paintress

plural paintresses · alternative painteress

1. archaicA female painter.

   After a short time, she moved to Minton's to train as a paintress.

   1990, Cheryl Buckley, Potters and Paintresses: Women Designers in the Pottery Industry 1870–1955, London: Women's Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 101

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   Oosterwyck (Maria Van), a celebrated Dutch paintress of flowers and fruit, born at Nootdrop, a small town near Delft, in 1630.

   1838, John Gould, Biographical Dictionary of Painters, Sculptors, Engravers, and Architects, volume 2, London: G. and A. Greenland, Poultry, →OL, keyword “Oosterwyck”, page 380

   Bennings, Liévene, a celebrated Flemish paintress, daughter of Simon Benichius, or Bennings, a miniature painter of Bruges, who instructed her in the art.

   1867, Shearjashub Spooner, A Biographical History of the Fine Arts, 4th edition, volume 1, New York: Leypoldt & Holt, →LCCN, →OL, keyword “Bennings”, page 92

   Synonyms: paintrix