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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Ancient Greek artists, Anonymous artists of antiquity, Kleophon Painter, Brygos Painter, Berlin Painter, Kleophrades Painter, Darius Painter, Meidias Painter, Penthesilea Painter, Amasis Painter, Andokides Painter, Reed Painter, Providence Painter, Wedding Painter, Foundry Painter, Sisyphus Painter, Achilles Painter, Varrese Painter, Dinos Painter, Analatos Painter, Nessos Painter, Ilioupersis Painter, Polyphemos Painter, Shuvalov Painter, Triptolemos Painter, Phrygillus, Marsyas Painter, Jena Painter, Eretria Painter, Baltimore Painter, Tarporley Painter, Affecter, Antimenes Painter, Pistoxenos Painter, Meleager Painter, Pioneer Group, Acesas, Harrow Painter, Pan Painter, Phiale Painter, Antiphon Painter, Naucratis Painter, Acragas, Pyrgoteles, YZ Group, Aegineta, Mesogeia Painter, Acheloos Painter, Honolulu Painter, Dipylon Master, Bularchus, Niobid Painter, Alexander, Siren Painter, Tithonos Painter, Persephone Painter, Tarquinia Painter, Malibu Painter, Glaucus of Chios. Excerpt: The Kleophon Painter is the name given to an anonymous Athenian vase painter in the red figure style who flourished in the mid-to-late 5th century BCE. He is thus named because one of the works attributed to him bears an inscription in praise of a youth named Kleophon. He appears to have been originally from the workshop of Polygnotos, and in turn to have taught the so-called Dinos Painter. Three vases suggest a collaboration with the Achilles Painter. A number of black figure works have also been attributed to him by some scholars. The Kleophon Painter was known for his paintings of various Red Figure Attic Vases during the fourth century BCE. The themes of his vases for the most part stick to a few specific genres. While there are a few exceptions, the majority of the themes are either Greek Mythology, domestic themes (to include sacr...
