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Definition of Portrait painter
1. Noun. A painter or drawer of portraits.
Generic synonyms: Painter
Derivative terms: Limn, Portray, Portray, Portray
Lexicographical Neighbors of Portrait Painter
Literary usage of Portrait painter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1907)
"CF DE BREDA, portrait painter.— I intend to write a biography of this painter,
and should be pleased to hear of any reference to him in literature. ..."
2. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"Genre and portrait painter, pupil of Caba- nel ; won 2d grand prix in 1872.
Medals : 2d ckss, 1874 ; L. of Honour, 1881. Works : First Morning (1874); ..."
3. Samuel F.B. Morse: His Letters and Journals by Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Edward Lind Morse (1914)
"Morse unwilling to be mere portrait-painter. — Ambitious to stand at the head of
his profession. — Desires patronage from wealthy friends. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Artists of the English School: Painters, Sculptors by Samuel Redgrave (1878)
"... PAUL FRANCIS, portrait painter. Was grandson of the above and practised his
art in London with some ability, but he was always in need. ..."
5. The Old Masters of Belgium and Holland: Les Maîtres D'autrefois by Eugène Fromentin (1882)
"RUBENS AS A portrait painter. Is Rubens a great portrait painter, or merely a
good one ? Had this great painter of physical and moral life, so skilful in ..."
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