An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and / or demonstrating an art.

An artist also may be defined unofficially as " a person who expresses him-or herself through a medium ".

") Erasmus spoke favourably of Holbein as an artist and person, but later criticized Holbein whom he had accused of sponging off of various patrons to whom Erasmus had recommended, for purposes more of monetary gain than artistic endeavor.

Captain Janeway's efforts resulted in the Doctor being accorded the status of ' artist ', ( though not a " person ").

" The focus for Basil in the 1890 edition seems to be more towards love, whereas the Basil of the 1891 edition cares more for his art, saying " the one person who gives my art whatever charm it may possess: my life as an artist depends on him.

In a television interview shown in August 2000, when asked about what influence his Irish Catholic and Russian Jewish ancestry may have had on his life as a person and as an artist, Ford humorously stated " As a man I've always felt Irish, as an actor I've always felt Jewish.

Such people, who may be real but impersonated people or fictitious characters played by the con artist, could include, for example, the wife or son of a deposed African or Indonesian leader or dictator who has amassed a stolen fortune, or a bank employee who knows of a terminally ill wealthy person with no relatives or a wealthy foreigner who deposited money in the bank just before dying in a plane crash ( leaving no will or known next of kin ), a US soldier who has stumbled upon a hidden cache of gold in Iraq, a business being audited by the government, a disgruntled worker or corrupt government official who has embezzled funds, a refugee, and similar characters.

On June 15, 2012, high wire artist Nik Wallenda became the first person to walk across the falls in 116 years, after receiving special permission from both governments.

" Four Generals of Zhongxing " by Southern Song Dynasty artist Liu Songnian ( 1174 – 1224 ); the renowned general Yue Fei ( 1103 – 1142 ) is the second person from the left.

" He did however state his admiration of Georg Baselitz, the De Stijl artist Piet Mondrian, and Vincent van Gogh ; after seeing van Gogh's paintings in person, Van Vliet quoted himself as saying that " the sun disappoints me so ".

Administration of the Eucharist to a dying person ( painting by 19th-century artist Alexey Venetsianov )

The con artist thus poses as a trustworthy person seeking another trustworthy person.

The term refers to an " artistic style in which the artist seeks to depict not objective reality but rather the subjective emotions and responses that objects and events arouse within a person.

One famous person known to have grown up in Denair is artist and musician Doug TenNapel.

Image: BeuysAchberg78. jpg | Performance artist Joseph Beuys in 1978: Jeder Mensch ein Künstler — Auf dem Weg zur Freiheitsgestalt des sozialen Organismus-Every person an artist — On the way to the libertarian form of the social organism

" Self-actualization " might not effectively convey his observations that this higher level of motivation is really about focusing on becoming the best person one can possibly become, in the service of both the self and others: " A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.

James, who worked at a sweatshop nearby on Canal Street and dreaded going home after school, visited Beauford — at 181 Greene Street — who became a mentor to James, his first realization that a black person could be an artist.

Anonymity is directly related to the concept of obscurantism or pseudonymity, where an artist or group attempts to remain anonymous, for various reasons, not limited to: adding an element of mystique to themselves and / or their work, attempting to avoid what is known as the " cult of personality " or hero worship, where the charisma, good looks, wealth and / or other unrelated or mildly related aspects of the person ( s ) is the main reason for interest in their work, rather than the work itself ; also the ability to break into a field or area of interest normally dominated by males, such as James Tiptree, Jr, the famous science fiction author who was actually a woman named Alice Bradley Sheldon, as seems to also be the case with JT LeRoy.

Russ Meyer's lifelong unabashed fixation on large breasts featured prominently in all his films and is his best known character trait both as an artist and as a person.

A person who claimed to have the power to call up spirits, or foretell the future, or cast spells, or discover the whereabouts of stolen goods, was to be punished as a vagrant and a con artist, subject to fines and imprisonment.

His journey toward Rome was made in company of an artist named Carter, described as " a captious, cross-grained and self conceited person who kept a regular journal of his tour in which he set down the smallest trifle that could bear a construction unfavorable to the American's character.

The comic artist Jacques Tardi adapted some of his books much to the author's approval claiming that he was the sole person to have visually understood his books ; Tardi also provided cover illustrations for the Fleuve Noir editions of the novels, released from the 1980s onward.

In later books she becomes more modern and a kinder person.

* 1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.

* 2008 – American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals in one Olympic Games.

* 1963 – American civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first black person to graduate from the University of Mississippi.

* 2003 – Yuri Malenchenko becomes the first person to marry in space.

* 1792 – Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.

Wallace refuses the bribe sent with Isabella by Longshanks, but after meeting him in person, Isabella becomes enamored with him.

Bankruptcy is filed when a person or a company becomes insolvent and cannot pay their debts as they become due and if they have at least $ 1, 000 in debt.

He becomes the first person to ever complete the Trinity Great Court Run – running around the college courtyard in the time it takes for the clock to strike 12.

A triatomine becomes infected with T. cruzi by feeding on the blood of an infected person or animal.

In Victoria on 21 December 2011, legislation was passed by the Victorian Parliament allowing new trials where there is " fresh and compelling DNA evidence, where the person acquitted subsequently admits to the crime, or where it becomes clear that key witnesses have given false evidence ".

After a very high level of consumption, the respiratory system becomes depressed and the person will stop breathing.

* 1982 – In Texas, Charles Brooks, Jr. becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.

* 1982 – At the University of Utah, Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart.

This person also becomes prime minister of the cabinet.

* 1913 – Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes ; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.

* 1957 – Walter James Bolton becomes the last person legally executed in New Zealand.

In an ideological context, a grokked concept becomes part of the person who contributes to its evolution by improving the doctrine, perpetuating the myth, espousing the belief, adding detail to the social plan, refining the idea or proving the theory.

* 2002 – Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.

* 1935 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.

* 2012 – Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully tightrope walk over Niagara Falls.

* 1933 – Wiley Post becomes the first person to fly solo around the world traveling in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes.

A person who speaks truth becomes trustworthy like a mother, venerable like a preceptor and dear to everyone like a kinsman.

* 1793 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.