Ilioupersis Painter

The Iliupersis painter was an Apulian vase painter. His works are dated to the second quarter of the 4th century BC.

The Iliupersis painter stands at the beginning of the middle phase of the Apulian vase painting and the beginning of the so-called "rich lifestyle ". He received his Notnamen after one preserved in the British Museum volute krater showing scenes from the Iliupersis. He stood in the tradition of the Dijon Painter. The Iliupersis painter was an innovative artist who introduced several groundbreaking innovations in the Apulian vase painting. So he led the representation of grave scenes in the representation of a canon ( Naiskosvasen ), also the corrugation of vessels in the lower ranges and decorating the handle of Volutenkrateren with round medallions in face shape. Also can be seen between a tendril of a calyx ascending woman's head for the first time with him. The Iliupersis painter shows in his pictures mythological, Dionysian and genre scenes with cupids, men and women. Its main vessel was the volute krater, which was by him for Leitgefäß of Apulian vase painting, but there are among the more than 100 works attributed to him, many other forms. He also used it as one of the first artists to white and yellow highlight color on a larger scale. Sometimes he also began to red and brown. His main workshop comrade and co-workers was the painter of Athens in 1714, numerous progeny such as the painter of the Dublin Situlae stand in his tradition.