regionalist
- noun
- /ˈriːdʒənəlɪst/
- Literature
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regionalista
- As a dedicated regionalist, he painted landscapes that highlighted the beauty of the rural countryside where he grew up.
- other Regionalists
Examples
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Many regionalists in the early 20th century focused on the struggles and triumphs of local communities through their art.
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Neither Wood nor other Regionalists, however, took the proactive role that Benton did in promoting the movement's section-reaching mission.
Academic text (2008) -
With the Benton episode launching the program's second series, and the first to air in the new year, the program used the artist as a sort of introduction to art history, setting in place an organizational blueprint through which one could understand the contributions of other Regionalists and lesser-known artists.
Academic text (2008) -
In March 1938, fellow Regionalists John Steuart Curry and Grant Wood joined Benton in a radio program, broadcast from the library in Benton’s Kansas City, Missouri, home, in which the artists discussed one another and their works.
Academic text (2008) -
Ewell suggested that the designation of a writer as a local colorist, a regionalist, or a modernist has had more to do with gender, race, and cultural bias than with literary criteria, and that with a more complex understanding of the South, writers marginalized by the "view from the plantation porch" may take their proper place in its literature.
Academic text (1996) -
The novelist was hailed as a regionalist for her vivid descriptions of small-town life and traditions in the Midwest.
Synonyms
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An artist, writer, or thinker who follows ideas about strong feelings and nature
A person who prefers to live in the countryside and values country life
A person who makes photographs or paintings that show mood rather than sharp detail
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Regionalist comes from region 'area' plus -ist 'a person who does something', like in the familiar word artist. So a regionalist artist is someone who paints or writes about local landscapes, people, and customs.