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Nag Arnoldi1994
The Olympic Museum
Lausanne, Switzerland
Five bronze athletes bearing an Olympic flag during the Olympic Games opening ceremony are silhouetted against the sky. With its dynamism and harmony, this sculpture invites passers-by to take the path through the Olympic Museum.
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- Title: Run-up
- Creator Lifespan: 18 September 1928
- Creator Nationality: Swiss
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Birth Place: Locarno, Switzerland
- Date Created: 1994
- Location Created: Switzerland
- Sculptor: Nag Arnoldi
- Physical Dimensions: w1420 x h2000 x d700 cm (Complete)
- Collection information: During the inauguration of the sculpture, on the Quai d’Ouchy facing Lake Geneva at the entrance to the Olympic Park, President Samaranch underlined that this work recalled that the union of sport and culture was a concrete reality of Olympism. Three copies of this sculpture were commissioned in 1998 and offered to the cities of Seoul, Nagano and Sydney to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of these Games.
- Artistic school or movement: Nag Arnoldi is a sculptor, painter and professor born in the Ticino. His artistic training in Lugano allowed him to visit the studios of Filippo Boldini, Giuseppe Foglia, Carlo Cotti, Mario and Antonio Chiattone. He discovered Italy in the early 1950s and earned a diploma in theatre costume and dress design in Milan. Exhibitions devoted to Pablo Picasso and the works of the German expressionists helped Arnoldi to develop his artistic personality through painting, graphics, ceramics, glass and sculpture. Since the 1970s, Arnoldi has devoted himself almost entirely to sculpture and giving form to the themes of the horse, warriors and mythical figures in their dramatic essence.
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: International Olympic Committee, 2003
- Medium: Bronze sculpture
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