Amazing Art and Memorabilia from Past Winter Olympics

Poster for the 1948 Winter Olympic Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland, by Alois Carigiet. These were the first Olympics in 12 years, following a hiatus in competition during World War II.

Peggy Fleming, Olympic Gold Skater, 1968. Fleming took the top spot in the ladies’ singles competition that year in Grenoble, France.

Olympia picture album, 1952, commemorating the sixth Winter Olympics, in Oslo, Norway.

Sarajevo, 1984, by Cy Twombly. The piece was commissioned by Giuseppe Marino for the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.

Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses commemorating the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.

Poster for the 1936 Winter Olympic Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, by Ludwig Hohlwein.

Olympic rings pin from the 1936 Summer Games in Berlin. This was the last time that both the Summer and Winter Olympics were held in the same country in a given year. Adolf Hitler presided over the opening ceremonies for both.

Five Circles, 1971–72, by Robert Motherwell. The artist was commissioned to create a posted for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany, but the committee rejected the print, noting that it was supposed to include collage elements.

Poster from the ski jump venue from 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. The ski jump, or saut, competition was hosted in Courchevel, France.

Mountain Walk, Pyeongchang, South Korea, 2012, by Michael Kenna. The current Olympics, in the ski resort town of Pyeongchang, are only the third Winter Games in Asia and the first to be held outside of Japan.

Wreath, 2015, by Stephanie Peek. “The genesis of this oil painting, Wreath, is the classic laurel wreath fashioned in gold and awarded to victors, both athletic and poetic, in ancient Greece and Rome,” Peek declared in her artist’s statement.