Columbus Painter
The Columbus Painter was an ancient in the black-figure style; his real name is unknown. He was active during the transitional period between orientalising vase painting and black-figure proper (c. 640–625 BC). He was a pupil of the Painter of Palermo 489 and, in turn, the teacher of the and thus a major influence on the dominated by the latter. Characteristic are his powerful lions. He painted especially aryballoi.
Bibliography[]
- Thomas Mannack: Griechische Vasenmalerei. Eine Einführung. Theiss, Stuttgart 2002, p. 101 ISBN 3-8062-1743-2.
Categories:
- Ancient Greek vase painters
- Ancient Corinthians
- 7th-century BC Greek people
- Anonymous artists of antiquity