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realist

[ree-uh-list] / ˈri ə lɪst /
NOUN
pragmatist
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"Gustave Courbet: Realist and Rebel", opens on Thursday and runs until June 27.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Towering over the square is the Palace of Culture, the Socialist Realist high-rise building "gifted" to the city in the 1950s by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.

From Reuters • Aug. 18, 2023

Another, at Penn State, uses computational methods to analyze the clouds in landscapes by John Constable and to trace the adoption of his Realist techniques by other 19th-century European artists.

From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2022

At 98-years-old, Kissinger remains what he has been throughout his life as a hugely influential diplomat and academic: an ardent advocate of the Realist school of international relations.

From Seattle Times • May 26, 2022

He is decidedly a Realist of French lineage, who owes nothing to the Academy and its formulas.

From The French Impressionists (1860-1900) by Mauclair, Camille




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