portraitist
a person who makes portraits.
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How to use portraitist in a sentence
This week: Philip Larkin goes Hollywood, the portrait of a portraitist, and getting rich quick in China.
He's a great portraitist, and far more successful than Frieda, but he is genuine in his admiration of good work.
A Top-Floor Idyl | George van SchaickHe was a portraitist who solemnly believed in the principle of decoration—character must take its chances when he painted.
Visionaries | James HunekerFranz Hals was on a level with Velasquez in respect of facility in execution, and like him seems to have been a born portraitist.
Art Principles | Ernest GovettIt is well known that the famous sculptor is a remarkable portraitist.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine Clement
As a portraitist, Titian's is the only name to be coupled with that of Velasquez.
Franz Liszt | James Huneker
British Dictionary definitions for portraitist
/ (ˈpɔːtrɪtɪst, -treɪ-) /
an artist, photographer, etc, who specializes in portraits
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