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In 1863 sculptor Carlo Nicoli (son of Tito, an
ornamentalist) opened the marble
sculpture studios in Piazza XXVII Aprile, right in the centre of Carrara,
where they can still be admired today. Thus, the workshops got underway
involving not only Carlo Nicoli, the director, but also many other
sculptors, who came to Carrara lured by marble, the precious material
which can be found here, and by the old tradition of the artisans in
Carrara. Hence the great co-operation between Nicoli and the most famous
sculptors of the time began.
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Sculptors such as Dupré, Leonardo
Bistolfi, Vela, and then Fausto Melotti, Agenore Fabbri, Francesco
Messina, Arturo Martini, Sironi, Alberto Viani, Carlo Sergio Signori,
Cardenas, Ipousteguy, César, Mario Rossello, Bodini, Vangi, Michelangelo
Pistoletto. It is in this way that Carlo Nicoli, then Gino Nicoli and
after him, Ruggero Nicoli and today Carlo Nicoli were able to preserve
that type of work, unique in the world which consists in working with the
greatest sculptors in the creation of their works
of art.
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