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Chirico

American  
[kee-ree-kaw] / ˈki ri kɔ /

noun

  1. Giorgio de 1888–1978, Italian painter.


Chirico British  
/ ˈkiːriko /

noun

  1. Giorgio de (ˈdʒordʒo de). 1888–1978, Italian artist born in Greece: profoundly influenced the surrealist movement

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“They’re all wondering where I am, of course. Many I don’t even know are wondering. It’s certainly gotten around that Abelard Hassam di Chirico Flint, of the Mossville Flints, is missing.”

From Literature

“I’m kind of scarred for life,” Chirico, wearing a shirt that read “East Palestine Strong,” told The Associated Press inside her home just over a mile away from the crash site.

From Seattle Times

It’s also full of bulging joints and fleshy mounds, and de Chirico approaches it, visually as well as conceptually, as a kind of chimera, a grab-bag of separate moments and encounters.

From New York Times

Auras of migraine and epilepsy may have influenced a long list of artists, including Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Edvard Munch, Giorgio de Chirico, Claude Monet and Georges Seurat.

From Scientific American

The lonely facelessness of the facades evokes the paintings of de Chirico and Hopper; lurking staircases nod to the winding labyrinths of M.C.

From New York Times