giuseppe; Giorgio Celli (1998). Arte & città. Aspasia.
- Crous, Joan; Bubbico, Giovanna (2002). Il grande libro della scultura. Giunti Editore. ISBN 978-88-440-2455-0.
- Riccòmini, Eugenio (2003). L'arte a Bologna: dalle origini ai giorni nostri. Editoriale. p. 333.
- Campanini, Graziano; Di Natale, Pietro, eds. (2017). Nicola Zamboni. Le materie dei sogni. Bologna: Genus Bononiae.
