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Serge Gleizes, Architectural Digest, 19 May 2026
This 1930s icon became a haven for jazz stars like Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald, and also hosted renowned painters like Chagall.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2026
The presentation draws inspiration from Mercury and the Graces (1576–77) by Italian Renaissance painter Tintoretto.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
Another superb show featured Matthew Wong, a painter of intimate, hauntingly lovely figurative works inspired by van Gogh and Matisse.
—Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
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Noun
Decorative painters Nicolas and Sébastien Reese of Reese Studio worked on the room’s azure tones (the duo was also responsible for paintings in the Hôtel de la Marine on the Place de la Concorde).
—Serge Gleizes, Architectural Digest, 19 May 2026
This 1930s icon became a haven for jazz stars like Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald, and also hosted renowned painters like Chagall.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2026
The presentation draws inspiration from Mercury and the Graces (1576–77) by Italian Renaissance painter Tintoretto.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
Another superb show featured Matthew Wong, a painter of intimate, hauntingly lovely figurative works inspired by van Gogh and Matisse.
—Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
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“Painter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/painter. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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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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