Nicola Zamboni

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,^[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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  Experiments with cement
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  Sculpture theatre
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  Sculpture, Villa Pepoli Baciocchi, Bologna