artist - a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imaginationcreator - a person who grows or makes or invents things illustrator - an artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.) classic - an artist who has created classic works classicist - an artistic person who adheres to classicism maestro, master - an artist of consummate skill; "a master of the violin"; "one of the old masters" minimalist - a practitioner or advocate of artistic minimalism modernist - an artist who makes a deliberate break with previous styles musician - artist who composes or conducts music as a profession Pre-Raphaelite - a painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance ideals stylist - an artist who is a master of a particular style surrealist - an artist who is a member of the movement called surrealism symbolist - a member of an artistic movement that expressed ideas indirectly via symbols Arp, Hans Arp, Jean Arp - Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich; noted for abstract organic sculptures (1887-1966) Audubon, John James Audubon - United States ornithologist and artist (born in Haiti) noted for his paintings of birds of America (1785-1851) Duchamp, Marcel Duchamp - French artist who immigrated to the United States; a leader in the Dada movement in New York City; was first to exhibit commonplace objects as art (1887-1968) Edward Lear, Lear - British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888) |