A List of Ancient Greek Artists

By Shelley Esaak
Updated on September 24, 2018

An alphabetical listing of visual artists who were active in (or from) Ancient Greece. This section deals with painters, sculptors, mosaicists and architects. 

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Aetion

ancient Greek statue
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     Painter

     Active late 4th century BC

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Agatharchos

       Painter

     Active late 5th century BC

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Ageladas (Hageladas)

      Sculptor

     Active ca. 520-ca. 450 BC

04
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Agorakritos

      Sculptor

     Active ca. 450-ca. 420 BC

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Alkamenes

      Sculptor

     Active second half of the 5th century BC

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Anaxagoras of Aigina

      Sculptor

     Active early 5th century BC

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Andronikos of Kyrrhos

      Architect and astronomer

     Active late 2nd - mid-1st century BC

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Antenor

      Sculptor

     Active ca. 530-ca. 510 BC

09
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Antigonos

      Sculptor

     Active (in Pergamon) ca. 250-ca. 200 BC

10
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Antiphanes

      Sculptor

     Active ca. 414-ca. 369 BC

11
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Antiphilos

     Painter

     Active later 4th - early 3rd century BC

12
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Apelles

      Painter

     Active late 4th - early 3rd century BC

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Apollodoros (the "Shadow Painter")

      Painter

     Active late 5th century BC

14
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Apollonios and Tauriskos

      Sculptors in partnership

     Active 2nd century BC

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Archermos of Chios

      Sculptor

     Active 550 BC or later

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of 99

Aristeides (Aristides)

      Painter, possibly two related painters of the same name

     Active 4th century BC

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of 99

Arkesilaos

      Sculptor

     Active (in Rome) mid-1st century BC

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Athenion

      Painter

     Active later 4th - early 3rd century BC

19
of 99

Boethos of Chalkedon

      Sculptor and metalworker

     Active 2nd century BC

20
of 99

Boularchos

      Painter

     Active late 8th century BC

21
of 99

Bryaxis

      Sculptor

     Active second half of the 4th century BC

22
of 99

Bupalos and Athenis

     Sculpting duo of the Archaic period

     Active ca. 540-ca. 537 BC

23
of 99

Chares of Lindos

     Sculptor

     Active ca. 300 BC

24
of 99

Daidalos (Daedalus)

      Legendary sculptor, craftsman and inventor

     Possibly active ca. 600 BC

25
of 99

Damophon

      Sculptor

     Active early 2nd century BC

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of 99

Demetrios of Alexandria

     Painter

     Active mid-2nd century BC

27
of 99

Demetrios of Alopeke

      Sculptor

     Active ca. 400-ca. 360 BC

28
of 99

Dionysios

      Sculptor

     Active late 2nd century BC

29
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Epigonos

      Sculptor

     Active (in Pergamon) ca. 250-ca. 200 BC

30
of 99

Euboulides

      Three different sculptors, all related, share this name.

      Euboulides

      Active late 4th - early 3rd century BC

      Euboulides (ii)

      Active late 3rd century BC

      Euboulides (iii)

      Active later 2nd century BC

31
of 99

Eumaros

      Painter

     Active late 6th century BC

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of 99

Euphranor

       Painter and sculptor

     Active mid-4th century BC

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Eutychides

      Sculptor

     Active late 4th - early 3rd century BC

34
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Glaukias of Aigina

      Sculptor

     Active early 5th century BC

35
of 99

Gnosis

      Mosaicist

     Active ca. 350-300 BC

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of 99

Hegias (Hegesias; Hagesias)

      Sculptor

     Active early 5th century BC

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Hephaistion

     Mosaicist

     Active 1st half of the 2nd century BC

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Hermogenes

      Architect

     Active late 3rd - early 2nd century BC

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of 99

Hippodamos

      City planner

     Active 5th century BC

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of 99

Iktinos

      Architect

     Active mid-5th century BC

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Isigonos

      Sculptor

     Active (in Pergamon) ca. 250-ca. 200 BC

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Kalamis

     Sculptor

     Active ca. 470-ca. 440 BC

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of 99

Kallikrates (Callicrates)

      Architect

     Active 5th century BC

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Kallimachos (Callimachus)

      Sculptor

     Active second half of the 5th century BC

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Kallon

      Sculptor

     Active ca. 500-450 BC

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of 99

Kanachos

      Sculptor

     Active 6th century BC

Kanachos (ii)

     Sculptor

     Active ca. 400 BC

47
of 99

Kephisodotos

      Sculptor

     Active late 5th century -ca. 360 BC

48
of 99

Kimon of Kleonai

      Painter

     Active late 6th - early 5th century BC

49
of 99

Kleanthes of Corinth

      Painter

     Active? Reportedly, though dates are forever a mystery.

