A person who thinks artistically and sees the world as a painting [closed]

looking for a word that describes a person who is deeply moved by art and sees the world artistically? a person who is hyper-aware of aesthetic beauty around them.

Solution 1:

In late Victorian times there was a movement known as Aestheticism promoted by, among others, Oscar Wilde. The people who could be described a members or followers of the Aesthetic movement were called Aesthetes and believed that life itself could, and should, be an art form.

At the start of Wilde's novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray". in which a painting of a beautiful young man ages as he remains young, Dorian Gray is described as a 'young aesthete'.

The type of person you are describing could be called an Aesthete.