returned with his mind as a painter. vs returned with his mind of a painter.

Both phrases are not correct. The preposition 'as' is more appropriate when describing someone taking on a role or identity, while 'of' is used to indicate possession or association. In this context, 'as a painter' would be the correct choice.

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returned with his mind as a painter.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English. 'As a painter' indicates that the person's mindset or perspective has changed to that of a painter.

Use 'as a painter' when describing someone who has adopted the mindset or perspective of a painter.

Examples:

After spending time at the art gallery, he returned with his mind as a painter, seeing the world in a new light.
She immersed herself in art classes and returned with her mind as a painter, ready to create masterpieces.
The trip to Italy transformed him, and he came back with his mind as a painter, inspired by the beauty around him.

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I actually started out as a painter.
In 1472 he entered the Compagnia di San Luca as a painter.
1934 Trip to Argentina which recalls his triumphs as a painter.
Prior to this time, I had been working as a painter.
I make my living as a painter.
He kept a studio in the corner of the ballroom but had failed to develop as a painter.
Born in 1970 in the town of Carpentras, nothing Ivan Calatayud intended, apparently, to a career as a painter.
I have two more walls at home waiting for your expertise as a painter.
Leonardo studied the optical foundations of these phenomena, in order to be able to reproduce them with precision as a painter.
I have two more walls at home Waiting for your expertise as a painter.
I gave up what might have been a magnificent career as a painter.
You're a poet as well as a painter.
But he made time to pass on, intact, his artistic legacy to his son Araldo, occurring both as a modeler and turner-clay that as a painter.
The Dutch painter, Anton Mauve, was one of the most important influences on Vincent as he struggled to begin his career as a painter.
He has developed his artistic aspect in the field of literature as poet, storyteller and playwright, and in the visual arts as a painter.
Maillol, who studied under Gérôme and Cabanel at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, became a renowned sculptor, but he began his career as a painter.
Litras has worked as a painter and as a professor in the School of Fine Arts. Many of his students (G.Iakovidis, P.Pantazis, G.Roilos, N.Bokos) were distinguished as great painters.
After a long break as an artist, Giri had an exhibition in 2006 in Nagoya at "This Is It"gallery, which restarted his life as a painter.
In 1860, Ludwig went to St. Petersburg to work as a xylographer (i.e., one who makes prints from wood carvings) to earn the necessary funds for his studies as a painter.
Ben got a job as a painter to case the place.

returned with his mind of a painter.

This phrase is not correct in English. 'Of a painter' does not convey the intended meaning of adopting the perspective or mindset of a painter.

Not applicable.

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That's like painting a painting of a painter.
I'm more of a painter.
For a certain period of time, the philological reconstruction of Leonardo's work made use of the unconventional instruments of a painter.
David Bosc's «La Claire Fontaine» is a novel about a painter, Gustave Courbet. It is also a book about Lake Léman captured by the eye of a painter.
But where an aura manifests entirely its colors -even the most tenuous and softest color- is in the instinctive experience of an artist and, over and above, in that of a painter.
And if he had ever heard of a painter named Salvador Dalí.
It was the work of a painter from Ždánice.
Her boyfriend slammed the door with his mind.
He talked to three armies at once, with his mind.
Eli killed four agents with his mind.
William Willis, believed he could talk to his wife with his mind.
He's trying to smash the bottle with his mind.
Baylin's body gave out because it couldn't keep up with his mind.
The Lord Protector calls them forth with his mind.
We said yes just to mess with his mind.
Trying to light the candle with his mind.
Zapping the bashers with his mind distorter.
You know, Mr Briggs, I'm something of a painter myself.
In this time there was an exhibition of a painter, Giovan Battista Bellini, named Giambellino. The cocktail name derives from this.
I might be old-fashioned, but the fact to get undressed in front of a painter every morning I don't like it.

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returned with his mind as a painter. vs returned with his mind of a painter.