Biography

Erminio Lozzi, France (1929)

Born in 1929, Erminio Lozzi is a renowned painter, tapestry maker, interior designer and animator (for animated films).

He may be best known in the art world for creating « Dino The Dinosaur » for the Flintstones series, but Lozzi was a prolific interior designer and led the refit of nearly every cruise ship in the world. ‘Epirotiki Lines, from the Argonaute to the Orpheus, including the Jason, the Neptune and, of course, the World Renaissance. Lozzi’s style was warm, using bright oranges and yellows, burnt umber, avocado green and turquoise.

His ships featured metal artwork and stunning original tapestries, many depicting scenes from Greek mythology. He transformed the World Renaissance, which was originally a chic French liner that had aged and become outdated, into a modern and contemporary Greek liner, a staple of Aegean cruises for more than two decades.