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painter

Noun

An artist who paints (synset 110411352)
is a type of: artist, creative person - a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
subtypes:
- abstract artist, abstractionist - a painter of abstract pictures
- colorist - a painter able to achieve special effects with color
- cubist - an artist who adheres to the principles of cubism
- dauber - an unskilled painter
- distortionist - a painter who introduces distortions
- fauve, fauvist - a member of a group of French painters who followed fauvism
- genre painter - a painter of scenes from everyday life
- impressionist - a painter who follows the theories of Impressionism
- landscapist - someone who paints landscapes
- miniaturist - someone who paints tiny pictures in great detail
- muralist - a painter of murals
- oil painter - a painter who uses oil paints
- old master - a great European painter prior to 19th century
- pointillist - a painter who uses the technique of pointillism
- limner, portrait painter, portraitist, portrayer - a painter or drawer of portraits
- post-impressionist, postimpressionist - an artist of the Postimpressionist school who revolted against Impressionism
- realist - a painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style
- scene painter, scenic artist - an artist specializing in scenic subjects
- watercolorist, watercolourist - a painter who paints with watercolors
specific instances:
- alberti, leon battista alberti - Italian architect and painter; pioneering theoretician of Renaissance architecture (1404-1472)
- bell, vanessa bell, vanessa stephen - English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
- benton, thomas hart benton - United States artist whose paintings portrayed life in the Midwest and South (1889-1975)
- blake, william blake - visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827)
- braque, georges braque - French painter who led the cubist movement (1882-1963)
- cezanne, paul cezanne - French Post-impressionist painter who influenced modern art (especially cubism) by stressing the structural components latent in nature (1839-1906)
- chagall, marc chagall - French painter (born in Russia) noted for his imagery and brilliant colors (1887-1985)
- chirico, giorgio de chirico - Italian painter (born in Greece) whose deep shadows and barren landscapes strongly influenced the surrealists (1888-1978)
- constable, john constable - English landscape painter (1776-1837)
- copley, john copley, john singleton copley - American painter who did portraits of Paul Revere and John Hancock before fleeing to England to avoid the American Revolution (1738-1815)
- corot, jean baptiste camille corot - French painter of Italian landscapes (1796-1875)
- courbet, gustave courbet - French painter noted for his realistic depiction of everyday scenes (1819-1877)
- dali, salvador dali - surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989)
- daumier, honore daumier - French painter best known for his satirical lithographs of bourgeois society (1808-1879)
- david, jacques louis david - French neoclassical painter who actively supported the French Revolution (1748-1825)
- davis, stuart davis - United States painter who developed an American version of cubism (1894-1964)
- degas, edgar degas, hilaire germain edgar degas - French impressionist painter (1834-1917)
- de kooning, willem de kooning - United States painter (born in the Netherlands) who was a leading American exponent of abstract expressionism (1904-1997)
- delacroix, eugene delacroix, ferdinand victor eugene delacroix - French romantic painter (1798-1863)
- andre derain, derain - French painter and exponent of fauvism (1880-1954)
- dufy, raoul dufy - French painter noted for brightly colored scenes (1877-1953)
- ernst, max ernst - painter (born in Germany, resident of France and the United States) who was a cofounder of dadaism; developed the technique of collage (1891-1976)
- fragonard, jean honore fragonard - French artist whose rococo paintings typified the frivolity of life in the royal court of France in the 18th century (1732-1806)
- fry, roger eliot fry, roger fry - English painter and art critic (1866-1934)
- gainsborough, thomas gainsborough - English portrait and landscape painter (1727-1788)
- gauguin, paul gauguin - French Post-impressionist painter who worked in the South Pacific (1848-1903)
- alberto giacometti, giacometti - Swiss sculptor and painter known for his bronze sculptures of elongated figures (1901-1966)
- francisco de goya, francisco goya, francisco jose de goya, francisco jose de goya y lucientes, goya, goya y lucientes - Spanish painter well known for his portraits and for his satires (1746-1828)
- duncan grant, duncan james corrow grant, grant - Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)
- gris, jaun gris - Spanish cubist painter (1887-1927)
- childe hassam, frederick childe hassam, hassam - United States painter noted for brilliant colors and bold brushwork (1859-1935)
- hokusai, katsushika hokusai - Japanese painter whose work influenced the impressionists (1760-1849)
- homer, winslow homer - United States painter best known for his seascapes (1836-1910)
- ingres, jean auguste dominique ingres - French classical painter (1780-1867)
- kandinski, kandinsky, wassily kandinski, wassily kandinsky - Russian painter who was a pioneer of abstract art (1866-1944)
- kent, rockwell kent - United States painter noted for his woodcuts (1882-1971)
- ernst ludwig kirchner, kirchner - German expressionist painter (1880-1938)
- klee, paul klee - Swiss painter influenced by Kandinsky (1879-1940)
- gustav klimt, klimt - Austrian painter influenced by art nouveau (1862-1918)
- franz joseph kline, franz kline, kline - United States abstract expressionist painter (1910-1962)
- krasner, lee krasner - United States artist remembered for her spontaneous approach to painting; she was a founder of the New York school of abstract expressionism (1908-1984)
- lawrence, sir thomas lawrence - English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830)
