portraitist
[pawr-tri-tist, -trey-, pohr-]
- a person who makes portraits.
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Origin of portraitist
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Historical Examples
His brother Jean was known as a portraitist of great ability.
Vanished towers and chimes of FlandersGeorge Wharton Edwards
As a portraitist, Titian's is the only name to be coupled with that of Velasquez.
Franz LisztJames Huneker
The first duty of the portraitist is to generalize the expression of his subject.
Art PrinciplesErnest Govett
A Portraitist is a person who paints what other people don't think he sees.
Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. IV of IV.Charles L. Graves
Her eyes were not large, nor yet luminous; smothered fire would have been the verdict of a portraitist.
Painted VeilsJames Huneker
portraitist
- an artist, photographer, etc, who specializes in portraits
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