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Athena Painter
( fl c. 490–c. 480 BC). Greek vase painter. He belonged to the last generation of Attic Black-figure vase painters, who now painted only small vessels such as lekythoi and oinochoai. He decorated both shapes, but specialized in lekythoi (about 150 are attributed to him) and employed both red and white grounds: occasionally he used the outline technique for the attributes of his conventional black silhouette figures (e.g. Athens, N. Archaeol. Mus., 1809; see Kurtz, pl. 60/2). He drew simply, but well: his figures are large and powerful, while careful incision gives them an appearance of animation. His name derives from his numerous portrayals of Athena. In addition to typical Late Archaic subjects (stories of gods and heroes, Dionysiac revels, battles, animals), he also painted some unusual scenes, such as Satyrs Performing a War Dance (Athens, N. Archaeol. Mus., 18567) or Hyakinthos Escaping across the Sea on a Swan (Berlin, Pergamonmus., 30852).
Part of the Vase painters family
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