Douris

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Douris

Greek artist

Also known as: Duris

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Also spelled:: Duris

Flourished:: c. 500–c. 460 bc

Flourished:: c.500 BCE - c.460 BCE

Movement / Style:: black-figure pottery; red-figure pottery

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Douris (flourished c. 500–c. 460 bc) was a Greek vase painter of the early Classical period, known for his fine draftsmanship and crisp, clear lines. He worked in both the red- and black-figure styles, and he decorated his vases with many themes. He frequently selected themes popular during the Archaic period, for example, the Golden Fleece, but reinterpreted them to make them more relevant to his time.

Douris was a prolific painter in the red-figure technique whose signature as either potter or painter has been identified on about 40 vases. About 280 vase paintings (the vast majority on cups) have been attributed to him. A cup depicting “Eos Embracing Her Dead Son Memnon” is frequently attributed to Douris. Other vessels that Douris is believed to have painted include a psykter (cooler) of “Drunken Silenus,” an “Ajax and Ulysses,” and a “School Interior.” It is possible that some of Douris’s paintings may reflect the now lost monumental mural paintings of Classical Greece.

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