pavement artist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pavement artist
First recorded in 1895–1900
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Because there is a decadent art about, one need not make a hero of the pavement artist.
From The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed
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 Clive Bell
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 E. Temple (Ernest Temple) Thurston
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 Thomas Hardy
It's a nice life—better than being a pavement artist in Pimlico!
From Innocent : her fancy and his fact by Marie Corelli
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