Noun

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(archaic) a female painter

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, year = 1838 , first = John , last = Gould , title = Biographical Dictionary of Painters, Sculptors, Engravers, and Architects , volume = 2 , section = keyword “Oosterwyck” , location = London , publisher = G. and A. Greenland, Poultry , ol = 7248119M , page = 380 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=AAUFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA380&dq=paintress , passage = Oosterwyck (Maria Van), a celebrated Dutch paintress of flowers and fruit, born at Nootdrop, a small town near Delft, in 1630. }}

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, year = 1867 , first = Shearjashub , last = Spooner , title = A Biographical History of the Fine Arts , volume = 1 , edition = 4th , location = New York , publisher = Leypoldt & Holt , lccn = 81187243 , ol = 3865660M , section = keyword “Bennings” , page = 92 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=xF2-ii62e68C&pg=PA92&dq=paintress , passage = Bennings, Liévene, a celebrated Flemish paintress , daughter of Simon Benichius, or Bennings, a miniature painter of Bruges, who instructed her in the art. }}

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, year = 1990 , title = Potters and Paintresses : Women Designers in the Pottery Industry 1870–1955 , first = Cheryl , last = Buckley , publisher = Women's Press , location = London , isbn = 9780704342118 , ol = 1905690M , page = 101 , url = http://books.google.com/books?id=n4ZQAAAAMAAJ&dq=paintress , passage = After a short time, she moved to Minton's to train as a paintress . }}