pasticheur
Americannoun
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pasticheurs
plural
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a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
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a person who imitates the work of others.
noun
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Aside: As one might expect from a master pasticheur, the book itself is a loving simulacrum of classic mass-market paperbacks.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 28, 2021
It has long been fashionable to dismiss Williams as a mere pasticheur, who assembles scores from classical spare parts.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 1, 2016
In their pioneering biographical sketch of 1865, the Goncourt brothers set the fashion for dismissing Fragonard as a rococo pasticheur, gifted but aesthetically frivolous.
From Time Magazine Archive
Whether you agree with Huysmans and call this mural painter a pasticheur of the Italian Primitives, or else the greatest artist in decoration since Paolo Veronese, depends much on your critical temperament.
From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by James Huneker
At home we have Epstein and Dobson; both have been through the stern school of abstract construction, and Epstein has emerged the most brilliant pasticheur alive.
From Since Cézanne by Clive Bell
Lyrical filmmaker Paul Kelly finds Lawrence, lead singer of indie gods Felt, glam pasticheurs Denim and Casio-pop pioneers Go-Kart Mozart, somewhat on his uppers.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 20, 2018
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