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noun person who creates works of art ADJ. gifted, great, talented | distinguished, established, famous, leading, major, successful, well-known | aspiring, budding, up-and-coming | struggling, unknown | amateur, professional | self-taught | serious He is a serious artist, and totally committed to his work. | local | female, woman | male | creative | real, true (figurative) My husband is a real artist in the kitchen. | abstract, avant-garde, commercial, conceptual, figurative, fine, graffiti, graphic, landscape, make-up, pavement, performance, pop/popular, scenic, visual, war, watercolour, wildlife | contemporary, living, modern, nineteenth-century, etc. VERB + ARTIST commission In 1942 the city commissioned war artist John Piper to paint its bombed cathedral. | feature an exhibition featuring wildlife artist Emma Gray ARTIST + VERB create sth, draw (sth), paint (sth), produce sth an artist who paints in oils | work artists who work in different media | exhibit sth, show sth Local watercolour artists are currently exhibiting their work in the town hall. PHRASES an artist in residence the new artist in residence at the Tate Gallery (also artiste) a professional entertainer ADJ. guest The Blue Note Quartet will be the guest artists tomorrow night. | solo | recording | cabaret, escape, mime, music hall, rap, reggae, trapeze, variety VERB + ARTIST feature The festival featured artists such John Mclaughlin and Russell Malone. ARTIST + VERB perform (sth) | workJOB
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artist someone who produces art, especially paintings or drawings: • an exhibition of paintings by 50 contemporary artists • a wildlife artist who specializes in drawing birds painter someone who paints pictures: • the Dutch painter, Johannes Vermeer • Sisley was principally a landscape painter. photographer someone who takes photographs, as an art or as a job: • Cartier-Bresson was one of the greatest photographers of all time. • a fashion photographer potter someone who makes pots or other objects from clay: • In Spain, local potters produce ceramics with beautiful brightly-coloured designs. sculptor someone who makes sculptures (= a work of art that is made from stone, metal, or wood ): • The museum has several pieces by the great English sculptor, Sir Henry Moore. performance artist someone who uses acting, dance and other actions to create art that expresses an idea: • a one-man show by the French performance artist, Orlan