Columbus painter
The Columbus painter was a provisional names designated ancient Greek vase painter who works in its Corinthian - black-style decorated. He worked during the transition from the orientalizing to the black-figure style (640 to 625 BC). The Columbus Painter was a student of the painter of Palermo 489 and in turn a teacher of the Chimaira painter and thus also had an influence on the Chimaira group around him. Its powerful lions were characteristic. He mainly painted aryballoi .
literature
- Thomas Mannack : Greek vase painting. An introduction . Theiss, Stuttgart 2002, p. 101 ISBN 3-8062-1743-2 .
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| SURNAME | Columbus painter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek vase painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th century BC Chr. |