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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.
  • 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.
  • 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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