Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who makes portraits, especially a painter or photographer.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A maker of portraits; a portrait-painter; one who devotes his attention particularly to portraits, as a photographer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A portrait painter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
painter orphotographer who makesportraits
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a painter or drawer of portraits
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Examples
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His brother Jean was known as a portraitist of great ability.
Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders George Wharton Edwards 1904
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Hambling, the portraitist and sculptor, will join James Lloyd, a former winner of the BP Portrait award, painter Emrys Williams and Royal Academician Chris Orr, along with the writers Pullman and Willy Russell, in a sale of original images, all donated to promote the cause of drawing.
Artists' self-portraits to raise money for drawing campaign Vanessa Thorpe 2010
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Charles Churchwood, the author of the new book, is the former design director of Vogue and Vanity Fair magazines, two of Ritts's most important showcases, and he has pieced together a portrait of the portraitist from stories told by nearly 100 of the photographer's friends, relatives, lovers, and business associates.
David Schonauer: How Herb Ritts Created the Idols We Deserved David Schonauer 2010
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He has pieced together a portrait of the portraitist from stories told by nearly 100 of the photographer's friends, relatives, lovers, and business associates.
David Schonauer: How Herb Ritts Created the Idols We Deserved David Schonauer 2010
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Charles Churchwood, the author of the new book, is the former design director of Vogue and Vanity Fair magazines, two of Ritts's most important showcases, and he has pieced together a portrait of the portraitist from stories told by nearly 100 of the photographer's friends, relatives, lovers, and business associates.
David Schonauer: How Herb Ritts Created the Idols We Deserved David Schonauer 2010
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Other artists include expressionist portraitist Chantal Joffe, taxidermy specialist Polly Morgan, designer Pam Hogg pictured and Marcus Harvey, best-known for that tabloid-shocker painting of Myra Hindley, realised with children's hand-prints.
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Hans Holbein, a German painter, came to England in 1526 to make his fortune as a portraitist.
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Alice Neel, a great American portraitist who died in 1984, fits this description to a T.
Edward Goldman: The Three Most Delicious Art Exhibitions Around the World This October Edward Goldman 2010
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Long before apps like Hipstamatic made anyone with a smartphone a self-styled retro portraitist, folk produced their artsy pics the old-fashioned way: with a Polaroid.
Getting Up Guide: Gary Williams goes live at Caddie's Alex Baldinger 2011
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He has pieced together a portrait of the portraitist from stories told by nearly 100 of the photographer's friends, relatives, lovers, and business associates.
David Schonauer: How Herb Ritts Created the Idols We Deserved David Schonauer 2010
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