Eretria Painter

 ( 5th-century Bc Deaths ) 

The Eretria Painter was an Ancient Greece Attica red-figure vase painter. He worked in the final quarter of the 5th century BC. The Eretria Painter is assumed to have been a contemporary of the Shuvalov Painter; he is considered one of the most interesting painters of his time. Many of his best works are painted on Oinochoe]] and belly Lekythos]]. His paintings often depict many figures, moving in groups across all available surfaces. He also painted such vessels as figure-shaped vases or head-shaped Kantharos]]. Even as the vase shapes he painted on are unusual, his themes are conventional: athletes, and , and mythological scenes. There are also some careful studies of women. He also painted white-ground vases. A lekythos in New York shows a funeral scene, typical of white-ground painting: Achilles is mourning Patroclus; the bring him new weapons. The Eretria Painter's drawing style influenced later artists, e.g. the Meidias Painter and his school.

• John Boardman (1991). 9783805312622, Philipp von Zabern. ISBN 9783805312622
• Adrienne Lezzi-Hafter (1988). 9783805309639, Philipp von Zabern. ISBN 9783805309639