genre painter vs painter

genre painter and painter both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
genre painter	Yes	No	No	No
painter	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, painter is a hypernym of genre painter; that is, painter is a word with a broader meaning than genre painter:

genre painter (noun)	painter (noun)
a painter of scenes from everyday life	large American feline resembling a lion
	a line that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for tying up (as when docking or towing)
	an artist who paints
	a worker who is employed to cover objects with paint