F. B. Tarbell, A History of Ancient Greek Art

Greek Painting

Pamphilus and Pausias

Sicyon, in the northeastern part of Peloponnesus – a city already referred to as the home of the sculptor Lysippus – was the seat of an important school of painting in the fourth century. Toward the middle of the century the leading teacher of the art in that place was one Pamphilus. He secured the introduction of drawing into the elementary schools of Sicyon, and this new branch of education was gradually adopted in other Greek communities. A pupil of his, Pausias by name, is credited with raising the process of encaustic painting to a prominence which it had not enjoyed before. In this process the colors, mixed with wax, were applied to a wooden panel and then burned in by means of a hot iron held near.

 

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