List of Greek vase painters

The list of Greek potters and vase painters collects the names are known and recognized by the research and thoughtful with Notnamen potters and vase painters. The period treated ranges from the Mycenaean and Minoan period over which nachmykenische, geometric and orientalising time on the particularly well-studied black- and red-figured vases of artists painting to the last foothills of the figurative or ornamental painted vases of the Hadra genus. Not included in the list ceramists are the products other than vases of the range of fine ceramics, such as Tanagra figurines or coarse ceramic tableware, produced. Moreover ends, apart from a few exceptions, the inclusion of ceramists in the list, as distinct from those with the beginning of the Hellenistic period the decoration methods this time in previous centuries partly fundamentally. In the list of the artists of the phases is thus represented, the works created with ornamental or figurative ornaments. Besides are painters Klazomenischer sarcophagi, painted their works in black-figure style, as well as potters and vase painters of Etruria considered because their work is closely connected with the works of Greek art. Similarly, representatives of the Cypriot vase painting, if there is a direct reference to the Greek as well as the influence of Greek artists Italic ceramics.

The single alphabetic sub-pages can be divided into up to three different sections. If there are artists with the respective first letter, whose real names have been handed down, these are the first section. The following artists with Notnamen. In the third section are groups of artists, workshops and artist classes that are also tagged with Notnamen. The sorting of the artist with a Notnamen phrase is effected according to the descriptive part of the name. Thus, not after parts of the names Painters, group, workshop, school or class with the additions of which, of sorts. The Painter of Athens 533 is 533 so arranged in the alphabetical order, for example, under Athens. If different names of the artists vary so that there could be various artists, they are taken more than once in the list. This does not occur when it comes to little things like hyphens or individual letters in spelling. Recorded are differences as in Berlin Painter and Berlin painter or painters of the Frankfurt Eichellekythos and painter of the Frankfurt lekythos. Waiver, however, is on multiple items with different spellings such as Elbows Elbows out or out. On different spellings or formerly used names remarks are pointed out in the section. Capitalized names (apart from references ) give English names or partial names again, for which there is no known equivalent in German (about the worst Painter ). Umlauts and other characters are included in the simplified alphabet. Ä becomes A, ö to o, etc.

John D. Beazley, the most important basic research in the field of Attic vase painting, differed more than 1500 different potters, painters, groups and classes, which he then assigned more than 30,000 different plants. In addition, especially with Notnamen distinguished painters from other regions of Greater Greece, mainly from Corinth and southern Italy (often named Arthur Dale Trendall ), but also from Boeotia, Laconia ( basic research by Conrad M. Stibbe ), Thessaly, eastern Greece, the Cyclades and other regions and places. It can be well over 2,000 today distinct vase painters and potters, of which there are more than 1,600 in this list. With new digs, discoveries (such as the art market or private collections ) and research will also be permanently identified new painter or interprets the assignment of individual vases to painters hands again. It also happens that recognized in recent research individual painter than an artist or individual artists previously associated with works of art are assigned to several painters. There is also a complex system of attributions within the artists' groups such as " master ", " student ", " studio ", " circle ", " in style " or "related". Artist groups and classes are sometimes not easy to distinguish from smaller painting styles and genres. Group compilations are based generally on the painting style classes to the vessel forms.

All times stated are approximate and refer to the period before the birth of Christ ( BC). At a corresponding addition was omitted. For convenience, the data are given shortened and have the following meanings:

• 435/15 - 435-415 BC (example)
• 1/2 - first half
• 2/2 - Second half

The art periods and styles are abbreviated as follows: