Nazzareno Tomassetti

Nazzareno Tomassetti born in the 1921, to  Cupra Marttima in the Brands very young student of the Pauri painter becomes.

 He learns the art of the carving and The inlay by laboratory of Art of the Fazzini brothers, where the Pericle sculptor was formed, at the end of the years thirty (Room Nerves from Vatican). After the war and the death of his Pauri teacher, for economic reasons he abandons the art, he the his create it he transfers in the build mobile refined persons in wood, he is so much affirmed from be from have remembered from the teacher Mario Bucci (university of Pisa) in the book on the history of the nine hundred of Cupra, where he describes the awareness of Tomassetti, of be not  an artisan but an artist. Tomassetti, in these long years, he continue to paint, participating to many exhibitions of Art.

His career takes back vigor at the end of the years eighty, his history weaves with the Annunzia Fumagalli, wife of the Danilo child.

With them and other artists, deep the group of Art The Ark of the madmen, exposing in many historical buildings, with thematic demonstrations.  "The seed of the wheat," "You seduction of the sky, the seduction of the earth," "The garden perfumed" etc. The art got married, in these shows, with the art. Poetry accompanied sculpture and he you became reading and music from room. In the last shows to theme of the Ark of the madmen,  "Farro and salt" Cupra Marittima 1997 and "The sea in the wood" (Offida and Amandola 98), his work were the soul of the demonstrations, of lyric, dance and poetry, with singers of the international level: Ambra Vespasiani, Ettore Nova, Ilaria Galgani and Luciano Cirilli, accompanied to the piano from the teacher Stephen Kramer.

In the 2001-2  he exposes in the museum of Levice in Slovacchia

  Work of Tomassetti have stayed acquired from communes

  (Moresco, Maritime Cupra, Monsanpolo), or from private collectors.

 One stupendous relief that represents Gino Bartali, has stayed

given to the same champion.

To Maritime Cupra, for the Church of San Basso, he has carved the martyrdom of the Saint. 

To Massignano AP, church of the Mercy, he has carved a symbol of the peace, for the Jubilee.

Always to Cupra, a stately Neptune, he has exposed to the commune and other three big work of Tomassetti to the waterfront. Tomassetti has received prizes and recognitions, for his work, but that to which he holds more he like Cuprense is "First Page," of the 1997, like city of the year.

 He in the 1999 has gotten the also recognition of the Josepin Association.

On his work and on the demonstrations to who has participated, they have stayed written on Tomassetti beyond 170 articles on newspapers and magazines, innumerable services on the RAI, Rumanian Radio, and numerous Radio and private televisions.

  Critical profile

Vast the appreciation for the work of Tomassetti, from the critic and university teacher Osvaldo Rossi, that has written on of him different articles on the newspapers. To the quoted Mario Bucci. Mara Ferloni, Mario Pinzauti, Antonio De Marco, Giuseppe Giannantonio etc.

 From the appreciation of the theatrical director and adviser for years to the biennal exhibition from Venice Paolo Trevisi.

 Difficulty bring again the so much written words on the art of Tomassetti he am enough to remember in a show to the Forum Interart, To Rome, thing has told the Rai journalist August Giordano:

- you his statues in the touch it, I have felt it that they have life - The artist has published his work, in  "White enclosures" with poetries of Andrew Tomassetti. Yearbook of the galleries ACCA from Rome

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