Elbows Out is the name given to an Attic

Attica

Attica is a historical region of Greece, containing Athens, the current capital of Greece. The historical region is centered on the Attic peninsula, which projects into the Aegean Sea...

  black-figure vase painter, active in Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

 around 550/540 to 520 BC..
His conventional name is derived from the strongly exaggerated gestures and odd anatomy of his dancing figures. Together with the Affecter

Affecter

The Affecter was an Attic black-figure vase painter, active in Athens around 550 to 530 BCE..His conventional name is derived from his artificial affected style of figural painting, on the basis of which about 135 vases can be ascribed to him. He was active as both potter and painter...

, he is considered one of the mannerists of the black-figure style. He painted e.g. lip cup

Lip Cup

Lip cups are a type of ancient Greek Attic Little-master cups.Lip cups were produced since the middle of the sixth centre BC in Athens. They resemble Gordion cups, but their lip or rim was more clearly distinguished from the rest of the body. They had high feet on broad bases...

s (which classifies him as a Little master

Little Masters (Greek vase painting)

The Little masters were a group of potters and vase painters in the Attic black-figure style of the sixth century BC, active in Athens.They mainly produced Little-master cups, but were not entirely limited to such shapes.The group...

) and neck amphorae, the latter in a special shape with a heavy ovoid body. His amphorae are decorated with several friezes. His band cup

Band cup

Band cups are a form of ancient Greek Attic Little-master cups.The lip of a band cup is black and slightly concave. At the joint between vase body and foot, there is often a red ring. The external figural decaration is in the area of the handles, often framed by palmettes. Internal images and...

s resemble works by Tleson

Tleson

Vase painters etcTleson was an Attic potter and perhaps also a vase painter in the black-figure style.He was the son of the famous potter Nearchos and brother of Ergoteles.His workshop apparently produced mostly Little-master cups...

 and Lydos

Lydos

Lydos was an Attic vase painter in the black-figure style. Active between '’circa’’ 560 and 530 BC, he was the main representative of the '’’Lydos Group’’’ ....

, but are more conventional in terms of the animal motifs. He also painted a lydion

Lydion

The Lydion was an ancient Greek vase shape. The shape may have been of Egyptian derivation.As indicated by its name, the lydion originated in Lydia, but was also adopted by potters in Greece. A small spherical perfume container, lacking handles, it was especially popular in East Greece...

, a vase shape very rarely produced by Attic potters. He rarely painted mythological scenes, but had a penchant for erotic motifs

Erotica

Erotica are works of art, including literature, photography, film, sculpture and painting, that deal substantively with erotically stimulating or sexually arousing descriptions...

. He is often seen as connected with the Affecter

Affecter

The Affecter was an Attic black-figure vase painter, active in Athens around 550 to 530 BCE..His conventional name is derived from his artificial affected style of figural painting, on the basis of which about 135 vases can be ascribed to him. He was active as both potter and painter...

, but also with the Amasis Painter

Amasis Painter

The Amasis Painter was an ancient Greek vase painter of the black figure style. He owes his name to the fact that eight of the potter Amasis's manufactured marked work are painted by the same painter, who is therefore called the Amasis painter...

. The link with the latter should not be overestimated.