Antimenes Painter

The Antimenes Painter was an ancient Greek vase painter who flourished between 530 and 510 BCE. He was one of the most prolific black-figure artists of Athens and was named after a Kalos inscription exalting Antimenes on a hydria (Leiden, Rijksmus. Oudhd., PC 63). Currently, his work has been found on 140 pieces of pottery. [ [http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=797 The Getty Museum - Biography of the Antimenes Painter] "The Antimenes Painter decorated vases in the black-figure technique in Athens from about 530 to 510 B.C. Working in a period when many artists were switching to the new red-figure technique, the Antimenes Painter was one of the most prolific black-figure artists of his time. Over 140 of his vases survive, mostly amphorae and hydriai. He decorated his vases with a wide range of mythological and genre scenes but seems to have favored two themes: the hero Herakles and fountain-house scenes. As with most ancient artists, the true name of the Antimenes Painter is unknown; he is identified only by the stylistic traits of his work. Scholars named him after a kalos inscription praising the youth Antimenes on a vase now in the Rijksmuseum in Leiden."]

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* [http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=797 The Getty Museum - Biography of the Antimenes Painter]
*Johannes Burow. "Der Antimenesmaler". Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, 1989 (Forschungen zur antiken Keramik. Reihe 2, Kerameus. Bd. 7). ISBN 3-8053-1029-3