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]

Anotations

Scope note:

Special effects artists, or artists in the visual effects department of a film studio, who design and paint false backgrounds (known as matte paintings). The painted backgrounds are then incorporated into matte shots.