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pastelist

American  
[pa-stel-ist, pas-tl-ist] / pæˈstɛl ɪst, ˈpæs tl ɪst /
especially British, pastellist

noun

  1. an artist who draws with pastels.


Etymology

Origin of pastelist

First recorded in 1880–85; pastel 1 + -ist

Example Sentences

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Vigée Le Brun’s father was a pastelist, though not an especially successful one.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2022

Only seven years before, the Italian pastelist Rosalba Carriera had visited Paris and found duchesses and princesses imploring her to do their portraits.

From Time Magazine Archive

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