Runner painter

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A vase painter who is no longer known by name today is referred to as a runner painter (also painter of the running satyr ) who worked in the second half of the 6th century BC. Was an important representative of the fikellura style of Eastern Greek vase painting at the time of the orientalizing style .

Alongside the Altenburg painter, the Läufer painter is considered to be the most important representative of the Fikellura style and the most important representative of the Läufer group . It got its emergency name from the depiction of a single running man on a bulbous neck amphora . Under the handles it was adorned with a large volute . A stylistically advanced vase (now in Oxford ) shows a running hare.

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SURNAME Runner painter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Runner painter; Painter of the Running Satyr
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek vase painter
DATE OF BIRTH 7th century BC BC or 6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr.