Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Agents Facet
3. People (hierarchy name)
4. people (agents)
5. [people by occupation]
6. [people in the humanities]
7. [people in the arts and related occupations]
8. [people in the arts]
9. [people in the visual arts and related occupations]
10. [people in the visual arts]
11. artists (visual artists)
12. [artists by medium or work type]
13. painters (artists)
14. [painters by location or context]

Narrower term/s

• graffiti artists
• ceiling painters (artists)

Anotations

Scope note:

Artists who execute paintings on a wall or ceiling as part of a scheme of decoration, as distinguished from "painters (tradespeople)," who paint for the primary purpose of protecting the surface or applying simple color.