Noun
An artist who creates only aesthetic art; an artist who persists in fine arts as opposed to industrial or functional arts.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fine, artist.
Goodness, what a fine artist he turned out to be!
Helnwein is a very fine artist and one sick motherfucker. Gottfried Helnwein
Some people have been kind enough to call me a fine artist. I've always called myself an illustrator. I'm not sure what the difference is. All I know is that whatever type of work I do, I try to give it my very best. Art has been my life. Norman Rockwell
I came to New York to be a fine artist - that was my ambition. David Byrne
I've always been a fine artist. Joey Skaggs
I have wanted to be a fine artist painter, and I reached the point in art schools were I'd like to understand more about images and how images communicate information to people. And I was not getting very far in that from my professors. John Hench
As both a fine artist and a graphic designer, I specialize in the visual presentation of words. John Langdon