scene painter

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In his spare time, he served as a scene painter for local theaters.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2022

The Russian scene painter Vladimir Polunin, who helped paint the curtain, wrote that Picasso wore slippers so he could stand on the canvas as he worked.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2014

The Good Old Days is a first try at calendar art by a Hollywood scene painter named Paul Detlefsen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Excellent examples of the work of Adolphe Appia, as Swiss pioneer, with Gordon Craig and Robert Edmond Jones in the use of the modern electric switchboard as successor to the scene painter.

From Time Magazine Archive

I also advised him to make up his mind whether he wanted to be a sane architect—he despised questions of housemaids' closets and sanitation and lifts and hot-water supply—or a scene painter.

From Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement by Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir