repoussoir

[ ruh-poo-swahr ]

nounPainting.
  1. a figure or object in the extreme foreground: used as a contrast and to increase the illusion of depth.

Origin of repoussoir

1
1870–75; <French, equivalent to repouss(er) to push back (see repoussé) + -oir-ory2

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