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The Phiale Painter, also known as Boston Phiale Painter, was a painter of the Attic
Works at the Getty MuseumTerracotta lekythos at the Metropolitan Museum of ArtVase at the V&A Museum
5th-century BC deaths Ancient Greek vase painters Anonymous artists of antiquity People from Attica Year of birth unknown {{Greece-artist-stub
The Phiale Painter, also known as Boston Phiale Painter, was a painter of the Attic red-figure
Red-figure vase painting is one of the most important styles of figural Greek vase painting.
It developed in Athens around 520 BCE and remained in use until the late 3rd century BCE. It replaced the previously dominant style of black-figure va ...
style. He was active around 460 to 430 BC. The Phiale Painter is assumed to have been a pupil of the Achilles Painter. In contrast to his master, he liked to depict narrative scenes. He painted several large calyx kraters, often with two registers of figures; unlike his master, he seems to have preferred larger vessels in general. This is shown by his white-ground
White-ground technique is a style of white ancient Greek pottery and the Greek vase painting, painting in which figures appear on a white background. It developed in the region of Attica, dated to about 500 BC. It was especially associated with ...
works, which are not well known, but more expressive than those of the Achilles Painter. Apart from a number of '' lekythoi'', he painted two chalice ''kraters'' in white-ground technique, a rarity at the time. His themes may be partially influenced by contemporary theatre. His preferred name for ''kalos'' inscriptions is that of Euaion, son of Aeschylus
Aeschylus (, ; grc-gre, Αἰσχύλος ; c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian, and is often described as the father of tragedy. Academic knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier Greek ...
. His conventional name is based on the fact that a painted '' phiale'', a vase shape rarely equipped with figural depictions, is known from him.
Bibliography
*John Beazley
Sir John Davidson Beazley, (; 13 September 1885 – 6 May 1970) was a British classical archaeologist and art historian, known for his classification of Attic vases by artistic style. He was Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art at the Un ...
. ''Attic Red Figure Vase Painters''. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1963.
* John Boardman. ''Rotfigurige Vasen aus Athen. Die klassische Zeit'', Philipp von Zabern, Mainz, 1991 (Kulturgeschichte der Antiken Welt, Band 48), besonders S. 65 und 137f. .
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Works at the Getty Museum
5th-century BC deaths Ancient Greek vase painters Anonymous artists of antiquity People from Attica Year of birth unknown {{Greece-artist-stub