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portraitist

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

noun

  1. a person who makes portraits.


portraitist

/ -treɪ-; ˈpɔːtrɪtɪst /

noun

  1. an artist, photographer, etc, who specializes in portraits
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of portraitist1

First recorded in 1865–70; portrait + -ist
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Example Sentences

This week: Philip Larkin goes Hollywood, the portrait of a portraitist, and getting rich quick in China.

He's a great portraitist, and far more successful than Frieda, but he is genuine in his admiration of good work.

He was a portraitist who solemnly believed in the principle of decoration—character must take its chances when he painted.

Franz Hals was on a level with Velasquez in respect of facility in execution, and like him seems to have been a born portraitist.

It is well known that the famous sculptor is a remarkable portraitist.

As a portraitist, Titian's is the only name to be coupled with that of Velasquez.

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