Definition of pompier in English:

pompier

noun ˈpɒmpɪəpämˈpyā

An artist regarded as painting in an academic, imitative, and vulgarly neoclassical style.
the turn-of-the-century pompiers
as modifier this pompier artist
Example sentencesExamples
- He dismissed Mapplethorpe as a pompier - an artist so concerned with elegance as to have lost touch with the limits of his medium.
- Vehemently antimodern, he devoted his considerable resources to preserving a tradition embraced by the 19th-century artists he adored, pompiers like William Bouguereau and Jean-Leon Gerome.
- In terms of this higher morality, the pompier and the poet both have invisible existences, both happen upon laborious roads of the future.
- Moreover, the increasing academicization of the avant-garde has led to the same kinds of unthinking acceptance and moralizing certitude that once bolstered salon and pompier painting.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from French, literally 'fireman', said to derive from the similarity between firemen's helmets and those worn by the Greek gods and heroes depicted by late Classical artists.

Definition of pompier in US English:

pompier

nounpämˈpyā

An artist regarded as painting in an academic, imitative, and vulgarly neoclassical style.
the turn-of-the-century pompiers
as modifier this pompier artist
Example sentencesExamples
- Moreover, the increasing academicization of the avant-garde has led to the same kinds of unthinking acceptance and moralizing certitude that once bolstered salon and pompier painting.
- Vehemently antimodern, he devoted his considerable resources to preserving a tradition embraced by the 19th-century artists he adored, pompiers like William Bouguereau and Jean-Leon Gerome.
- In terms of this higher morality, the pompier and the poet both have invisible existences, both happen upon laborious roads of the future.
- He dismissed Mapplethorpe as a pompier - an artist so concerned with elegance as to have lost touch with the limits of his medium.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from French, literally ‘fireman’, said to derive from the similarity between firemen's helmets and those worn by the Greek gods and heroes depicted by late Classical artists.

单词	pompier
释义	Definition of pompier in English: pompier noun ˈpɒmpɪəpämˈpyā An artist regarded as painting in an academic, imitative, and vulgarly neoclassical style. the turn-of-the-century pompiers as modifier this pompier artist Example sentencesExamples He dismissed Mapplethorpe as a pompier - an artist so concerned with elegance as to have lost touch with the limits of his medium. Vehemently antimodern, he devoted his considerable resources to preserving a tradition embraced by the 19th-century artists he adored, pompiers like William Bouguereau and Jean-Leon Gerome. In terms of this higher morality, the pompier and the poet both have invisible existences, both happen upon laborious roads of the future. Moreover, the increasing academicization of the avant-garde has led to the same kinds of unthinking acceptance and moralizing certitude that once bolstered salon and pompier painting. Origin Mid 19th century: from French, literally 'fireman', said to derive from the similarity between firemen's helmets and those worn by the Greek gods and heroes depicted by late Classical artists. Definition of pompier in US English: pompier nounpämˈpyā An artist regarded as painting in an academic, imitative, and vulgarly neoclassical style. the turn-of-the-century pompiers as modifier this pompier artist Example sentencesExamples Moreover, the increasing academicization of the avant-garde has led to the same kinds of unthinking acceptance and moralizing certitude that once bolstered salon and pompier painting. Vehemently antimodern, he devoted his considerable resources to preserving a tradition embraced by the 19th-century artists he adored, pompiers like William Bouguereau and Jean-Leon Gerome. In terms of this higher morality, the pompier and the poet both have invisible existences, both happen upon laborious roads of the future. He dismissed Mapplethorpe as a pompier - an artist so concerned with elegance as to have lost touch with the limits of his medium. Origin Mid 19th century: from French, literally ‘fireman’, said to derive from the similarity between firemen's helmets and those worn by the Greek gods and heroes depicted by late Classical artists.
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