Portraitist
noun
A person who draws or paints pictures of people.
As a portraitist, John spent hours studying his subjects' faces before painting them.
Often appears as...
- professional portraitist
- portraitist's studio
noun
A person who draws or paints pictures of people.
As a portraitist, John spent hours studying his subjects' faces before painting them.
Often appears as...
- professional portraitist
- portraitist's studio
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Artistic Focus
Indicates specialization in creating visual likenesses of individuals, often capturing personality.
The gallery exhibition showcases a celebrated portraitist known for her vivid character portrayals.
Pro Tip 2/3Human Subjects
Use 'portraitist' when referring to an artist who specifically depicts human beings, not animals or landscapes.
I desire a portraitist to paint my grandfather, not a general artist.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Photography
'Portraitist' typically refers to traditional artistic mediums, different from a photographer.
Though she takes stunning photographs, she wouldn't call herself a portraitist.
Pro Tip 1/3Artistic Focus
Indicates specialization in creating visual likenesses of individuals, often capturing personality.
The gallery exhibition showcases a celebrated portraitist known for her vivid character portrayals.
Pro Tip 2/3Human Subjects
Use 'portraitist' when referring to an artist who specifically depicts human beings, not animals or landscapes.
I desire a portraitist to paint my grandfather, not a general artist.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Photography
'Portraitist' typically refers to traditional artistic mediums, different from a photographer.
Though she takes stunning photographs, she wouldn't call herself a portraitist.
Pro Tip 1/3Artistic Focus
Indicates specialization in creating visual likenesses of individuals, often capturing personality.
The gallery exhibition showcases a celebrated portraitist known for her vivid character portrayals.
Pro Tip 2/3Human Subjects
Use 'portraitist' when referring to an artist who specifically depicts human beings, not animals or landscapes.
I desire a portraitist to paint my grandfather, not a general artist.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Photography
'Portraitist' typically refers to traditional artistic mediums, different from a photographer.
Though she takes stunning photographs, she wouldn't call herself a portraitist.
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Video examples
Insightful human...
and the whole world is flying by. At a certain point, I figured out that what I was doing was making portraits. When you think about portraiture, you tend to think about stuff like this. The guy on the left is named Gilbert Stuart. He's sort of the first real portraitist of the United States.
Video examples
How photography connects...
John's shot straight down so these are the shadows of the camels this is a rancher in Texas by William Albert Allard a great portraitist
Video examples
Insightful human...
and the whole world is flying by. At a certain point, I figured out that what I was doing was making portraits. When you think about portraiture, you tend to think about stuff like this. The guy on the left is named Gilbert Stuart. He's sort of the first real portraitist of the United States.
Video examples
How photography connects...
John's shot straight down so these are the shadows of the camels this is a rancher in Texas by William Albert Allard a great portraitist
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Mary Ellen Mark
American Photographer
I don't like gimmicky pictures; I've always hated them. I like pictures that are very clear and clean, whether you're a great street photographer - somebody like Friedlander or Winogrand or Cartier-Bresson - or whether you're a portraitist, like Irving Penn.
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Michael Wolff
American Author
I am in the representational business, a portraitist. I have tried to walk an amused line amid hyperbole, documentary detail, cruel characterisation, occasional affection, some good punchlines and anthropological social insight. It's been a good living.
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David Hockney
English Artist
I think Picasso was, without doubt, the greatest portraitist of the 20th century, if not any other century.
Quote examples
Mary Ellen Mark
American Photographer
I don't like gimmicky pictures; I've always hated them. I like pictures that are very clear and clean, whether you're a great street photographer - somebody like Friedlander or Winogrand or Cartier-Bresson - or whether you're a portraitist, like Irving Penn.
Quote examples
Michael Wolff
American Author
I am in the representational business, a portraitist. I have tried to walk an amused line amid hyperbole, documentary detail, cruel characterisation, occasional affection, some good punchlines and anthropological social insight. It's been a good living.
Quote examples
David Hockney
English Artist
I think Picasso was, without doubt, the greatest portraitist of the 20th century, if not any other century.
Example 1 of 3
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