Euphronius

Euphronius

 or Euphronios

(flourished c. 520–470 BC, Athens, Greece) Greek vase painter and potter. His signature has been identified on 20 vessels, 8 that he signed as painter and 12 as potter. He was an outstanding early proponent of red-figure pottery. His best-known work as a painter is a krater in the Louvre depicting Herakles wrestling Antaeus. As a potter, he worked with the finest vase painters of his time. His greatest rival was Euthymides.

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Euphronius 

an ancient Attic vase painter and potter of the late sixth and early fifth century B.C.

Euphronius, a preeminent representative of the “severe style,” may have begun in the black-figure technique. In his decorations, which had mythological and genre subjects, he sought to render complex movements. Works by Euphronius include the kylikes Battle of Heracles and Gervon and Horsemen, both in the Museum Antiker Kleinkunst in Munich, the crater Battle of Heracles With Antaeus, and Psycter With Hetaerae, which is in the Hermitage in Lenin-grad. Euphronius may also be the potter of the Pelike With Swallow.