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intimist

American

[in-tuh-mist] / ˈɪn tə mɪst /

adjective

of or relating to the recording of intimate personal and psychological experiences as a basis for art, literature, etc..

an intimist novel.

1900–05; < French intimiste, equivalent to intime intimate ¹ + -iste -ist

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intimist

Times art critic Christopher Knight calls painter Mark Innerst “an intimist of spectacle.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2018

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