Theon of Samos

Ancient Greek painters


Agatharchus Anaxandra Androcydes Antiphilus Apelles Apollodorus Aristides of Thebes Cimon of Cleonae Echion Euphranor Eupompus Melanthius Nealkes Nicomachus of Thebes Pamphilus Panaenus Parrhasius Pausias Polyeidos Polygnotus Protogenes Theon of Samos Timanthes of Sicyon Timarete Timomachus Zeuxis

Theon of Samos (Ancient Greek: Θέων) was an ancient Greek painter during the era of Alexander the Great, is mentioned by Quintilian as a good artist of the second rank. If we may trust the somewhat flimsy stories told about him, his forte consisted in a lifelike, or perhaps, as Brunn (Kunstlergeschichte, ii.253) 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. ^[1]

References

↑ Chisholm 1911.

Attribution

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Theon". Encyclopædia Britannica. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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