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Meaning of tenebrist in English:

tenebrist

noun

See tenebrism

‘His first works were painted in a naturalistic and tenebrist style.’
  • ‘She creates a tenebrist tableau of brilliant whites and jet blacks.’
  • ‘He was at his best as a tenebrist.’
  • ‘The museum's painting is the sort of gloomy, tenebrist work for which he is usually most admired.’