landscapist

noun

land·​scap·​ist ˈlan(d)-ˌskā-pist How to pronounce landscapist (audio)
: a painter of landscapes

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And then there’s Petzholdt, the ground-hugging landscapist and yet another Eckersberg protégé. — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2023 Then came the Morans, luminous nineteenth-century landscapists, among whom was a daughter, Elizabeth. — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025 It was designed by award-winning landscapist Jim Burnett as a way to bridge the gap between the Arts District and Uptown neighborhood. — Dallas News, 1 Mar. 2023 The other, a vertical scroll by the renowned 16th-century landscapist Wen Boren, illustrates a contrasting principle, that of the scholar-artist-poet using nature as a vehicle to reflect internal states, an early kind of expressionism. — Melik Kaylan, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2017 His examples, which follow no explicit program or order, range from David Hockney to Wassily Kandinsky, Yayoi Kusama, Artemisia Gentileschi, Jennifer Packer and the 11th-century Chinese landscapist Guo Xi. — Max Carter, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1843, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of landscapist was in 1843

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“Landscapist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landscapist. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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