noun
1 person whose job is to paint buildings, walls, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ self-employed
▪ house
▪ sign
PHRASES
▪ ~ and decorator ( BrE )
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He now works as a ~ and decorator.
2 artist who paints pictures
ADJECTIVE
▪ celebrated , distinguished , famous , great , leading , master , renowned , well-known
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some of the great ~s of the last century
▪
the Dutch master ~ Jan Vermeer
▪ accomplished , good , talented
▪ successful
▪ amateur , professional
▪ self-taught
▪ contemporary , modern , modernist
▪
an exhibition of works by contemporary ~s
▪ 16th-century , etc.
▪ court
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Rudolf II's court ~
▪ oil , watercolour/watercolor ( esp. BrE )
▪ abstract , animal ( esp. BrE ), figurative , fresco ( esp. BrE ), genre , landscape , miniature , portrait , realist , still-life
▪ Cubist , Impressionist , Romantic , etc.