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Piraeus Painter

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Died
  
About 600 BC

Name
  
Piraeus Painter

Movement
  
Black-figure style

Known for
  
Vase painting

Nationality
  
Probably Greek


Piraeus Painter

Full Name
  
Unknown. Named from the circumstance that the first vase of the style was found in Piraeus.

Notable work
  
Amphorae and other pottery decorated with animal figures of much higher quality than the human figures.

The Piraeus Painter was one of the first Attic black figure vase painters. He was active between 630 and 600 BC.

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The Piraeus Painter was a contemporary of the Nessos Painter, whose importance and artistic class he did not reach. His name vase, a neck amphora in Athens, National Archaeological Museum 353, was found at Piraeus. The most noteworthy feature of that vase is the snout of the depicted lion, stylised into the shape of a volute. Images of lions were quite popular at the time, as in the works of the Lion Painter and the Gorgon Painter. Except his animal figures, which display a safe intuition for design and proportions, his other figures appear very stiff and awkward.

References

Piraeus Painter Wikipedia