Poseidon

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The painting shows the Greek god Poseidon on the left with a fish tail looking onto two boats of sailors. The wind god Aeolus is shown on the right. The painting prominently features light shades of the colors blue and green.
The sea god Poseidon looking over two boats with the wind god Aeolus.

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Dimensions: 500 x 650 cm

Medium: Tempera on paper

Painting signed 19.06.83.

Olympic series, sailing is a painting created by Hans Erni in Switzerland, 1983. Erni was commissioned by the International Olympic Committee to draw a series of 31 canvases depicting the Olympic sports. He liked to include the gods in his paintings to give them an air of being sacred. This painting includes the god Poseidon looking over sailors with the wind god Aeolus present as well. It depicts Poseidon with a fish tail to indicate his role as the God of the Sea and the calming shades of blue and green prominently present on the painting display his involvement with the calming seas sailors and fisherman travel on.

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  • type
    Image
  • created on
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    png
  • file size
    3 MB
  • creator
    Hans Erni
  • original title
    Olympic series, sailing
  • rights
    International Olympic Committee, 2003, ©IOC
  • rights holder
    The Olympic Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • rights territory
    Switzerland