Oltos
Sign in to saveOltos was a Late Archaic Greek vase painter, active in Athens from 525 BC to 500 BC. About 150 works by him are known. Two pieces, a cup in Berlin (Antikensammlung F 2264) and a cup in Tarquinia (Museo Nazionale Tarquiniese RC 6848), are signed by him as painter.
Key facts
- Person.name
- Oltos
- Person.occupation
- Vase painter
- Person.years_active
- c.525 BC to c. 500 BC
- Person.style
- Initially bilingual, later red-figure
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Classical Athens
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Native language
- Ancient Greek
- Field of work
- bilingual vase painting
- Work location
- Kerameikos
- Residence
- Classical Athens
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- Commons category
- Oltos
- date of birth
- 0600-01-01
- date of death
- 0500-01-01
- time period
- classical antiquity
- name in native language
- Ὄλτος
- culture
- Ancient Greece
- student
- Euphronios
- partner in business or sport
- Chelis
- Commons Creator page
- Oltos
- member of
- Pioneer Group
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Encyclopedic overview
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Oltos was a Late Archaic Greek vase painter, active in Athens from 525 BC to 500 BC. About 150 works by him are known. Two pieces, a cup in Berlin (Antikensammlung F 2264) and a cup in Tarquinia (Museo Nazionale Tarquiniese RC 6848), are signed by him as painter.
== Overview == thumb|left|Athena and Enceladus in combat, red-figure plate, Louvre CA 3662. Oltos is thought to have begun his career in the workshop of the potter Nikosthenes. Initially, he mainly painted bilingual vases or bowls with interior black-figure and exterior red-figure decoration. His black-figure style was influenced by Psiax and the Antimenes Painter. No pure black-figure works by Oltos are yet known. His tondos usually depict a single figure. They are often full of tension, frequently with differential directions of gaze and movement. Later, he exclusively painted red-figure, influenced especially by the Andokides Painter as well as several members of the Pioneer Group, especially his former pupil Euphronios.
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