Swing Painter

The Swing Painter (English: Swing Painter ) was a designated a Notnamen Attic vase painter of the black-figure style of the third quarter of the 6th century BC

The rocking - painter was active around the same time as the group e. From him unusually large number of vases are known, but this is also due to the fact that his style compared with other vase painters is quite easy to identify. His works are set in about the time 540-520 BC. He is regarded as no outstanding artist, but often created unintentionally funny scenes. In particular, the oversized heads of his usually quite peaceful -looking figures, with their often clenched fists and striking worked out noses do not lack a certain comic from a modern perspective. His style is inaccurate and careless acts according to John Boardman. Yet he continues colors very resourceful for a garment pattern.

The artist drew inspiration from a wide repertoire of mythological themes, including rarely-seen scenes. His portrayal of Herakles and Busiris is unique in the form shown by him. It also represented scenes from the everyday world as men on stilts and domestic scenes, which include the representation of a rocking presentation was that gave the artist his Notnamen. He also decorated Panathenaic Preisamphoren.