portraitist
Paints people's likenesses
A portraitist is an artist who specializes in portraits—paintings, drawings, or photographs depicting specific individuals.
The term usually applies to painters: She worked as a court portraitist for the royal family.
Distinguished from artists who focus on landscapes, still lifes, or abstract work.
Visual artist for media
- studioCreative professional's workspace
- easelUpright frame for paintings
- brushworkPainter's stroke method
- paletteSurface for mixing pigments
commission · sitter · pose · sitting · likeness · rendering · profile · three-quarter
Face or expression
- countenanceFace or expression
- featuresDistinctive qualities or aspects
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- characterNature, symbol, or role
personality · essence · identity · sitter · client · patron · nobility · celebrity
Accepting things as they are
- chiaroscuroContrast technique in painting
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- shadingDepicting light and darkness
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
gaze · composition · background · lighting · proportion · foreshortening · rendering · detail
Slippery viscous fluid
- acrylicSynthetic resin or fiber
- watercolorTranslucent paint medium
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- linenFlax-derived textile
gesso · brushes · turpentine · linseed · varnish · charcoal · pastel · graphite
Performer copying famous voices
- expressionistOne who conveys through art
- realistOne accepting hard truths
- romanticConducive to love
- classicistScholar of antiquity
modernist · photorealist · minimalist · surrealist · academic · naturalist · mannerist
Seventeenth-century Dutch painter
- VelázquezLas Meninas painter
- SargentAmerican expatriate portraitist
- HolbeinRenaissance German portrait master
- ReynoldsSurname or foil brand
Gainsborough · royal · aristocratic · guild · master · apprentice · old masters · Renaissance
illustrator
Visual artist for media
- studioCreative professional's workspace
- easelUpright frame for paintings
- brushworkPainter's stroke method
palette · commission · sitter · pose · sitting · likeness · rendering · profile · three-quarter · full-length
visage
Face or expression
- countenanceFace or expression
- featuresDistinctive qualities or aspects
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
character · personality · essence · identity · sitter · client · patron · nobility · celebrity · ancestor
realism
Accepting things as they are
- chiaroscuroContrast technique in painting
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- shadingDepicting light and darkness
expression · gaze · composition · background · lighting · proportion · foreshortening · rendering · detail · texture
oil
Slippery viscous fluid
- acrylicSynthetic resin or fiber
- watercolorTranslucent paint medium
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
linen · gesso · brushes · turpentine · linseed · varnish · charcoal · pastel · graphite · pigment
impressionist
Performer copying famous voices
- expressionistOne who conveys through art
- realistOne accepting hard truths
- romanticConducive to love
classicist · modernist · photorealist · minimalist · surrealist · academic · naturalist · mannerist
Rembrandt
Seventeenth-century Dutch painter
- VelázquezLas Meninas painter
- SargentAmerican expatriate portraitist
- HolbeinRenaissance German portrait master
Gainsborough · Reynolds · royal · aristocratic · guild · master · apprentice · old masters · Renaissance · Baroque
- artistsPablo Picasso, artist, illustrators, Leonardo da Vinci, cartoonists
portraitistabstract artist
Creator of non-figurative work
abstractionist · abstract painter · abstract expressionist · action painter · conceptual artist