Maillol


Aristide
[a-rees-teed] /a risˈtid/ (Show IPA), 1861–1944, French sculptor.
Historical Examples

Not only is Maillol quite obviously superior to Mr. Epstein; in the opinion of many he is a better artist than Rodin.
Since Czanne Clive Bell

Maillol’s lyrics are not for the American virgin: but, at that, they sing laughter in place of Fysher lech.
Europe After 8:15 H. L. Mencken, George Jean Nathan and Willard Huntington Wright

noun
Aristide (aristid). 1861–1944, French sculptor, esp of monumental female nudes

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