Oltos

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Athena and grandchildren fighting, red-figure plate, Louvre (CA 3662)

Oltos ( ancient Greek Ὄλτος ) was in Athens active vase painter of Spätarchaik . From the time from 525 to 500 BC About 150 works by the painter have survived, mainly bowls, of which bowl F 2264 in Berlin ( Antikensammlung Berlin ) and bowl RC 6848 in Tarquinia ( Museo Nazionale Tarquiniese ) are signed.

Oltos began his work in the pottery workshop of Nicosthenes . Initially, Oltos mainly designed bilingual vases with black-figure inside and red-figure outside. His black-figure style is influenced by Psiax and the Antimenes Painter . Purely black-figure works by Olto are still unknown today. The shell pictures are mostly single-figure and charged with tension, different directions of movement and gaze are not uncommon. Oltos later devoted himself entirely to red-figure painting, where he was influenced by the Andokides painter and several representatives of the so-called pioneer group , above all his former pupil Euphronios .

His drawings were flat and elegant, but never reached the level of detail of other red-figure masters. He had a particular fondness for lavish ornamentation and symmetrical compositions. In the middle phase of his career, Oltos devoted himself to depicting mythological scenes. Over time, Oltos worked with several potters. There is evidence of collaboration with at least six: Hischylos , in a special way Pamphaios , with whom he created the first stamnos , Tleson , Chelis , finally Kachrylion , where he worked with Euphronios, and Euxitheos .

A new feature introduced by Oltos can be found on an amphora ( London , British Museum E 258). Here he represented a single figure without a frame or stand line.

Selected Works

Dionysus , inner image of a bilingual eye cup , Staatliche Antikensammlungen ( State Collections of Antiquities) (Inv. 2593)
  • Altenburg, State Lindenau Museum
    Shell 224
  • Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Museum
    Fragment of a shell AIA B1
  • Basel, Antikensammlung and Ludwig Collection
    Shell BS 459
  • Berlin, Collection of Antiquities
    Bowl F 2263 • Bowl F 2264 • Phiale F 2310 • Bowl F 4220 • Bowl F 4221
  • Boston, Museum of Fine Arts
    Bowl 13.83 • Fragment of a bowl 08.31d • Ceramic fragment 10.219
  • Bowdoin, Bowdoin College Museum of Art
    Fragment of a bowl 1913.14
  • Chicago, University of Chicago (David and Alfred Smart Gallery)
    Bowl 1967.115
  • Fayetteville, The University Museum
    Bowl 56.25.15
  • London, The British Museum
    Bowl E 41 • Amphora E 258 • Stamnos E 437
  • Malibu, J. Paul Getty Museum
    Bowl 86.AE.276 • Bowl 86.AE.277
  • Mount Holyoke, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
    Bowl 1967.BS.II.11
  • Munich, Glyptothek and Antikensammlung
    Bowl 2593 • bowl 2618
  • New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
    Psykter 1989.281.69
  • Paris, Musee National du Louvre
    Ceramic fragment CA 3662 • Amphora G 2 • Amphora G 3
  • Tarquinia, Museo Nazionale Tarquiniese
    Shell RC 6848
  • Vatican, Museo Gregoriano Etrusco
    Bowl 498

literature

  • Joachim Harnecker: Oltos. Investigations into the choice of themes and style of an early red-figure bowl painter , Lang, Frankfurt a. M. et al. 1992, ISBN 3-631-43755-2

Web links

Commons : Oltos  - collection of images, videos and audio files


personal data
SURNAME Oltos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek vase painter
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 5th century BC Chr.