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portraitist

/pawr-tri-tist, -trey-, pohr-/US // ˈpɔr trɪ tɪst, -treɪ-, ˈpoʊr- //UK // (ˈpɔːtrɪtɪst, -treɪ-) //

肖像师,画像师,肖像画家,肖像学家

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who makes portraits.

Examples

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

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

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

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

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

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