painter

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In 1607, a fugitive painter named Caravaggio arrived in Malta on the run from a murder warrant in Rome.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

“A Landscape Painter,” one of his earliest short stories, follows the antiheroic Locksley, a painter with one foot in both of the neighborhood’s social worlds.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Sedaris lives in New York with his husband, Hugh Hamrick, a painter and set designer.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Out in the street, a business consultant who recently voted for the left-wing populist Green Party, also worried about illegal migrants, as did a painter who was busy refurbishing Cain’s butcher’s shop.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

He dropped the paddle at his feet and groped for the painter with his free hand.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman