We will check out three words today;
Artist, Artiste, Artisan
I’m sure you all know the word ‘artist’ very well. But do you equally know the other two words?

An Artist refers to a person who produces works in any of the arts subject to aesthetic criteria. He could be a person practicing fine arts like a painter or sculptor. He could be a person working in performing arts like a musician or an actor. He could be a person expert at trickery too.
Rabindranath Tagore was an exceptional artist.
Kabir is an artist with cards.

An Artiste is an artist specific to performing arts; an actor, a singer, a dancer, an acrobat or other public performer.
There were fifty artistes in the opera company.
The word ‘artiste‘ is pronounced with a longer ee sound in the middle.

An Artisan refers to a person skilled in an applied art; a crafts person like a carpenter.
The artisans put their heart and soul in the making of The Taj Mahal.