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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 July 2025
Born in New York City in 1951 and raised in Brownsville, Texas, Schnabel first achieved acclaim as a painter in New York during the late 1970s.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2025
Eva Altman is displaying her abstract geometric paintings, loosely reminiscent of those by Dutchy painter Piet Mondrian, for the second year (Booth D13).
—Daniella Walsh, Oc Register, 28 July 2025
Other historical spaces of note: the Basildon Room, with frescoes of Dante’s Divine Comedy by 18th-century child prodigy and Swiss painter Angelica Kauffman, imported over from an English estate in financial distress.
—Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2025
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Noun
On the other end, leading in work more immune to AI changes were phlebotomists, or healthcare workers who draw blood, followed by nursing assistants, workers who remove hazardous materials, painters and embalmers.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 July 2025
Born in New York City in 1951 and raised in Brownsville, Texas, Schnabel first achieved acclaim as a painter in New York during the late 1970s.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2025
Eva Altman is displaying her abstract geometric paintings, loosely reminiscent of those by Dutchy painter Piet Mondrian, for the second year (Booth D13).
—Daniella Walsh, Oc Register, 28 July 2025
Other historical spaces of note: the Basildon Room, with frescoes of Dante’s Divine Comedy by 18th-century child prodigy and Swiss painter Angelica Kauffman, imported over from an English estate in financial distress.
—Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2025
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“Painter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/painter. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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painter
1 of 3 noun
paint·er
ˈpānt-ər 
: one that paints
especially
: an artist who paints
painter
2 of 3 noun
pain·ter
: a line used for attaching or towing a boat
painter
3 of 3 noun
pain·ter
: cougar
Etymology
Noun
from paint (verb) and -er (noun suffix)
Noun
Middle English paynter "a line used for securing a boat," probably from early French pentoir, penteur "clothesline"
Noun
an altered form of panther
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