Aison (vase painter)
National Archaeological Museum of Spain
(Madrid 11265).Aison was an
National Archaeological Museum of Spain, was created in the same workshop that Penthesilea Painter
was active in and
Aristophanes was later to join. In his third workshop he worked together with the Schuvalow Painter and the Eretria Painter. Here he painted mostly closed containers. All three artists stood in the tradition of National Archaeological Museum of Athens) clearly mark a turning point in the artist's life when he embraced the Adonis
cult. The difference is seen in the quality of his work, which is probably due primarily to difficult life circumstances, as demonstrated by the frequent workshop changes.
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- John Boardman. Attic Red Figure Vases: The Classical Period: A Handbook. London: Thames and Hudson, 1989.
