Writers that appeared during and after the 1960s startedrndrifting towards the discussion and portrayal of art andrnartists . However despite such growing efforts on the part ofrnwriters in communicating their experiencernamong Eth~opians who have extensivelyrn.l' .. mharic li::e ra ture have ventured tornpertaining to art and artists .rnto tte reader, fewrnwri tten on modernrnappraise mattersrnThe aim of this thesis is, therefore, to study differentrnliterary works which portray artists as characters and raisernq '..lestions o f a:-t: as themes of their novels, short stories,rnplays and poems; paying equal attention to the reasons whyrnwri ters focus their attent ion on their life and craft.rn1:1 doi:1g so, this research deals with relevant Amharicrnnovels, short stories, plays and poems of different writersrnstarting from 1960 onwards. In t his s tudy, the views artistsrnref lect , the values they cherish and the motives that i mpelrnthem to be what they are in life are dealt with consecutivelyrnin three chapte:-s .rnIn the first chapter , attempt has been made to considerrnthe views of writers on poetry, as we ll as the views of artistrncharacters on their respective field of creativity and on artrnin general . Here the views mostly reflect the achievementsrnand rigor artists face in their areas o f creativity .rnThe values artist's consider beneficial to their wellrnbeing is what the second chapter c ons ists of. Here therndiscussion revolves mainly on major va lues that most humanrnbeings consciously or unconsciously react to, such as thernself, materialism, work, sexual activity and success andrnfailure. The dynamic properties reflected by artist charactersrnhere, in turn provides us wi th a cue in the preceding chapter .rnThe last chapter is where artists and their motivation isrnpresented. Here the focus is basically on the reasons for therncreativity of artist characters considered in this study.rnWhether their intentior;, their goal, or desire/aversion orother proclivi t y 1 5 r e l at ed LO psyc hol ogical . gene. ~c Irnhistorical, cultural, social or economic factors.rnAs observed in the study, artists lay more emphas i s onrnthe discipline and the creation of a work of art than on thernroutine of daily life . That is why they raise and expoundrnissues related to the particular field of their creativity,rntheir needs and their problems . In their works, artists alsornchallenge :teir predecessors in introducing taboo subjectsrnsuch as sex~al openess and reforms in relegious conceptionsrnwhich are considered as defiance of the establishedrnconventions .rnWrite~s of modern Amharic literature are also creditedrnfor p o rt~a~'! n g artis: characters and for dealing with art asrna theme i:-. :heir works . Moreover, by looking inward intorntheir life and works. they have paved the way towardsrnunderstanding The nature of the "self" and its role in shapingrnthe future .