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Haimon Painter

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The Haimon Painter. Three Amazons and Herakles.Walters Art Museum.

TheHaimon painterwas a anonymous 5th-century BCAncient Greekpainter and draughtsman, so named byC.H.E. HaspelsandJohn Beazleyon account of a recurring subject in hisblack-figure vase painting—theSphinxand its victim, the last of whom—according to a Greek myth—wasHaimon.His name is unknown, but individual characteristics of style suggest the existence of a unique artistic personality. He specialized mostly inlekythoiand was closely related in manner to other contemporaryAthenianvase-painters.[1][2]

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  1. ^"The Haimon Painter (Biographical details)".Collection Database.The British Museum.Retrieved9 October2016.
  2. ^J., F. F. (1952). "Four Vases by the Haimon Painter".Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University.11(1): 5–9.doi:10.2307/3774275.JSTOR3774275.