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The Pistoxenos Painter

Also known as: The Pistoxenos Painter; primary name: Pistoxenos Painter
Details: unknown; painter/draughtsman; Greek
Other dates: 470 BC-460 BC (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 Pistoxenos Painter naming him after a skyphos in Schwerin he decorated that was signed by the potter Pistoxenos (q.v.). He also decorated cups signed by the potter Euphronios (q.v.) and was a pupil of the Antiphon Painter (q.v.). Working mainly in red-figure, he brought the delicacy of Late Archaic vase-painting into the Early Classical style and also produced white-ground tondi of great elegance. Many vases have been attributed to his hand on the basis of style.
Bibliography: Beazley ARV² 859-863 Boardman ARFH2 38

Museum number: 1899,0105.3 |
Producer name: BIOG60112 Attributed to the Manner of:The Pistoxenos Painter |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 470BC-460BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece)