Definition of Portraitist

1. Noun. A painter or drawer of portraits.

Exact synonyms: Limner, Portrait Painter, Portrayer
Generic synonyms: Painter
Derivative terms: Limn, Portray, Portray, Portray

Definition of Portraitist

1. n. A portrait painter.

Definition of Portraitist

1. Noun. A painter or photographer who makes portraits ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Portraitist

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Portraitist

portography
portoir
portoise
portoises
portolan
portolans
portous
portouses
portrait
portrait camera
portrait lens
portrait painter
portraited
portraiting
portraitist (current term)
portraitists
portraitlike
portraits
portraiture
portraitures
portray
portrayable
portrayal
portrayals
portrayed
portrayer
portrayers
portraying
portrays

Literary usage of Portraitist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Amateur Photographer (1906)
"A "portraitist is an artist whose special gift is the capability of perceiving and ... To be gifted as a portraitist in no wise implies the capability of ..."

2. I.C.S. Reference Library: A Series of Textbooks Prepared for the Students of by International Correspondence Schools (1904)
"The skill of the artist in this branch of art is applied to making something of simple utility an object of beauty; whereas, the portraitist is engaged in ..."

3. Camera by Columbia Photographic Society, Philadelphia (1916)
"The modern photographic portraitist who is more than a maker of maps of his sitter's ... The modern portraitist, emancipated by scientific progress from the ..."

4. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1897)
"The portraitist, clinging to his artistic ideal, has been left stranded, ... This class the portraitist ignores, keeping strictly apart from its ways of ..."

5. The Photographic Journal of America: The Oldest Photography Magazine in America (1916)
"This is one great reason why the portraitist should be careful not to lose the ... These points the portraitist should watch during the sitting. ..."

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