[f. prec. + -IST.] An artist in chiaroscuro; a painter distinguished for his chiaroscuro. Also attrib.
1784–98. J. Barry, Lect. Art, v. (1848), 182. Practice adopted by the great chiaroscurists.
1870. Ruskin, Lect. Art, vi. 159. The chiaroscurists must leave much indeterminate in mystery, or invisible in gloom.
1871. Athenæum, March, No. 2262. 280. The object of the chiaroscurist school is to get sunshine and warmth without colour. Ibid. (1887), 15 Jan., 102/1. Correggio was the only first-class colourist and chiaroscurist from whom Van Dyck learned nothing.
