画家だ

is a painter

→ 画家
phrase Uncommon #12,734
is a painter The plain-form, casual equivalent of 画家です. Used after a noun to say that someone is a painter.
JA: 私の姉は画家だ。
EN: My older sister is a painter.

彼は風景画家だ

He is a landscape painter.

— タイタニック (1997)

彼らは画家だ

They are painters.

やつは間違いなく画家だ

That guy is definitely a painter.

— RRR (2022)

彼は画家だ

He is a painter.

トムと私は二人とも画家だ

Tom and I are both painters.

この人は画家だ

This person is a painter!

彼はこれまでにいなかったほどのすぐれた画家だ

He is the greatest painter who has ever lived.