Oreithyia painter

Who is Oreithyia painter?

The Oreithyia Painter was an ancient Greek red-figure vase painter working from the seventies to early sixties of the 5th century BCE. He is one of the many painters of the Red Figure Classical Period, but his work is not considered the finest or well-known. This is partly because he began painting during the transition from red-figure to black-figure pottery. In his early vases he only painted a Side A, adding to his minimalist style. The name Oreithyia Painter was assigned by archaeologist Otto Jahn off the pointed neck amphora vase held at the Antikensammlung in Munich, Germany depicting the rape of Oreithyia by Boreas. The vase ca 470–460 is inscribed with the names Kekros, Erechsus, Boras, and Oreithya, hence its name. Twenty-three vases in total have been attributed directly, perhaps, or compared to the Oreithyia painter predominantly by John Beazley and Otto Jahn. Other people who have attriubted vases to the Oreithyia Painter include Cahn and Dohan. The majority of his work is on larger vases. In total he worked with lekythoi, amphoras, hydrias, klyxs, stamnos, as well as various fragments. The provenances of his vases are predominantly from the western shores of Italy and the south western coast of Sicily, which most likely denote that most the Oreithyia Painter's work was exported through trade.