- fernand leger, leger - French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955)
- lichtenstein, roy lichtenstein - United States painter who was a leading exponent of pop art (1923-1997)
- l. s. lowry, laurence stephen lowry, lowry - English painter (1887-1976)
- magritte, rene magritte - Belgian surrealist painter (1898-1967)
- kazimir malevich, kazimir severinovich malevich, malevich - Russian abstract painter (1878-1935)
- edouard manet, manet - French painter whose work influenced the impressionists (1832-1883)
- andrea mantegna, mantegna - Italian painter and engraver noted for his frescoes (1431-1506)
- marsh, reginald marsh - United States painter (1898-1954)
- henri emile benoit matisse, henri matisse, matisse - French painter and sculptor; leading figure of fauvism (1869-1954)
- jean francois millet, millet - French painter of rural scenes (1814-1875)
- joan miro, miro - Spanish surrealist painter (1893-1983)
- amedeo modigliano, modigliani - Italian painter and sculptor (1884-1920)
- claude monet, monet - French impressionist painter (1840-1926)
- morse, samuel f. b. morse, samuel finley breese morse, samuel morse - United States portrait painter who patented the telegraph and developed the Morse code (1791-1872)
- anna mary robertson moses, grandma moses, moses - United States painter of colorful and primitive rural scenes (1860-1961)
- motherwell, robert motherwell - United States abstract expressionist painter (1915-1991)
- edvard munch, munch - Norwegian painter (1863-1944)
- bartolome esteban murillo, murillo - Spanish painter (1617-1682)
- georgia okeeffe, o'keeffe - United States painter (1887-1986)
- maxfield frederick parrish, maxfield parrish, parrish - United States painter (1870-1966)
- pablo picasso, picasso - prolific and influential Spanish artist who lived in France (1881-1973)
- jackson pollock, pollock - United States artist famous for painting with a drip technique; a leader of abstract expressionism in America (1912-1956)
- reynolds, sir joshua reynolds - English portrait painter and first president of the Royal Academy (1723-1792)
- mark rothko, rothko - United States abstract painter (born in Russia) whose paintings are characterized by horizontal bands of color with indistinct boundaries (1903-1970)
- henri rousseau, le douanier rousseau, rousseau - French primitive painter (1844-1910)
- john singer sargent, sargent - United States painter (born in Italy) known for his society portraits (1856-1925)
- georges pierre seurat, georges seurat, seurat - French painter who developed pointillism (1859-1891)
- ben shahn, benjamin shahn, shahn - United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969)
- david alfaro siqueiros, david siqueiros, siqueiros - Mexican painter of murals depicting protest and revolution (1896-1974)
- chaim soutine, soutine - French expressionist painter (born in Lithuania) (1893-1943)
- frank philip stella, frank stella, stella - United States minimalist painter (born in 1936)
- gilbert charles stuart, gilbert stuart, stuart - United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington (1755-1828)
- sully, thomas sully - United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
- tanguy, yves tanguy - United States surrealist painter (born in France) (1900-1955)
- giovanni battista tiepolo, tiepolo - Italian painter (1696-1770)
- mark tobey, tobey - United States abstract painter influenced by oriental calligraphy (1890-1976)
- henri toulouse-lautrec, toulouse-lautrec - French painter who portrayed life in the cafes and music halls of Montmartre (1864-1901)
- john trumbull, trumbull - American painter of historical scenes (1756-1843)
- joseph mallord william turner, turner - English landscape painter whose treatment of light and color influenced the French impressionists (1775-1851)
- maurice utrillo, utrillo - French painter noted for his paintings of Parisian street scenes (1883-1955)
- gogh, van gogh, vincent van gogh - Dutch Post-impressionist painter noted for his use of color (1853-1890)
- vasarely, viktor vasarely - French painter (born in Hungary) who was a pioneer of op art (1908-1997)
- giorgio vasari, vasari - Italian painter and art historian (1511-1574)
- elisabeth vigee-lebrun, marie louise elisabeth vigee-lebrun, vigee-lebrun - French painter noted for her portraits (1755-1842)
- maurice de vlaminck, vlaminck - French painter and exponent of fauvism (1876-1958)
- edouard vuillard, jean edouard vuillard, vuillard - French painter (1868-1940)
- andy warhol, warhol - United States artist who was a leader of the Pop Art movement (1930-1987)
- max weber, weber - United States abstract painter (born in Russia) (1881-1961)
- benjamin west, west - English painter (born in America) who became the second president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820)
- james abbott mcneill whistler, whistler - United States painter (1834-1903)
- grant wood, wood - United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942)
- andrew wyeth, wyeth - United States painter (born in 1917)
A worker who is employed to cover objects with paint (synset 110413608)
is a type of: skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills
subtypes:
- finisher - a painter who applies a finishing coat
- house painter - a painter of houses a similar buildings
- letterer - a painter of letters
- scene painter - a painter of theatrical scenery
- sign painter - someone who paints signs and billboards etc.
- stippler - a painter who stipples (creates a stippled effect)
A line that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for tying up (as when docking or towing) (synset 103882030)
referred to in: boat - a small vessel for travel on water

is a type of: line - something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible
Large American feline resembling a lion (synset 102127963)
is a type of: wildcat - any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild

belongs to: felis, genus felis - type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcats

same as: catamount, cougar, felis concolor, mountain lion, panther, puma

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