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artiste Definition

ar·tiste (är tēst′)

noun

  1. artist (sense )
  2. a person very skilled in a particular occupation: often humorous or facetious

Etymology: Fr, artist

artiste Usage Examples

Possessives

  • agency: At this time Lew Grade, together with his brother Leslie, ran one of the foremost artistes ' agencies in Europe.

Converse of object

  • perform: There were many highs during the week and all 3 UK artistes performed with distinction.
  • feature: Artistes featured on this site are offered by arrangement with Speakers Corner either directly or through their management.
  • visit: Music Locally advertised music programs may include recitals by visiting artistes.
  • become: Phyllis continues to explain to Buddy how she became an artiste with her life.
  • include: It includes artistes of international standing and those set to hit the headlines in the months ahead.
  • support: She has also supported many artistes over the years.

Adjective modifier

  • talented: But I beg these talented young artistes to consider that their audience do not know the text as well as they do!
  • favorite: A beautiful selection of original songs together with 3 tribute tracks to her favorite Artistes.
  • female: A caravan will be required for the female artistes to change in and refreshments will be required by the cast.
  • famous: Leslie worked for a Concert Promotion Company that brought famous American artistes to tour the UK.
  • popular: Rusty's voice was fantastic and puts all the popular recording artistes to shame.
  • various: This one is a selection of country gospel songs from various artistes.

Preposition: on

  • today: Having appeared at many prestigious venues throughout the UK he is one of the most consistently requested artistes on the cabaret circuit today.

Noun used with modifier

  • cabaret: We didn't discover the Maori word for cabaret artistes.
  • tribute: Paul has been a Ronan Keating tribute artiste for two years.
  • solo: Denise has been a solo artiste for over 20 years working all over the world.
  • make-up: Are you a " make-up artist " or a " make-up artiste " ?
  • drag: Alan Carr we liked - the drag artiste in between should have stayed in the States.
  • recording: Rusty's voice was fantastic and puts all the popular recording artistes to shame.
artiste Quotes

For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can never, never make a fine gesture.

—Bernard

Artistic growth is, more than it is anything else, a refining of the sense of truthfulness.

—Cather,Willa Sibert

Art should be independent of all clap-trapöshould stand alone, and appeal totheartisticsense ofeye orear, without confounding this with emotions entirely foreign to it, as devotion, pity, love, patriotism and the like. All these have no kind of concern with it; and that is why I insist on calling my works 'arrangements'and 'harmonies'.

—Whistler,James (Abbott) McNeill

The artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs. It is a disease which arises from men not having sufficient power of expression to utter and get rid of the element of art in their being.

—Chesterton, G(ilbert) K(eith)

The whole basis of the views of architecture prevailing today must be displaced by therecognition that the only possible point of departure for our artistic creation is modern life.

—Wagner, Otto

   4. The chosen and male shall go forth unto professions while the chosen and female shall be homely, fecund, docile and slightly artistic.

—Kennedy, A(lison) L(ouise)