noun
1 person who creates works of art
ADJECTIVE
▪ accomplished , gifted , great , talented
▪ celebrated , distinguished , established , famous , influential , leading , major , master ( esp. AmE ), renowned , successful , top-selling , well-known , world-renowned
▪ aspiring , budding , emerging , up-and-coming
▪
She set up the gallery so that up-and-coming ~s could exhibit their work.
▪ lesser-known , struggling , unknown
▪ amateur , professional
▪ freelance
▪ self-taught
▪ serious
▪
He is a serious ~, and totally committed to his work.
▪ prolific
▪ local
▪ creative
▪ real , true
▪
My husband is a real ~ in the kitchen. ( figurative )
▪ fine
▪ commercial
▪ folk
▪ abstract , conceptual , figurative , performance , visual
▪ ceramic , graphic , mixed-media , watercolour/watercolor
▪ Impressionist , pop
▪ landscape , war ( esp. BrE ), wildlife
▪ graffiti , pavement ( BrE ), sidewalk ( AmE )
▪ make-up , tattoo
▪ comic , comic-book
▪ avant-garde , contemporary , living , modern
▪ 19th-century , etc.
VERB + ARTIST
▪ commission
▪
In 1942 the city commissioned war ~ John Piper to paint its bombed cathedral.
▪ feature , showcase
▪
The museum's featured ~s include Degas, Cézanne and Renoir.
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an exhibition featuring wildlife ~ Emma Gray
▪ promote , represent
▪
The agency began to represent Chinese ~s.
▪ inspire
▪
Artists are inspired by beauty.
ARTIST + VERB
▪ create sth , design sth , draw (sth) , paint (sth) , produce sth
▪
an ~ who paints in oils
▪ work
▪
~s who work in different media
▪ experiment with sth , explore sth
▪
The ~s explored common themes.
▪ depict sb/sth , portray sb/sth
▪
the many ways in which ~s depict the human figure
▪ specialize in sth
▪
a group of ~s who specialize in jazz-themed art
▪ exhibit sth , show sth
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Local ~s are currently exhibiting their work at the gallery.
PHRASES
▪ an ~ in residence
▪
the new ~ in residence at the Tate Gallery
2 a professional entertainer
ADJECTIVE
▪ guest
▪
The Blue Note Quartet will be the guest ~s tomorrow night.
▪ solo
▪ recording
▪ escape , mime ( esp. BrE ), trapeze
▪ hip-hop , rap , reggae , etc.
▪ spoken-word ( esp. AmE )
VERB + ARTIST
▪ feature
▪
The festival featured up-and-coming young ~s.
▪ promote , represent
▪ sign
ARTIST + VERB
▪ perform (sth)
▪ work
▪ record (sth)