芸術家(げいじゅつか)

げいじゅつか
noun
artist; creative person
1. artist; creative person
A person who creates art, particularly in the fine arts (painting, sculpture, music, literature). Implies serious artistic pursuit rather than casual creativity.
彼女(かのじょ)は有名(ゆうめい)な芸術家(げいじゅつか)だ。
She is a famous artist.
若(わか)い芸術家(げいじゅつか)を支援(しえん)する制度(せいど)がある。
There is a system to support young artists.
芸術家(げいじゅつか)にとって自由(じゆう)な発想(はっそう)は何(なに)よりも大切(たいせつ)だと彼(かれ)は語(かた)った。
He said that for an artist, free creative thinking is more important than anything else.

A compound of 芸術(げいじゅつ) (art, fine arts) and 家(か) (professional, -ist). Refers to someone who seriously practices the arts as a calling.

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • アーティスト is the loanword equivalent, used more broadly and casually
  • 画家(がか) specifically means painter
  • 彫刻家(ちょうこくか) specifically means sculptor
  • 音楽家(おんがくか) specifically means musician
  • 芸術家(げいじゅつか) is the broad umbrella term covering all art forms

Sometimes used figuratively to describe someone with artistic temperament or eccentricity: 芸術家(げいじゅつか)肌(はだ) (having the temperament of an artist).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 芸術家(げいじゅつか)肌(はだ) (artistic temperament)
  • 現代(げんだい)芸術家(げいじゅつか) (contemporary artist)
  • 芸術家(げいじゅつか)を目指(めざ)す (to aspire to be an artist)
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