amateur painter

collocation in English

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amateur
adjective
uk
/ˈæm.ə.tər/us
/ˈæm.ə.tʃɚ/
taking part in an activity for pleasure, not as ...
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painter
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpeɪn.tər/us
/ˈpeɪn.t̬ɚ/
someone who ...
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(Definition ofamateurandpainterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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His interest in art has already been mentioned, but he was also a distinguishedamateurpainterand did much service for our galleries.
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As a schoolboy he played different musical instruments, went to the theatre with his parents, and his uncle was anamateurpainter.
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His father, himself anamateurpainter, thought that his artistic talent and interest in engineering would best be served in architecture.
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A toolmaker by profession he was anamateurpainterwhose recognition came in later life.
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Gachet, anamateurpainter, became a good friend.
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Besides being a writer and poet, she was also anamateurpainter.
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His father was anamateurpainter, and died young.
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He was anamateurpainterwhen he was younger, but was forced to pursue other means of work for financial reasons.
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His father, an industrialist, was also anamateurpainterof landscapes.
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Borlase was a conscientious minister to his parishioners, politically conservative, and anamateurpainter.
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Her father was the head of an investment firm and anamateurpainter.
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He was anamateurpainterand a chain smoker.
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He spent his remaining years working as a consultant and became anamateurpainter.
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He was a keenamateurpainter, largely of landscapes.
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Mesdag was encouraged by his father, anamateurpainter, to study art.
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He was also anamateurpainterand sculptor.
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He was also a keenamateurpainterof landscapes, working mostly in oils.
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Borovikovsky may have lived the remainder his life as anamateurpainterin a provincial town if not for an unexpected event.
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He is anamateurpainterand starting sculptor, and it has been said that the stigmata appear on the tops of his fingers when he paints.
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His father was anamateurpainter.
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