50
of 99

Kolotes

      Sculptor

     Active last third of the 5th century BC

51
of 99

Kresilas

      Sculptor

     Active second half of the 5th century BC

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Kritios (Kritias) and Nesiotes

      Two sculptors who worked together

     Active early 5th century BC

53
of 99

Leochares

       Sculptor

     Active later 4th century BC

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Lykios

      Sculptor

     Active ca. mid-5th century BC

55
of 99

Lysistratos

      Sculptor

     Active later 4th century BC

56
of 99

Lysippos

      Sculptor

     Active ca. 370-ca. 300 BC

57
of 99

Melanthios

      Painter

     Active later 4th century BC

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of 99

Mikon

      Painter and sculptor

     Active early 5th century BC

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Mnesikles

      Architect

     Active 430s BC

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Myron of Eleutherai

      Sculptor

     Active ca. 470-ca. 440 BC

61
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Naukydes

     Sculptor

     Active ca. 420-ca. 390 BC

62
of 99

Nikias

      Painter

     Active second half of the 4th century BC

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Nikomachos of Thebes

     Painter

     Active mid-4th century BC

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Nikosthenes

      Potter

     Active ca. 550-ca. 505 BC

65
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Onatas

     Sculptor

     Active 1st half of the 5th century BC

66
of 99

Paionios of Mende

     Sculptor

     Active ca. 430-ca. 420 BC

67
of 99

Pamphilos

     Painter

     Active early 4th century BC

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of 99

Panainos

      Painter

     Active second half of the 5th century BC

69
of 99

Parrhasios

      Painter

     Active late 5th - early 4th century BC

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of 99

Pasiteles

     Sculptor and writer

     Active (in Rome) 1st century BC

71
of 99

Pausias

      Painter

     Active ca. 350-ca. 300 BC

72
of 99

Pheidias

      Sculptor

     Active ca. 490-430 BC

73
of 99

Philiskos of Rhodes

     Sculptor; possibly painted

     Active ca. 100 BC

74
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Philoxenos of Eretria

      Painter

     Active late 4th century BC

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Polygnotos of Thasos

      Wall painter and sculptor

     Active ca. 475-450 BC

76
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Polykleitos

      Sculptor

     Active ca. 450-ca. 415 BC

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Polykles (Polycles)

      Sculptor, probably at least two sculptors

      Active mid-2nd century BC

78
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Praxiteles

      Sculptor

     Active ca. 370-330 BC

79
of 99

Protogenes

      Painter and bronze sculptor

     Active (in Rhodes) late 4th century BC

80
of 99

Pythagoras of Rhegion

      Sculptor

     Active ca. 475-ca. 450 BC

81
of 99

Pytheos

      Architect

     Active (in Asia Minor) ca. 370-ca. 33 BC

82
of 99

Rhoikos and Theodoros

      A pair of architects and, possibly, some sort of artists

     Active mid-6th century BC

83
of 99

Silanion

      Sculptor and architect

     Active mid-4th century BC

84
of 99

Skopas

      Sculptor and architect

     Active mid-4th century BC

85
of 99

Sophilos

      Mosaicist

     Active (in Egypt) ca. 200 BC

86
of 99

Sosos

      Mosaicist

     Active (in Pergamon) ca. mid-3rd to mid-2nd century BC

87
of 99

Stephanos

      Sculptor

     Active (in Rome) ca. 1st century BC

88
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Sthennis

     Sculptor

     Active ca. 325-ca. 280 BC

89
of 99

Stratonikos

      Sculptor

     Active (in Pergamon) ca. 250-ca. 200 BC

90
of 99

Strongylion

     Sculptor

     Active late 5th century-ca. 365 BC

91
of 99

Theokosmos

     Sculptor

     Active ca. 430-ca. 400 BC

92
of 99

Thrasymedes

      Sculptor

     Active early 4th century BC

93
of 99

Timanthes

      Painter

     Active late 5th or early 4th century BC

94
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Timarchides

      Two sculptors, same name and family, flip a coin

     Active 2nd to early 1st century BC

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of 99

Timokles

     Sculptor

     Active mid-2nd century BC

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Timomachos

     Painter

     Active 1st century BC

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of 99

Timotheos

      Sculptor

     Active ca. 380-ca. 350 BC

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of 99

Zenodoros

      Bronze sculptor

     Active (in Rome and Gaul) mid-1st century AD

99
of 99

Zeuxis

       Painter

     Active late 5th - early 4th century BC

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