figurative painter

collocation in English

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figurative
adjective
uk
/ˈfɪɡ.ər.ə.tɪv/us
/ˈfɪɡ.jɚ.ə.tɪv/
(of words and phrases) used not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning, in order to create a ...
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painter
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpeɪn.tər/us
/ˈpeɪn.t̬ɚ/
someone who ...
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(Definition offigurativeandpainterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He is afigurativepainterand an outspoken proponent of skill based art.
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His early paintings are naturalistic, but later he became an expressivefigurativepainter.
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He began his career during the 1980s as afigurativepainter.
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He is afigurativepainter, whose work is cubist-futurist.
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He went on to become a landscape andfigurativepainter.
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Afigurativepainterof landscapes, he had exhibitions starting in 1930.
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He had academic training and started as afigurativepainterthough he later turned into expressionism as well.
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Bosschaert is a purelyfigurativepainter, who prefers clarity over concepts.
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Ziga is a neofigurativepainter, but he considers himself a colorist first.
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His midcareer rejection of abstraction was followed by nearly five decades as afigurativepainter.
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Borlase started as afigurativepainterbefore moving to abstract impressionism.
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Painting, which offered an important forum for the new figurative painters.
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His method is derived from a knowledge and understanding of the methods of both abstract and figurative painters of the past which he attempts to synthesise in his own work.
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The gallery specialized in contemporary figurative painters.
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