Epeleius painter

Tondo of the Munich vase with the satyr Terpon

Tondo with the image of a young man standing in a bell crater

The Epeleios Painter was a Greek vase painter who worked towards the end of the 6th century BC. Chr. In Athens worked.

The Epeleios Painter was one of the relatively early red-figure bowl painters . His creative period is around 530 to 500 BC. BC. He is considered a third-rate vase painter, but was quite productive. John D. Beazley assigns him to the Coarser Wing - and here the third group - with which he describes the third-rate vase painters of the time. The name of the Epeleios painter has not survived, which is why Beazley, who recognized and defined his artistic handwriting within the large body of ancient painted ceramics, has made him distinguishable with an emergency name . His pictures often show individual athletes or palaeolithic scenes with several athletes and warriors; His pictures of Dionysian themes are particularly striking and imaginative .

The Epeleios painter, like the Euergides painter, works in the style of the master Epiktetos , but without reaching his class or even the skills of the Euergides painter. His works often give the impression of being rough copies of the works of Epictetus. Several vases were listed as works with Euergidian and Epeleiic elements because of their graphic details . He decorated some eye cups with the fan palmettes , which were going out of fashion at the time , which suggests that he seems to be an older vase painter than his colleagues. Like other painters from his circle he puts his characters isolated statements in the mouth, so the Tondo (internal image) a dish which also by inscription as Terpon called Satyr Hedy woinos - the wine is sweet .

literature

John D. Beazley : Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters. Oxford 1963², number 35, 146-147.
John Boardman : Red-Figure Vases from Athens. The archaic time (= cultural history of the ancient world . Volume 4). 4th edition. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1994, ISBN 3-8053-0234-7 , pp. 68, 70.

Web links

Commons : Epeleios Painter - collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry in the Union List of Artist Names Online (English)
Entry in the artist database of the J. Paul Getty Museum (English)

Remarks

^ Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, inventory number 48.89; John D. Beazley: Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters. Oxford 1963², 146.2; Entry in the online database of the Walters Art Museum

↑ Staatliche Antikensammlungen in Munich, inventory number 2619 A; John D. Beazley: Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters. Oxford 1963², 146.2; Entry on the Beazley Archive website

personal data
SURNAME	Epeleius painter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Epeleios painter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greek vase painter of the red-figure style
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr.

[1] Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, inventory number 48.89; John D. Beazley: Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters. Oxford 1963², 146.2; Entry in the online database of the Walters Art Museum