The Silence Painter: A New “Name” in the History of the Kerch Style Vase-Painting
Journal: Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art
Year: 2017

The article attempts to identify a new vase-painter. In his works he usually didn’t even mark the mouths of the figures on the B-sides of the vessels; therefore we suggest calling him the Silence Painter. Here enumerated are 20 pelikai, including a fragmented one, that were supposedly painted by him. The vessels were divided into four groups according to their size and subjects. Some of the subjects are discussed in detail. The Silence Painter worked in the middle — the third quarter of the 4th