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
Miss Sunshine's loyal ally is Mr. Rainbow, the official scene painter who slips about, brush in hand, to give beetle, butterfly and snail shell the appropriate hue of the season.
From Time Magazine Archive
A year later he was a scene painter for the Chicago Opera, priming the enormous backdrops with a large brush dipped in glue.
From Time Magazine Archive
A little later he obtained employment as a scene painter; and he alternated between these two occupations for about eight years.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
