genre painter
- noun
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pintor de género
- The genre painter captured the beauty of everyday life in his latest artwork.
Examples
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Brown was also the friend of J. F. Martin, the genre painter, and this has led to some confusion as to which John Martin he may be referring to in his diary entries.
Academic text (1992) -
Known for his vivid portrayals of common scenes, the genre painter had a unique ability to find charm in the ordinary.
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Many art students aspire to become a genre painter, focusing on depicting scenes from daily life.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who makes art like paintings or sculptures with imagination and feeling
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1.0
A person who makes pictures using colour on canvas or paper
Surface Forms
Morphology
A learner who knows 'genre' (a style or category) and 'painter' (an artist who paints) can infer that a 'genre painter' is a painter who works in a particular genre, so the compound is partially compositional. However, the specific art‑historical sense 'one who paints scenes of everyday life' is a specialized usage ('genre painting') that is not fully predictable from the parts and may be unknown to a B1 learner, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Genre painter comes from the French word genre meaning 'kind' or 'type' and the word painter. It was used for artists who showed ordinary, everyday scenes like kitchens, markets, or street life, so today it means 'an artist who paints scenes from daily life'.