kapist · noun — any of a group of Polish painters of the 1930s who saw art as independent from any historical tradition or symbolism.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Polish kapista, from KP, the Polish acronym for Paris Committee.
noun
- Any of a group of Polish painters of the 1930s who saw art as independent from any historical tradition or symbolism.
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