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Psiax
(formerly the Menon Painter)
Dionysos holding out a kantharos, black-figured plate by Psiax, ca. 520-500 BC, British Museum (B 589).
Born

Psiax


Before 525 BC
Attica
DiedAbout 505 BC
NationalityAthenian
Known forVase painting
MovementBlack-figure and Red-figure styles
Armoured warrior on a plate acribed to Psiax, circa 510 BC, found in the sanctuary of ZeusatOlympia, Antikensammlung Berlin.

Psiax was an Attic vase painter of the transitional period between the black-figure and red-figure styles. His works date to circa 525 to 505 BC and comprise about 60 surviving vases, two of which bear his signature. Initially he was allocated the name "Menon Painter" by John Beazley. Only later was it realised that the artist was identical with the painters signing as "Psiax".

Psiax collaborated with the potters Hilinos, Menon, Andokides and Nikosthenes. While he started as a painter in the black-figure technique, he played a major role in the early development of red-figure, which was invented in the workshop of Andokides. The black-figure Antimenes Painter, working for the same workshop, was stylistically close to Psiax; Beazley described the two as "brothers". Perhaps unsurprisingly, considering his chronological position, Psiax was a master of bilingual vase painting. Formerly called the Menon Painter, after the potter’s signature on a red-figure amphora (Philadelphia, U. PA, Mus., 5349), he signed two red-figure alabastra as painter, both of which bear the signature of the potter Hilinos [Karlsruhe, Bad. Landesmus., 242 (B 120) and Odessa, A. Mus.]. Psiax also knew the white ground technique, as well as coral red pottery techniques.[1]

His signature is only known from two red-figure alabastraatKarlsruhe and Odessa, both also signed by the potter Hilinos. Three of the vases by him are signed by the potter Andokides. The fact that he painted kyathoi and used the Six's technique indicates that he also collaborated with Nikosthenes. In his early phase, Epiktetos imitated Psiax. The Pioneers Euphronios and Phintias were taught by Psiax.

Psiax mostly painted smaller vessels, appropriate to his fine painting style. Nevertheless, larger vases by him are also known, such as amphorae, hydriai and calyx kraters. On those, too, his figures are not so much powerful and lively but rather dignified and restrained. Although he experimented with the possibilities offered by the new technique (perspective), he concentrated more on the fine detail and decorative effect typical of Late Archaic art. He did not limit his activity to black-figure or red-figure but also experimented with black figures on white or coral-red ground and with the Six Technique.

His choice of subjects is conventional; arguably with a preference for scenes with horses and archers.

Works (selection)

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black-figure belly amphora
B 120 red-figure alabastron (signed; potter: Hilinos)
1980.10-29.1 (formerly Castle Ashby) black-figure neck amphora (potter: Andokides)
Neck front: Dionysos between two satyrs, back: Warrior in chariot in frontal perspective between two youths [1] [2]
11008 (L 63) bilingual belly amphora (potter: Andokides)
Front: Apollo with kithara between Artemis, Leto and Ares; back: Dionysos with kantharos between satyrs and maenads [3]
86.AE.278 red-figure cup [4]
90.AE.122 black-figure mastos [5]
63.11.6 red-figure belly amphora with black-figure lip
Front: fight over the tripod, back: Dionysos with kantharos between maenad and satyr (Lip: Psiax, main images: Andokides Painter) [6]
266602 red-figure alabastron (signed; potter: Hilinos)
5349 red-figure belly amphora (potter: Menon)

Bibliography

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References

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  1. ^ The Getty Museum - Biography of Psiax Archived 2012-02-06 at the Wayback Machine A vase-painter working in Athens in the late 500s B.C., Psiax is known from his signature on several surviving vases. A versatile painter, Psiax worked in every pottery technique in use at that time: black-figure, red-figure, white-ground, coral red, and Six's technique. He decorated the complete range of Greek vase shapes, both large and small, favoring Dionysiac scenes and the myths of Herakles. Most importantly, Psiax was an innovator. Two of his vases were signed by the potter Andokides, showing that Psiax worked in the shop where the red-figure technique was probably invented. He is also the first vase-painter interested in showing the human body in complex poses, a trait subsequently developed by the so-called Pioneers, at least one of whom, Euphronios, appears to have been Psiax's pupil.

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