Theon of Samos
Theon of Samos was an ancient Greek painter during the era of Alexander the Great, is mentioned by Quintilian as a good artist of the second rank.
Theon of Samos
- Died
- 400
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages
- Ancient Greek
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Theon of Samos was an ancient Greek painter during the era of Alexander the Great, is mentioned by Quintilian as a good artist of the second rank.
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Early career
If we may trust the somewhat flimsy stories told about him, his forte consisted in a lifelike, or perhaps, as Brunn puts it, a theatrical representation of action. His figures were said to start out of the picture. He chose such congenial subjects as the madness of Orestes, and a soldier rushing to battle. Another painter, Theorus, is mentioned, whom Brunn regards as identical with Theon.
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400
Theon of Samos died.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3983954: Theon of Samos
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- “Theon of Samos”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Getty Union List of Artist Names 500047051, Theon of Samos.
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- 1.Brunn, H. Zur griechischen Künstlergeschichte. 253. 1880.
- 2.Theon. 26. 785.
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Getty Union List of Artist Names 500047051, Theon of Samos.The Getty Research Institute
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