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I've never seen/heard/read/whatever anyone use artiste in a serious manner. When I do, they mean it in a sarcastic/making fun manner. For example, I find that on some cartoon shows when an average character tries to take on a job related to the arts they tell the other characters in a snobbish voice "I'm an artiste now!" and the other characters roll their eyes. There is a specific show I saw this on, but I can't remember what it was, maybe Spongebob? I've always just seen artiste as trying to sound like a wannabe classier way of saying artist, but I don't see it as any different from artist. Not to criticize anyone who does use it, that's just the ways its become for me.
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