Pierre Passani entitled "Charon"

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Oil on canvas painting by French artist Pierre Passani entitled "Charon", inspired by the passage across the river Styx. In … Read more Oil on canvas painting by French artist Pierre Passani entitled "Charon", inspired by the passage across the river Styx. In Greek mythology, Charon was the ferryman who transported souls to the underworld.
51 x 63.5 (162x130 cm)

Pierre Passani trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and Lyon and has been working since the 1970s. His work bridges abstract and figurative styles and is influenced by the French school of Lyrical Abstraction. This painting is a part of a series returning to classical themes and inspired by European painting from the 17th – 19th centuries. His painting is often inspired by great literary texts and mythology, through a contemporary and personal lens. See less