This article needs additional citations for verification. (August 2014) |
Siren painter is the name given to an ancient Greek artist who decorated but did not sign Attic red-figured vases. His real name is unknown, as are the date of his birth and death.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Stamnos_tripod_Louvre_G180.jpg/220px-Stamnos_tripod_Louvre_G180.jpg)
Following usual practice, this artist's name was derived from the subject of one of his artworks, a red-figured stamnos which illustrates a scene from Homer’s Odyssey (XII, 39): Odysseus is tied to the mast of his ship when he is passing along the island of the Sirens, dangerous bird-women.[1]
The Siren painter was presumably working in Athens in the years 480 to 470 BC.
Some of his preserved vases are on public display:
- London, British Museum: Odysseus and the Sirens. c. 480-470 BC.
- Paris, Musée du Louvre: The struggle between Herakles and Apollo for the Delphic tripod, c. 480 BC.
References
editFurther reading
edit- John Beazley, Attic red figured vase painters, 2nd edition (Oxford, 1963)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Siren Painter.