Artist (Trainer class)

An Artist (Japanese: げいじゅつか Artist) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that debuted in the Generation IV, and are depicted as old men wearing berets and carrying art supplies. They are similar to the class from Generation III. In Generation VI, female Artists, depicted as young women holding a paintbrush covered in paint, were introduced.

In Double Battles, two Artists, one male and female, form an.

In Generation IV they use Pokémon that can learn and, such as  and , as well as Pokémon related to the arts, such as  and. In the Battle Subway, they specialize in Pokémon resembling decorative art, with many of these being Pokémon. In Generation VI, they often use.

Pokémon Black and White

 * ''See more: List of Battle Subway Trainers/Artist

In the anime
An artist named Gan Gogh appeared in The Light Fantastic. He attempted for several decades to draw the Rainbow Lights that appear once every twelve years at Remoraid Lake in Johto.

Also in Johto, an artist named Jack Pollockson appeared in The Art of Pokémon. Renowned for his style of art, he owns three, which are the ones that actually paint his art. He had his Smeargle paint a wall in the town of Whitestone.

In the Ash & Pikachu manga
Jack Pollockson appeared in Searching For The Color Of Miracles of the Ash & Pikachu manga. He went by the name Kys Vaskia in that chapter.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
An Artist appeared as a background character in Deprogramming Porygon-Z, where he was part of a group of people who entered the after  had his assistants open the gates.

Trivia

 * Artist Gough (Japanese: ビンセント Vincent) from Pokémon Black and White Versions 2 uses a Sunflora. This appears to be a reference to 's.
 * In Pokémon X and Y, the artists that challenge the player all have the first names of famous real-world artists: Georgia (O'Keeffe), Pierre (Renoir), Salvador (Dali), and Vincent (van Gogh). Artist Jasper (Johns) also challenges the player in the Battle Maison.

In other languages
Künstler Artista Peintre Artista げいじゅつか 艺术家