Beldam painter

Athena on a lekythus, around 480 BC BC, found in Vari , National Archaeological Museum (Athens) Inv. 1061

The Beldam Painter was an Attic vase painter of the black-figure style .

"Beldam painter" is an emergency name , as the real name of the artist has not been passed down. It got its name from a vase (" name vase ") on which an older female person who can no longer be identified is tortured by several satyrs . The Beldam painter was one of the latest representatives of his style. His creative period and that of his workshop are from around 470 BC. Until the second quarter of the 5th century BC BC. The products of his workshop are considered to be the last vases of the black-figure style made in Athens in large numbers. Stylistically, his works are closely related to those of the Haimon group .

The Beldam painter continues the tradition of small and slender lekyths . The smallest of these vases have chimney outlets, sharply bent shoulders and tall, clumsy feet. Early on in his career, the drawings by the Beldam painter, especially on larger lekyths with inwardly curved necks, were considered to be of high quality and better than those of the Haimon painter . Characteristic of his work are also ivy tendrils, with which he decorated the necks of many of his lekyths. Some of these are pure outline drawings, often together with funeral scenes. These Grablekythen are the first representatives of this type in Athens and have been produced frequently in the city since then. Particularly typical for the Beldam painter and his workshop are white grounds under the ornamental friezes and the generally frequent use of opaque white. A specialty of the artist are plant and checkerboard patterns on a white background, which are then also produced by other workshops. His palmette lekyths are reminiscent of the works of the Class of Athens 581 .

literature

Emilie Haspels : Attic black-figured lekythoi , Paris 1936, pp. 170–191. 266-269. 367.
John D. Beazley : Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters , Oxford 1956, pp. 586-587.
John Boardman : Black-Figure Vases from Athens. A handbook (= cultural history of the ancient world . Vol. 1). Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1977, ISBN 3-8053-0233-9 , p. 162.

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME	Beldam painter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Attic vase painter
DATE OF BIRTH	5th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	5th century BC Chr.