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

Kelly, who grew up in Bridgeport, Conn., began learning his art from his father, a theatrical scene painter.

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

He was a brilliant scene painter, and especially successful in painting panoramas.

From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry