Pisticci Painter

Many of his artistic works were discovered in Pisticci, a small town a few kilometers from Metaponto, Lucania, Italy.

Ceramics of typically Attic taste began to be produced in the colonies of Magna Graecia toward the end of the 5th century BC.

The political instability of the time in Athens very likely determined the migrations of those painters to the Magna Graecia colonies.

Since the work of the Pisticci Painter can be related on the basis of stylistic characteristics to the school of Polygnotus, it may be supposed that he trained in Athens with that artist.

The Pisticci Painter's depictions show an exquisitely Attic taste in both the choice of themes and the techniques employed.