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mosaicist

American  
[moh-zey-uh-sist] / moʊˈzeɪ ə sɪst /

noun

  1. a person who works in mosaic.


Etymology

Origin of mosaicist

First recorded in 1840–50; mosaic + -ist

Example Sentences

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Though best known as a painter, mosaicist and head of the art department at Scripps College, Sheets was also an architect, and this was by far his biggest building commission.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2017

Hildreth Meiere, an American artist, architectural artist, muralist and mosaicist was responsible for the anat design.

From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2015

The grandson of a master mosaicist pays tribute to his heritage with a new furniture line.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2014

Among them: Men and Horses, a three-panel impression of the Parthenon frieze that might have been done by a nearsighted mosaicist, and a monster quad-ruptych called The Birth of the Triglyph.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is well known that Taddeo Gaddi was painter, architect, and mosaicist, and Giotto, painter, sculptor, and architect, and these details are an example of what was then continually going on.

From Intarsia and Marquetry by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

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