Odysseus and the Sirens (Original)

Artist: Nadir Quinto
Medium: Watercolour on Acid-free Paper
Size: 10" x 13" (260mm x 340mm)
Date: 1978
Code: QuintoSirensOdyss

This is the unique original Watercolour painting by Nadir Quinto.

Two panels illustrating Odysseus's return home to the Island of Ithaca from the Trojan War and his encounter with the Sirens.

In Homer's classic epic, Odysseus is bound to the mast of his ship as advised by Circes in order that he may hear the song of the Sirens without becoming lost to their charms. All his sailors have had their ears blocked with wax so they are unable to hear the tempting song.

These paintings have been accomplished in vibrant paint and inks on cartridge paper which has been pasted to an illustration board, and published in 'Tell Me Why Book' 1978. These could however have been painted for an earlier publication and re-used in this manner, as was often the case.

• Artist Biography
  Nadir Quinto (1918 - 1994; Milan, Italy)
  Nadir Quinto's contributions to the Thriller Picture Library were strips featuring the adventures of Robin Hood. Nadir Quinto was born in Milan and attended the Accademia di Brera and, immediately after the War, began contributing picture strips to most of the top Italian comic journals such as Dinamite, Albi di Salgari, Festival and L'Intrepido. In 1946 he began drawing and lettering strips for Corrieri dei Piccoli. After his brief time drawing Robin Hood strips for the TPL, he left comics to concentrate on illustration, only to return to drawing strips for the Italian comic journals in the 1970s.