Künstler-Künstler

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German

Etymology

Calque of English artist's artist.

Noun

Künstler-Künstler m (strong, genitive Künstler-Künstlers, plural Künstler-Künstler)

  1. artist's artist (artist with particular renown within artistic circles, not necessarily the wider public)
    • 2012 August 14, Gesine Borcherdt, “Rührende Welt aus den Fugen”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN, page 24:
      Dass man viel zu selten an ihn denkt, mag daran liegen, dass der 1930 geborene belgische Maler eher ein Künstler-Künstler ist als ein Mann fürs große Publikum.
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