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muralist

muralist

3 5.5
A person who paints large pictures on walls or ceilings
  • noun
  • /ˈmjʊrəlɪst/
translation icon : muralista
  • I came to Detroit to begin a television documentary on the Mexican muralists in the United States.
  • Mexican muralists
  • muralist movement

There's a big though The Whitney Museum had a huge show about Mexican muralists right before the pandemic closed things.

Examples

  • Come to this meeting to show that muralists will not stand for this.

    Blog text (9)

  • Likewise, Gellert and Gropper were among the foremost muralists of the 1930s.

    Academic text (2002)

  • And next week a muralist from Paris arrives.

    Quills (2000)

  • The program has put to work thousands of muralists and neighborhood youth over the years.

    Blog text (9)

  • Inspired by Works Progress Administration muralists, a student artist depicted the heart and soul of the institution: a light on the hill.

    Academic text (2007)

  • This is my good friend Eric, who is an artist and muralist from Brooklyn and is going to be doing a mural here on the wall.

  • Contemporary Chicano muralists are, in fact, engaged to paint murals on lowrider cars.

    Academic text (1990)

  • While attending a special art program at the Fort Sill Indian School in Oklahoma, Houser met muralist Olle Nordmark, who encouraged him to try sculpture.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The Chilean muralists owed a great debt to Pablo Picasso and to the famous Mexican muralists David Alfaro Siqueiros and Diego Rivera.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The organization contacted Ed Trask, a celebrated Richmond muralist, in August and commissioned him shortly afterward.

Synonyms

artist
vsmuralist
∞ 1.0

A person who makes art like paintings or sculptures with imagination and feeling

is a specialist who paints large compositions on walls or ceilings
painter
vsmuralist
47 1.0

A person who puts colour on walls, furniture, or buildings as a job

focuses on painting large works directly on walls or ceilings

How Specialized

muralist
3 5.5
painter
214 1.0
artist
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

muralist singular
muralists plural

Morphology

muralist = mural (transparent) = mural + ist

Formed by the noun 'mural' plus the productive agentive '-ist', meaning 'one who creates or specializes in murals', which is directly predictable.

Etymology

The word muralist comes from the Latin word murus, which means 'wall', and is the same root as mural, a painting on a wall. So, a muralist is literally someone who paints on walls, which explains the modern meaning.