His father, an industrialist, was also an amateur painter of landscapes.

Indeed, he was both an amateur painter and a musician in a rock band that met at weekends.

Her father was the head of an investment firm and an amateur painter.

On the credit side was the encouragement in art that young Ault received from his father, himself an amateur painter.

He was also a keen amateur painter of landscapes, working mostly in oils.

His father was a teacher of deaf children, an amateur painter and a censorious man.

Mesdag was encouraged by his father, an amateur painter, to study art.

A toolmaker by profession he was an amateur painter whose recognition came in later life.

The series is geared towards the needs of amateur painters starting out on the road to success.

His father was an amateur painter, and died young.