An Italian in Venezuela


The road from San Rafael has charms. Humble homes, sounds of the river, bucolic landscape, the smell of peppermint, sounds of the wind. Images. From there start the charms ; Route of Cordero, in Andrés Bello.Very near the town of Tariba of stories and feelings. Met heads toward the house of Michael Nitti Workshop.Painter of pictures, maker of dreams.
Italiano, who told us with great joy when in 1955 arrived in the beautiful Venezuela, with 17 years of age since the dawn of its postwar Italy.In the Tyrrhenian Sea, in Siena, Tuscany and the sources of that world where they departed the mysteries and truths of the renaissance in his home workshop.There is the smell of paint. As the secrets of old Italy. Figures have been born of the twelve apostles.Or the Jesus of Galilee, walking through the illusions of the master sculptor. Smell of plaster molds clay. The whole life of perpetual creation of saints and angels. His work of thousands of images, virgins, and especially cristus pilgrims of peace.Crowds on the shelves waiting for the place of an abbey or the silence of a prayer. But the sublime essence that has made this master to create characters between the religious and popular.

We speak of San Rafael, where the side of his house a chapel village demonstrates the faith of their neighbors. While the Angels' Anunciatta back in his blue the coming of the Son of God, it seems that the bell tower to announce the echoes, while youngest daughter prepares the face of Christ. A girl plays with Mediterranean dawn and the teacher shows us his Saints, Painter of pictures of his great work. By this time our Tachira, we have discovered human values of life doers, creators of art, silent between the heart and truth of peoples.
Whoever has the desire to increase a sense of faith, must go to the workshop of Michael Nitti. And from there as a reminder to purchase one of his imagination. Santa Ines, Santa Margarita, Rita de Casia, San Isidro, Joseph and Mary, St. Lazarus, Our Lady of Consolation taribo, the Christ of the Cries Mary Chiquinquira, and even dark-skinned Virgin of Guadalupe. Among many other creations, characters and theories of memory. Even the figure of Simón Bolívar poet, describes the workshop spaces, while Fray Francisco de Asis holds in his hands about to fly pigeons. It's an art to be Painter of pictures. Centuries as eloquent and magical.

The teacher visited us in the memories of the teacher visited us in the memories of his creations, the smell of plaster. Bread of our dreams, while light wrought iron crafts accompanied his great work. The sound of wind made us imagine in acres of Italy. While the blue sky gave us back lasting memories.
Michael Nitti. It is an image-creator of our state. Has the gift of reviving the sacred stories of the Bible in their casts, sculptures and creations. As if a classical artist to return the blue eyes. And an angel of God's love covers the sculptor ....
Flying white doves, the blue sky .... memories draws pilgrims of the world are saints, virgins and Magi a spell of moons, stars and heavens.

Source: The Nation newspaper. Tachira. Venezuela.

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