Fidias
(-499–-429) antik grekisk skulptör
Fidias (499 BC–429 BC) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a sculptor. By year of birth, Fidias belongs to the chapter ‘Antiquity: Greece and Rome’ in this site’s history of art.
Fidias was born in Athens and died in Classical Athens. The teachers included Hegias of Athens and Ageladas. The students included Agoracritus.
The best-known works include ‘Statue of Zeus at Olympia’, ‘Athena Promachos’, ‘Lemnian Athena’, and ‘Athena Parthenos’. The catalogue has 4 works by Fidias with free images. The dated works span the years 450 BC–84 BC. Works by Fidias are held by Regional Archaeological Museum Antonino Salinas, British Museum, and Museum Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Vulca, Agatharchos, Parrhasios, Kleophon Painter, and Timanthes.