Piraeus painter

Early Attic black-figure amphora by the Piraeus painter, around 640/20 BC BC, found in Athens or Piraeus, Athens National Archaeological Museum

The Piraeus painter was one of the first Attic black-figure vase painters. It was between 630 and 600 BC. Active.

The Piraeus painter was a contemporary of the Nessos painter , but he did not come close to his importance and artistic class. His name vase , from which he got his emergency name , the neck amphora Athens, National Museum 353, was found in Piraeus . In this vase, the lip of the depicted lion, stylized into a volute and a snail, is to be mentioned. Representations of lions were quite popular at this time, they were also found with other painters of the time such as the lion painter and the gorgon painter named after them . Apart from his depictions of animals, which show a sure feeling of structure and proportions, his figures are still very stiff and awkward.

literature

John D. Beazley : Attic Black-figure Vase-painters . Oxford 1956, pp. 2-3.
John Boardman : Black-Figure Vases from Athens. A handbook (= cultural history of the ancient world . Vol. 1). 4th edition. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1994, ISBN 3-8053-0233-9 , p. 18.

Web links

Commons : Piraeus Painter - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Piraeus painter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Piraeus Painter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greek vase painter
DATE OF BIRTH	7th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	uncertain: after 600 BC Chr.