Definitions

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  • adjective Reminiscent of the style of Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), Spanish artist; Cubist.

Etymologies

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Picasso +‎ -esque

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Examples

  • A Picassoesque light bulb right out of "Guernica" gleams over his "Dark Horse Drifting Through Space and Time"; colorful Matissian birds and flowers soar through the skies of "Autumn's Wind," and the pebbles that compose the face in "Silence of a Cricket" recall the bits of polished wood that Minnesota's own George Morrison assembled into mosaic murals.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • Mr. Picasso head is a fun online app that lets your inner artist dabble in Picassoesque line drawings.

    Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories 2009

  • Mr. Picasso head is a fun online app that lets your inner artist dabble in Picassoesque line drawings.

    Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories 2009

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