rotulero

English translation: sign painter

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Spanish term or phrase:	rotulero
English translation:	sign painter
Entered by:	Lorena Zuniga

17:14 May 20, 2017

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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

Spanish term or phrase: rotulero

He worked as a rotulero for many more years and painted the walls of many cafés and bars; he painted hamburgers and hot dogs on the street stalls, humanoid heads on the beauty salons, traditional landscapes on the buses, with the respective sign of “Be educated, throw the trash out the window”, and even the national hero on the wall of the public school.

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Local time: 00:39

sign painter

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Sign painting is the art of painting lettering on buildings, billboards or signboards for the purpose of announcing or advertising products, services and events.
Sign painting is a learned craft with a long history. Historically artisans acquired the craft through apprenticeship, although many early sign painters were self-taught.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_painting

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Mexico
Local time: 00:39

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sign painter

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