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)

"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

He was a pavement artist and he had a pitch outside the railings of the great terminus in Euston Road, where he used to sit and patronise London.

From Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile by Murray, David Christie

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

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