Talk:Scenic painting

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[edit] historical view

This article seems to focus pretty much exclusively on the present day, and some of its comments about the past seem just wrong. For example, it says:

Traditionally, scenic painters are drawn from the ranks of scenic designers, and in many cases designers paint their own works.

But this isn't really true, at least if "traditionally" takes a view longer than a few decades. In 18th- and 19th-century European theatre, theatre painting (German Theatermalerei) was a full-fledged profession, often engaged in by serious painters for at least parts of their careers, and was rarely done by designers themselves. --Delirium (talk) 21:29, 16 March 2008 (UTC)