Pioneer Group
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The Pioneer Group is a term used by scholars for a number of vase painters working in the potters' quarter of Kerameikos in ancient Athens around the beginning of the 5th century BC, around the time o
Krater by Euphronios
Euthymides
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Euthymides was an ancient Athenian potter and painter of vases. He was a member of the art movement later known as the Pioneer Group for their exploration of the new decorative style known as red-figu
Pioneer Group
…the first conscious art movement in the western tradition, historians had included a number of artists in the group, including Epiktetos, Euphronios, Euthymides, Oltos, Phintias, Smikros, Hypsis, and the Dikaios Painter. Archaeologist John Beazley was the first to identify these artists as a coherent group in…
As portrayed by his contemporary Phintias, c. 510 – c. 505 BCE
Oinochoe (wine-jug), showing the Judgement of Paris
A warrior, named as Thorykion, arms in the presence of two Scythian archers: Euthymides's signature and patronymic can be read near his right leg.
Opposite side of the same vase, showing two athletes and their trainer: Euthymides's signature and patronymic are between the trainer's body and stick.