Jena Painter

The Jena Painter ( also: Jena Painter ) was an ancient Greek vase painter who was active around 400 BC in Athens. He painted mainly drinking vessels in the red-figured style.

The stylistic and chronological classification of the vase painter was the first time by the British classical archaeologist John D. Beazley. The Notnamen The Jena Painter chose Beazley, since a large proportion of the surviving fragments of the painter was owned by the University of Jena. Of the 91 traditional vessels of the Jena painter most of 1892 was discovered at Athens in the field of ancient pottery district Kerameikos. This exceptional workshop Fund allows a number of conclusions about operation and functioning of a pottery workshop in classical Athens. In addition, however can also be many vessels that were exported to the western Mediterranean, about to Etruria and northern Africa from Athens, assign the Jena Painter.

The Jena Painter be assigned two employees whose work are denoted by B and C style. In this case, the Jena painter painted mostly the insides of the shells and the assistant in the style B the outside of the vessels. The drawings of the second employee ( Style C ), however, can be found on Schalenskyphoi and footless shells. In contrast to the more volatile executed drawings of the agents, the painting style of the Jena Painter takes off through a fine line and a vibrant picture composition.

At the workshop of the Jena Painter also included the Q- painter and the Diomedes - painter.