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# artist

noun (an artist, artists)

«artist» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An artist is a person who paints, draws, makes sculptures or other works of art. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artist/#m1)
2. An artist can also be a performer, such as a singer, musician, actor or dancer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artist/#m2)
3. An artist can be anyone who does something with great skill, as in «a real artist with a football». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artist/#m3)

### In the lessons

In art lessons pupils study famous artists and their styles and work like artists themselves. In everyday life musicians and singers are also called artists (a recording artist). Phrases: «street artist», «make-up artist», «artist's palette».

### Examples

- Van Gogh was a Dutch artist who painted sunflowers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artist/#x1)
- My sister wants to be an artist when she grows up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artist/#x2)
- A street artist drew a huge chalk picture on the path. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artist/#x3)
- Every child in our class is an artist in art club. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artist/#x4)
- The singer is the most famous artist on the show. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artist/#x5)
- The artist mixed blue and yellow to make green. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artist/#x6)
- The pictures were drawn by Mr. Kakuzo Fujiyama, a Tokio artist. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artist/#x7)

### Note

Countable: an artist (use «an» because it starts with a vowel sound). Noun: art; adjective: artistic; «artwork» is a piece of art. Do not confuse with «artiste» (an old word for a performer) or «artisan» (a skilled craft worker).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «artist» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artist/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«artist» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/artist.html) on Mova free.