portraitist
portraitist — 名詞
- portraitistsingular
- portraitistsplural
1. an artist whose main work is making portraits of people by painting, drawing, or
肖像藝術家
專門創作人物肖像的藝術工作者
an artist whose main work is making portraits of people by painting, drawing, or photography.
The museum bought three oil portraits by a Scottish portraitist named Hugo.
博物館買下了三幅蘇格蘭肖像藝術家 Hugo 畫的油畫肖像。
by a [nationality] portraitist
After college, Ayesha worked as a portraitist at a busy wedding studio.
大學畢業後，Ayesha 在一間忙碌的婚禮工作室當肖像藝術家。
work as a portraitist
A court portraitist painted the queen in silver robes for the palace hall.
一位宮廷肖像藝術家為宮殿大廳畫了一幅身穿銀色長袍的女王肖像。
Christopher hired a portraitist to sketch his grandparents at their anniversary.
Christopher 請了一位肖像藝術家，在紀念日替他的祖父母畫速寫。
The magazine asked a portraitist to photograph the singer before sunrise.
那本雜誌請了一位肖像藝術家，在日出前替那位歌手拍照。
- portrait painter
narrower; usually refers to someone who paints portraits rather than using other media
- portrait photographer
narrower; specifically someone who takes portrait photographs
- artist
much broader; it does not say that portraits are the person's main subject
文法句型
be a portraitist
work as a portraitist
portraitist from + place
hire a portraitist to + verb
用法筆記
Often sounds more formal or artistic than plain words like 'painter' or 'photographer'. It is usually used when portraits are the person's main specialty, not just one type of work they sometimes do.