Pistoxenos Painter
white-ground bowl, circa 480 BC. Delphi, Archaeological Museum
.The Pistoxenos Painter was an important ancient Greek vase painter of the Classical period. He was active in Athens between c. 480 and 460 BC. Many vases have been attributed to his hand on the basis of style.
Kameiros (Rhodes), now British Museum
.The Pistoxenos Painter probably started his apprenticeship under the
thiasos
imagery.
He was one of the first painters to employ four-colour polychromy, using slip, paints and gilding. This style often resembles monumental painting. In his later works he grew so skillful that he could omit the "relief line". Stylistically, he is close to the Penthesilea Painter. His kalos inscriptions refer to the names Lysis, Glaukon and Megakles.
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