Daybreak Painter

The Daybreak Painter was an Attic black-figure vase painter, active in the late sixth and early fifth centuries BC. His real name is not known.

A vase by the Daybreak Painter

He was of the Leagros Group and painted primarily lekythoi and oinochoai as well as the newly introduced olpe. His work is characterised by a highly developed sense of colour and a good hand for detail.

Haspels gave him the name of Daybreak Painter after his lekythos which depicted the god Helios emerging from the sea.

See also

• Little Masters (Greek vase painting)
• List of Greek vase painters

Bibliography

• John Beazley: Attic Black-figure Vase-painters. Oxford 1956, p.
• John Boardman: Schwarzfigurige Vasen aus Athen. Ein Handbuch, von Zabern, 4. edn, Mainz 1994 (Kulturgeschichte der Antiken Welt, Vol. 1) ISBN 3-8053-0233-9, p. 126