The term 'artist' encompasses a wide variety of creative professions. A PERFORMER is someone who entertains an audience, such as a singer or dancer. An ARCHITECT is someone who designs and plans buildings. A COMPOSER is someone who creates musical works. An ACTOR is someone who performs in plays or films. Salvador Dali was a surrealist PAINTER from Spain. Henri Matisse was a French artist known for his use of color and shape. A SCULPTOR is someone who creates three-dimensional artworks. A MUSICIAN is someone who plays an instrument or sings. A PAINTER is someone who creates two-dimensional artworks. Claude Monet was a French impressionist PAINTER. A POTTER is someone who creates ceramic objects. A MAESTRO is an experienced conductor of an orchestra. Michelangelo del Sarto was an Italian Renaissance PAINTER. Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian polymath who painted the Mona Lisa. Piet Mondrian was a Dutch abstract PAINTER. Paul Klee was a Swiss-German expressionist PAINTER. Peter Max was an American pop artist. Joshua Reynolds was an 18th century English portrait PAINTER. James WHISTLER was an American-born British PAINTER. Sandro Botticelli was an Italian Renaissance PAINTER. Amedeo Modigliani was an Italian modernist PAINTER. Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian polymath who was a PAINTER, SCULPTOR, ARCHITECT, MUSICIAN, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer.