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
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
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The Good Old Days is a first try at calendar art by a Hollywood scene painter named Paul Detlefsen.
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All that he did besides furnishing vehicles for airs was to provide a motive for the scene painter and the costumer.
From Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time by Krehbiel, Henry Edward