TheHonolulu Painter painted designs onancient Greek pottery in theGreek city-state ofCorinth during the sixth century BCE. Since he did not sign his work, his true name is unknown. Based upon stylistic considerations,University of California at Berkeley archeology professorDarrell Arlynn Amyx (1911–1997) recognized several pieces of ancient pottery dispersed in museums around the world as having been painted by the same hand. He named this anonymous artist the Honolulu Painter after his most important work, apyxis in the collection of theHonolulu Museum of Art.
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