paintress
nounEtymology From Middle English peyntrys, from Old French peintresse; equivalent to painter + -ess.
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Archaic A female painter.
- 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:
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- 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: