English > painter: 4 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | An artist who paints / paints. |
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| Instances | Alberti, Leon Battista Alberti | Italian architect and painter |
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| Bell, Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephen | English painter |
| 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) |
| Delacroix, Eugene Delacroix, Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix | French romantic painter (1798-1863) |
| Derain, Andre 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 |
| 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 Fry, Roger Eliot 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) |
| Giacometti, Alberto Giacometti | Swiss sculptor and painter known for his bronze sculptures of elongated figures (1901-1966) |
| Goya, Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Goya, Francisco de Goya, Francisco Jose de Goya, Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes | Spanish painter well known for his portraits and for his satires (1746-1828) |
| Grant, Duncan Grant, Duncan James Corrow Grant | Scottish painter |
| Gris, Jaun Gris | Spanish cubist painter (1887-1927) |
| Hassam, Childe Hassam, Frederick Childe 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) |
| Kandinsky, Wassily Kandinsky, Kandinski, Wassily Kandinski | Russian painter who was a pioneer of abstract art (1866-1944) |
| Kent, Rockwell Kent | United States painter noted for his woodcuts (1882-1971) |
| Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner | German expressionist painter (1880-1938) |
| Klee, Paul Klee | Swiss painter influenced by Kandinsky (1879-1940) |
| Klimt, Gustav Klimt | Austrian painter influenced by art nouveau (1862-1918) |
| Kline, Franz Kline, Franz Joseph Kline | United States abstract expressionist painter (1910-1962) |
| Krasner, Lee Krasner | United States artist remembered for her spontaneous approach to painting |
| Lawrence, Sir Thomas Lawrence | English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830) |
| Leger, Fernand 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) |
| Lowry, L. S. Lowry, Laurence Stephen Lowry | English painter (1887-1976) |
| Magritte, Rene Magritte | Belgian surrealist painter (1898-1967) |
| Malevich, Kazimir Malevich, Kazimir Severinovich Malevich | Russian abstract painter (1878-1935) |
| Manet, Edouard Manet | French painter whose work influenced the impressionists (1832-1883) |
| Mantegna, Andrea Mantegna | Italian painter and engraver noted for his frescoes (1431-1506) |
| Marsh, Reginald Marsh | United States painter (1898-1954) |
| Matisse, Henri Matisse, Henri Emile Benoit Matisse | French painter and sculptor |
| Millet, Jean Francois Millet | French painter of rural scenes (1814-1875) |
| Miro, Joan Miro | Spanish surrealist painter (1893-1983) |
| Modigliani, Amedeo Modigliano | Italian painter and sculptor (1884-1920) |
| Monet, Claude Monet | French impressionist painter (1840-1926) |
| Morse, Samuel Morse, Samuel F. B. Morse, Samuel Finley Breese Morse | United States portrait painter who patented the telegraph and developed the Morse code (1791-1872) |
| Moses, Grandma Moses, Anna Mary Robertson Moses | United States painter of colorful and primitive rural scenes (1860-1961) |
| Motherwell, Robert Motherwell | United States abstract expressionist painter (1915-1991) |
| Munch, Edvard Munch | Norwegian painter (1863-1944) |
| Murillo, Bartolome Esteban Murillo | Spanish painter (1617-1682) |
| O'Keeffe, Georgia Okeeffe | United States painter (1887-1986) |
| Parrish, Maxfield Parrish, Maxfield Frederick Parrish | United States painter (1870-1966) |
| Picasso, Pablo Picasso | prolific and influential Spanish artist who lived in France (1881-1973) |
| Pollock, Jackson Pollock | United States artist famous for painting with a drip technique |
| Reynolds, Sir Joshua Reynolds | English portrait painter and first president of the Royal Academy (1723-1792) |
| Rothko, Mark Rothko | United States abstract painter (born in Russia) whose paintings are characterized by horizontal bands of color with indistinct boundaries (1903-1970) |
| Rousseau, Henri Rousseau, Le Douanier Rousseau | French primitive painter (1844-1910) |
| Sargent, John Singer Sargent | United States painter (born in Italy) known for his society portraits (1856-1925) |
| Seurat, Georges Seurat, Georges Pierre Seurat | French painter who developed pointillism (1859-1891) |
| Shahn, Ben Shahn, Benjamin Shahn | United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969) |
| Siqueiros, David Siqueiros, David Alfaro Siqueiros | Mexican painter of murals depicting protest and revolution (1896-1974) |
| Soutine, Chaim Soutine | French expressionist painter (born in Lithuania) (1893-1943) |
| Stella, Frank Stella, Frank Philip Stella | United States minimalist painter (born in 1936) |
| Stuart, Gilbert Stuart, Gilbert Charles 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) |
| Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | Italian painter (1696-1770) |
| Tobey, Mark Tobey | United States abstract painter influenced by oriental calligraphy (1890-1976) |
| Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec | French painter who portrayed life in the cafes and music halls of Montmartre (1864-1901) |
| Trumbull, John Trumbull | American painter of historical scenes (1756-1843) |
| Turner, Joseph Mallord William Turner | English landscape painter whose treatment of light and color influenced the French impressionists (1775-1851) |
| Utrillo, Maurice Utrillo | French painter noted for his paintings of Parisian street scenes (1883-1955) |
| Vasarely, Viktor Vasarely | French painter (born in Hungary) who was a pioneer of op art (1908-1997) |
| Vasari, Giorgio Vasari | Italian painter and art historian (1511-1574) |
| Vigee-Lebrun, Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun | French painter noted for her portraits (1755-1842) |
| Vlaminck, Maurice de Vlaminck | French painter and exponent of fauvism (1876-1958) |
| Vuillard, Edouard Vuillard, Jean Edouard Vuillard | French painter (1868-1940) |
| Warhol, Andy Warhol | United States artist who was a leader of the Pop Art movement (1930-1987) |
| Weber, Max Weber | United States abstract painter (born in Russia) (1881-1961) |
| West, Benjamin West | English painter (born in America) who became the second president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820) |
| Whistler, James Abbott McNeill Whistler | United States painter (1834-1903) |
| Wood, Grant Wood | United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942) |
| Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth | United States painter (born in 1917) |
| de Kooning, Willem de Kooning | United States painter (born in the Netherlands) who was a leading American exponent of abstract expressionism (1904-1997) |
| van Gogh, Vincent van Gogh, Gogh | Dutch Post-impressionist painter noted for his use of color (1853-1890) |
| Narrower | Fauve, fauvist | A member of a group of French painters who followed fauvism |
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| Postimpressionist, Post-impressionist | An artist of the Postimpressionist school who revolted against Impressionism |
| abstractionist, abstract artist | A painter of abstract pictures |
| colorist | A painter able to achieve special effects with color |
| cubist | An artist who adheres to the principles / principles of cubism |
| dauber | An unskilled painter |
| distortionist | A painter who introduces distortions |
| 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 |
| portraitist, portrait painter, portrayer, limner | A painter or drawer of portraits |
| realist | A painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style |
| scenic artist, scene painter | An artist specializing in scenic / scenic subjects |
| watercolorist, watercolourist | A painter who paints with watercolors / watercolors |
| Broader | artist, creative person | A person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination / imagination |
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| Spanish | pintora, pintor |
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| Catalan | pintor |
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| Adjectives | painterly | having qualities unique to the art of painting |
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| Verbs | paint | make a painting / painting of |
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| paint | make a painting / painting |
