Ancient Greek sculptors

Agasias was the name of two different Greek sculptors. ...more on Wikipedia about "Agasias"

Ageladas, or (as the name is spelt in an inscription) Hagelaidas, was a celebrated Argive sculptor, who flourished in the latter part of the 6th and the early part of the 5th century BC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ageladas"

Agesander, a Rhodian sculptor, whose title to fame is that he is mentioned by Pliny (Nat. Hist., xxxvi.37) as author (with Polydorus and Athenodorus) of the group of the Laocoön and his Sons. Inscriptions found at Lindus in Rhodes date Agesander and Athenodorus to the period 42 BC- 21 BC. The date of the Laocoon seems thus finally settled, after long controversy. It represents the culmination of a sentimental or pathetic tendency in art, which is prominent in the somewhat earlier sculpture of Pergamum. ...more on Wikipedia about "Agesander of Rhodes"

Alkamenes (2nd half 5th century BCE) was a Greek sculptor, said to have been a pupil of Pheidias, the most eminent in Athens after the departure of Pheidias for Olympia, but enigmatic in that none of the sculptures associated with his name in classical literature can be securely connected with existing copies. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alkamenes"

Antenor was an Athenian sculptor, of the latter part of the 6th century BC. He was named after the mythological figure also called Antenor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Antenor"

Apollonius of Tralles (in Caria) was a Greek sculptor who flourished in the 2nd century BCE. With his brother Tauriscus, he executed the marble group known as the Farnese Bull, representing Zethus and Amphion tying the revengeful Dirce to the tail of a wild bull. ...more on Wikipedia about "Apollonius of Tralles"

Archermus was a sculptor of Chios working in the middle of the 6th century BC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Archermus"

Bathycles of Magnesia was an Ionian sculptor of Magnesia on the Maeander. He was commissioned by the Spartans to make a marble throne for the statue of Apollo at Amyclae, about 550 BC. Pausanias ( iii.18 ) gives us a detailed description of this monument, which is of the greatest value to us, showing the character of Ionic art at the time. It was adorned with scenes from mythology in relief and supporting figures in the round. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bathycles of Magnesia"

Boethus was a Greek sculptor of the Hellenistic age, a native of Chalcedon. His date cannot be accurately fixed, but was probably the 2nd century B.C. He was noted for his representations of children, in dealing with whom earlier Greek art had not been very successful; and especially for a group representing a boy struggling with a goose, of which several copies survive in museums. He also worked with silver. ...more on Wikipedia about "Boethus"

Bryaxis (born c. 350 BC) was a Greek sculptor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bryaxis"

Bupalus and Athenis, were sons of Archermus, and members of the celebrated school of sculpture in marble which flourished in Chios in the 6th century BC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bupalus"

Butades, of Sicyon, sometimes mistakenly called Dibutades, the first ...more on Wikipedia about "Butades"

Calamis (fl. 5th century BC) was a sculptor of ancient Greece. ...more on Wikipedia about "Calamis"

Canachus was a sculptor of Sicyon in Achaea, of the latter part of the 6th century BCE. He was especially noted as the author of two great statues of Apollo, one in bronze made for the temple at Miletus, and one in cedar wood made for Thebes. The coins of Miletus furnish us with copies of the former and show the god to have held a stag in one hand and a bow in the other. The rigidity of these works naturally impressed later critics. ...more on Wikipedia about "Canachus"

Cephisodotus was the name of two ancient Greek sculptors, the father and the son of the sculptor Praxiteles. The former must have flourished about 400 BC - c. 360 BC. A noted work of his was Peace bearing the infant Wealth (see Eirene, Plutus), of which a copy exists at Munich. Peace is a Madonna-like figure of a somewhat conservative type; the child Wealth is less successful. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cephisodotus"

Chares of Lindos was a Greek sculptor (from Lindos in Rhodes), he was a pupil of Lysippus. Chares created for the Rhodians the Colossus of Rhodes, a bronze statue of the sun-god Helios ( Pliny, Natural History XXXIV.xviii.41). Also attributed to Chares was a colossal head which was brought to Rome and dedicated on the Capitoline Hill in 57 BC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chares of Lindos"

Cresilas was a Cretan sculptor of Cydonia. He was a contemporary of Pheidias, and one of the sculptors who vied in producing statues of amazons at Ephesus about 450 BC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cresilas"

Damophon ( 2nd century BC) was an ancient Greek sculptor of the Hellenistic period from Messene, who executed many statues for the people of Messene, Megalopolis, Aegium and other cities of Peloponnesus. His statues were acroliths. Considerable fragments, including three colossal heads from a group by him representing Demeter, Persephone, Artemis and the giant Anytus, were discovered on the site of Lycosura in Arcadia, where was a temple of the goddess called The Mistress. They were preserved in part in the museum in Athens and partly on the spot. Damophon also restored Phidias' statue of the greek god Zeus, which had been damaged in an earthquake. ...more on Wikipedia about "Damophon"

Demetrius, a Greek sculptor of the early part of the 4th century BC, who is said by ancient critics to have been notable for the life-like realism of his statues. ...more on Wikipedia about "Demetrius of Alopece"

Dipoenus and Scyllis, early Greek sculptors, who worked together, and are said to have been pupils of Daedalus. Pliny assigns to them the date 580 B.C., and says that they worked at Sicyon, which city from their time onwards became one of the great schools of sculpture. They also made statues for Cleonae and Argos. They worked in wood, ebony and ivory, and apparently also, in marble. It is curious that no inscription bearing their names has come to light. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dipoenus and Scyllis"

Endoeus, an early sculptor, who worked at Athens in the middle of the 6th century BC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Endoeus" This text is made for www.shortopedia.com

Euphranor of Corinth (middle of the 4th century BC) was the only Greek artist who excelled both as a sculptor and as a painter. ...more on Wikipedia about "Euphranor"

Eutychides of Sicyon in Achæa, Greek sculptor of the latter part of the 4th century BC, was a pupil of Lysippus. His most noted work was a statue of Fortune, which he made for the city of Antioch, then newly founded. The goddess, who embodied the idea of the city, was seated on a rock, crowned with towers, and having the river Orontes at her feet. There is a small copy of the statue in the Vatican. It was imitated by a number of Asiatic cities; and indeed most statues of cities since erected borrow something from the work of Eutychides. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eutychides"

Kresilas was a Greek sculptor from Kydonia. He lived in the 5th century BC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kresilas"

Lysippos was a Greek sculptor of the fourth century BC. He was successor of the famous sculptor Polykleitos. Among the works attributed to him are Eros Stringing the Bow (various copies exist; the best is in the British Museum); Agias (known from a marble copy found and preserved in Delphi); Weary Hercules (originally placed in the Baths of Caracalla, though the surviving marble copy is in the Naples Archeological Museum)and Apoxyomenos or The Scraper (known from a Roman marble copy in the Vatican Museums). ...more on Wikipedia about "Lysippos"

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