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sculptress

sculptress

1 6.7
A woman who makes statues and other forms from stone, metal or wood
  • noun
  • /ˈskʌlptres/
  • Archaic
translation icon : escultora
  • She has dedicated her life to becoming a renowned sculptress in the art community.

Examples

  • In her twenties, she had aspired to achieve immortality as a sculptress; she had even had a flirtation with marble.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • You never told me you were a sculptress.

  • Mary Craig considered herself a sculptress above all else, including being a mother.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • This is Magda Gross, the sculptress.

  • A somewhat overweight sculptress is at work on a statue she names "Hunger."

    Academic text (1999)
  • You're the sculptress, right?

  • She's a sculptress.

  • For Jeffrey's aestheticizing eye, the "highest peak of civilization" is precisely the intelligentsia: a painter, a composer, and a sculptress.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Mary Craig is a talented sculptress known for her exquisite marble sculptures.

  • The local gallery is featuring a solo exhibition by the famous sculptress Anna Smith.

Synonyms

sculptor
vssculptress
52 3.5

A person who makes statues and other art by shaping stone, metal, or wood

is the female version of that general artist term
sculpturer
vssculptress
7.0

A person who makes art by shaping stone, metal or clay

is the female version of that general artist term
statue maker
vssculptress
4.3

A person who shapes stone, metal, or clay into statues

is the female version of that creator term

Surface Forms

sculptress singular
sculptresses plural

Morphology

sculptress = sculpt (transparent) = sculpt + ess

Formed by adding the feminine agentive suffix '-ess' to the base 'sculpt', so the meaning 'female sculptor' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Sculptress comes from sculpt meaning 'to carve' and the ending -ess meaning 'female'. So a sculptress is a woman who makes sculptures by carving or shaping materials.