Renaissance man
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Or it could simply indicate that collectors feel safer splurging on a household-name artist like Rembrandt, a Renaissance man famed for his pensive, realistic self-portraits in earthen hues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
Now, the composer Joseph Boulogne would be hailed as a Renaissance man: artist, athlete, intellectual, soldier.
From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2024
Maurice Sr. was both jack-of-all-trades and working-class Renaissance man, for a time alternating roles as nightclub bouncer and drum-playing orchestra leader, Nurse said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
Smart, worldly and insatiably curious, Mr. Ramaswamy is about as close as you get to a Renaissance man in our times.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 24, 2023
Today, there’s a term for this range of talents: a Renaissance man.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
