Idiom of the day :- An old master

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

Sorry, Paul, you don’t qualify as an old master. It’s possible you and your paintings will last forever but an old master is an artist or a painting dated before the 19th century. ‘If I change my name to Rembrandt or Michelangelo, maybe people would call me an old master and my paintings old masters, ‘ Paul sighed.