portraitist

[ pawr-tri-tist, -trey-, pohr- ]

/ ˈpɔr trɪ tɪst, -treɪ-, ˈpoʊr- /

noun

a person who makes portraits.

Nearby words

Origin of portraitist

First recorded in 1865–70; portrait + -ist

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Examples from the Web for portraitist

This week: Philip Larkin goes Hollywood, the portrait of a portraitist, and getting rich quick in China.
Best of Brit Lit|Peter Stothard|April 2, 2009|DAILY BEAST
As a portraitist, Titian's is the only name to be coupled with that of Velasquez.
Franz Liszt|James Huneker
The first duty of the portraitist is to generalize the expression of his subject.
Art Principles|Ernest 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

He was a portraitist who solemnly believed in the principle of decoration—character must take its chances when he painted.
Visionaries|James Huneker
Her eyes were not large, nor yet luminous; smothered fire would have been the verdict of a portraitist.
Painted Veils|James Huneker

British Dictionary definitions for portraitist

portraitist

/ (ˈpɔːtrɪtɪst, -treɪ-) /

noun

an artist, photographer, etc, who specializes in portraits

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