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

Word History and Origins

Origin of portraitist¹

First recorded in 1865–70; portrait + -ist

Example Sentences

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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

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

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

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