He studied for three years, but finally abandoned music for art, following his eldest brother George Hardy (1822-1909), an established painter.

Vasiliy Sad (born in 1948) is an established Ukrainian abstract painter.

The artist was told by the teacher, an established painter of portraits, that he should "stick to baseball" since his art skills were "limited at best".

Tracee Mae Miller is an established painter, and also makes many of her own dresses.

Sir Roy was an established painter and sculptor who worked with mixed media such as plaster of paris.

When he came to Pigna, Canavesio was already an established painter.

He was a van Gogh, and his cousin an established painter, otherwise he would no doubt have been ignored altogether.

With other established - though then not much coveted - American painters, Baur's touch was equally sure.

In 1806, he moved from Edinburgh to London, where he became an established painter of portraits, landscapes, and rural genre scenes.

In 1969, already an established painter, he directed his first feature film - a documentary entitled Great Coups of History.