greatest artists

collocation in English

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great
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪt/us
/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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artist
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɑː.tɪst/us
/ˈɑːr.t̬ɪst/
someone who paints, draws, or ...
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(Definition ofgreatandartistfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It would be unfortunate if art should be robbed of the greatest artists merely because they were not registered.
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Many of the greatest artists, writers, musicians and philosphers that not only this country has produced but that the world has ever seen have chosen to make their homes there.
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However, when we come to the heirs of some of the greatest artists of this century, whose paintings fetch vast sums, the situation is very different.
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Constable, one of our greatest artists, painted one of his finest pictures from.
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Indeed, if it had been left to governments to decide on the components of a nation's cultural heritage, many of the world's greatest artists would have lived in obscurity.
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He was considered the greatest living artist in his lifetime and, since then, one of the greatest artists of all time.
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He had shown promise of becoming one of the greatest artists in the business and had a tremendous following.
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He is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the shin-hanga style, and is noted especially for his excellent landscape prints.
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Additionally, the greatest artists of the city worked to decorate the monastery.
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Some of the greatest artists performed in the festival.
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Truth to life itself was the only test, the greatest artists were the simplest, and simple because they were true.
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He is considered one of the movement's greatest artists.
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You have become one of the greatest artists but also one of the loveliest and most faithful persons.
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Among those who rebel are some of our greatest artists, who have become what they are by surmounting seemingly overwhelming odds.
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She considers him one of the greatest artists of our time and describes how his music easily became her music, as it touched her life throughout the years.
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Michelangelo was considered the greatest living artist in his lifetime, and ever since then he has been held to be one of the greatest artists of all time.
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