pavement artist

American  

noun

Chiefly British.

1. sidewalk artist.

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Etymology

Origin of pavement artist

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

It is a loathsome idea to think that a man of the type of Sargent is of the same noble profession as the pavement artist.

From Sally Bishop A Romance by Thurston, E. Temple (Ernest Temple)

What is more, in themselves they are as feeble and commonplace as the drawing of a pavement artist, which, in fact, they resemble.

From Since Cézanne by Bell, Clive

He saw no more to move him, he declared, in the time-defying presentations of Perugino, Titian, Sebastiano, and other statuesque creators than in the work of the pavement artist they had passed on their way.

From The Well-Beloved by Hardy, Thomas

Even the pavement artist will destroy his work rather than allow some poor wretch to sit beside his pictures and collect an alms.

From A Surgeon in Belgium by Souttar, Henry Sessions

I'm a fust-rate judge of character, though I be but a pavement artist; but a picture's none the less a picture, no matter where it is drawn.

From Vain Fortune by Moore, George (George Augustus)