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Andrea Zanatta was born in Treviso on the September himself, he was struck by a phrase written by the
3, 1967. Since childhood he has shown a great interest Spanish writer Santiago Ramon Y Cajal, who says:
in the world of art. He has visited exhibitions and “The camera lens alone can satiate the thirst for beauty
museums, in an attempt to understand what art is for those who, born artists, have not had the time to
and, above all, what distinguishes a “normal” person practice their art methodically, to the point where they
from an artist. He wanted to be an artist but he did become ‘maestros’ of the paintbrush and the palette.”
not feel like one. After his first disappointing attempts This sentence almost seemed to justify Andrea’s
at painting, which did not satisfy his thirst to express inability to paint and gave him the necessary strength to
10 VeneZia
the red hOuse i
1991 WatercOLOr cM. 14 X 16 / in. 6¼ X 6½
