Painter

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Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work
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Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work

A painter is a person who applies an emulsion called paint to a surface.

As a trade painters apply paint to woodwork, walls, etc. See: Painter and decorator and Interior decoration.

In the arts, a painters create paintings—two-dimensional artworks—by applying paint to a flat surface.

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