(Mother Raphael also painted backdrops for plays at the Great Falls Civic Center, and made vestments for Catholic priests in many area churches.)

In his later years he painted scenic backdrops for the New Opera (Neue Oper), which were continued after his death by his pupils.

He painted backdrops and curtains for the local opera house.

Agatharcus of Samos - wrote a treatise on linear perspective (as a result of his experiences painting backdrops for theatres).

I can't remember his name off hand but I do remember that he is alleged to have painted backdrops for amphitheatres.

When he was in his early teens, Mr. Whitney painted backdrops for the burlesque stage while attending five years of evening classes at Cooper Union.

Instead of having to paint multiple backdrops for each new scene, Fortuny could use his dome to achieve the illusion needed for each scene.

All the meanwhile, the counselors not teaching the children the skit or song are painting backdrops or building stages for the productions later in the Oolam.

The bulkheads seemed to be painted backdrops that the brush of a hand could have billowed away from the flimsy struts and framing behind.

He painted backdrops for vaudeville and the Jewish theater but was also a semi-successful entrepreneur and, at one point, a manufacturer in Manhattan's Seventh Avenue garment district.