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

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)

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

"I'd rather be a pavement artist and my own master than Chief Inspector with an unknown spy following me about."

From Dope by Rohmer, Sax

Fra Angelico, as an irreverent pavement artist, was Culling's artistic parent for the time being.

From The Sixth Sense A Novel by McKenna, Stephen

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