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The Chicago Painter

Also known as: The Chicago Painter; primary name: Chicago Painter
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; Greek; Male
Other dates: 460BC-450BC (fl.)
Biography: Athenian red-figure vase-painter whose name is unknown. Nevertheless consistent individual characteristics of style suggest the existence of a unique artistic personality. Beazley called him the Chicago Painter naming him after the location of one of his vases. He decorated a variety of shapes (mostly large) and was a follower of the Villa Giulia Painter (q.v). Several other vases have been attributed to his hand on the basis of style.
Bibliography: Beazley ARV² 628-631; Boardman ARFH2 15.

6 related objects

hydria

Museum number: 1867,0508.1137 |
Producer name: BIOG57765 Attributed to:The Chicago Painter |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 460BC-450BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Nola

kylix

Museum number: 1836,0224.167 |
Producer name: BIOG57765 Attributed to:The Chicago Painter |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 450BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Nola

pelike

Museum number: 1836,0224.28 |
Producer name: BIOG57765 Attributed to a Follower of:The Chicago Painter |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 450BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Vulci

pelike

Museum number: 1772,0320.229 |
Producer name: BIOG57765 Attributed to:The Chicago Painter |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 460BC-450BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece)

pelike

Museum number: 1843,1103.28 |
Producer name: BIOG57765 Attributed to:The Chicago Painter |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 460BC-450BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Vulci

vessel; oinochoe

Museum number: 2000,1101.56 |
Producer name: BIOG57765 Attributed to:The Chicago Painter |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 450BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:HMS ColossusExcavated/Findspot:St Mary's Island