- artist
- noun1 person who creates works of artADJECTIVE▪ 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 artists could exhibit their work.
▪ lesser-known, struggling, unknown▪ amateur, professional▪ freelance▪ self-taught▪ serious▪He is a serious artist, and totally committed to his work.
▪ prolific▪ local▪ creative▪ real, true▪My husband is a real artist 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 artist John Piper to paint its bombed cathedral.
▪ feature, showcase▪The museum's featured artists include Degas, Cézanne and Renoir.
▪an exhibition featuring wildlife artist Emma Gray
▪ promote, represent▪The agency began to represent Chinese artists.
▪ inspire▪Artists are inspired by beauty.
ARTIST + VERB▪ create sth, design sth, draw (sth), paint (sth), produce sth▪an artist who paints in oils
▪ work▪artists who work in different media
▪ experiment with sth, explore sth▪The artists explored common themes.
▪ depict sb/sth, portray sb/sth▪the many ways in which artists depict the human figure
▪ specialize in sth▪a group of artists who specialize in jazz-themed art
▪ exhibit sth, show sth▪Local artists are currently exhibiting their work at the gallery.
PHRASES▪ an artist in residence▪the new artist in residence at the Tate Gallery
2 a professional entertainerADJECTIVE▪ guest▪The Blue Note Quartet will be the guest artists 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 artists.
▪ promote, represent▪ signARTIST + VERB▪ perform (sth)▪ work▪ record (sth)
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
