ARTIST
NOUNS – PERSON
► DAUB an artist → M19 colloq.
► EARTH ARTIST an artist who changes some natural object or scenery to fit his concept → 1972
► GENTLEMAN OF THE BRUSH an artist; a painter → 1821 UK sl.
► HAND an artist, musician, writer, actor, etc., as the performer or originator of a work → 1587
► HISTORICIST an artist, architect, etc., whose work is characterized by regard for or preoccupation with the styles and values of the past → 1905
► MASTER an artist of distinguished skill, one who those who are regarded as models of excellent in their art → 1533
► NEBULIST an artist whose work is marked by indistinctness of outline → 1836
► OLD MASTER an artist of distinguished skill who lived before the period accounted ‘modern’; chiefly applied to painters from the 13th to the 16th or 17th century → 1840
► PAINT-BRUSH BARONET an ennobled artist → L19 UK society usage
► PAINTER STAINER an artist → 1909 UK society usage (Bk.)
► PAINTRESS a female artist; a woman who paints pictures → 1741
► PAINTRIX a female artist; a woman who paints pictures → 1547 obs.
► SITTER a person who sits before an artist, photographer, etc., for a portrait or as a model → 1649
► VEDUTISTA a cityscape artist (Italian) → 1982 (Bk.)
► ZOOGRAPHER an artist or painter who specializes in depictions of animals or living creatures → 1656 (Bk.)
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