landscapist

[land-skey-pist]

noun

1. an artist who paints landscapes.

landscapist

/ ˈlændˌskeɪpɪst /

noun

1. a painter of landscapes

Word History and Origins

Origin of landscapist¹

First recorded in 1835–45; landscape + -ist

Example Sentences

Working from 1587 to 1590, a team of artists including the Flemish landscapist Paul Bril frescoed scenes from the Old and New Testaments over nearly a mile of the sanctuary’s walls.

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How to Paint a Dead Man features a reclusive, Morandi-like painter, a modern British landscapist, a blind girl pursued by a demon that has escaped from a Renaissance masterpiece, and an innovating London curator.

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At first exclusively a landscapist, she afterwards turned to portrait painting, an example of which may be found on page 300.

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Other "landscapists" placed in their gardens old ruins, misshapen rocks, and even dead trees, in order to look "natural."

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Turner, the great English landscapist, failed of appreciation for long years and had to wait till the end of his life to obtain even a small meed of reward.

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