figurist

plural figurists

1. historicalChristianityA proponent of figurism.
2. One who uses or interprets figurative expressions.

   the whole Church of Egypt condemned the Figurist's Doctrine in Origen whom they through Mistake supposed did hold it

   1740, Daniel Waterland, A brief historical account of the primitive invocation […]

3. artAn artist who produces figures (representations of people, animals, etc.).