KY Painter
TheKY Painterwas anAtticblack-figurevase painter. He was active between 585 and 570 BC.
Besides theKX Painter,the KY Painter was the main representative of theKomast Group,which succeeded theGorgon Painter.His conventional name was allocated byJohn Beazley.He is considered the less talented and chronologically somewhat later representative of the group.Komastsare one of his favourite motifs. He mainly paintedskyphoi,lekanes,kothonesandKomast cups.He was the first artist to paint acolumn krater,which was to become a popular wine-mixing vessel.
Bibliography[edit]
- John D. Beazley:Attic Black-figure Vase-painters.Oxford 1956, p. 31-33
- John Michael Boardman (1977).Schwarzfigurige Vasen aus Athen.: Ein Handbuch.p. 19.ISBN978-3-8053-0233-3.
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