 Exekias and the Amasis Painter were equally talented, each in his own way, and instrumental to the development of black-figure vase painting in Athens.In autumn of 1985, "The Amasis Painter and His World", the first retrospective of an Attic black-figure artist, opened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Curated by Dr. Dietrich von Bothmer, J. D. Beazley's close friend and associate, the show brought together 65 works attributed to the Amasis Painter from around the world, opening on the centenary of Beazley's birth.