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From French Soulages + -an, after the French abstract painter Pierre Soulages (1919–2022). (Possible translation of soulagien, an equivalent French adjective in use since at least 1964.)
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Soulagean
Today it means: Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, associated with, or suggestive of French abstract painter Pierre Soulages (1919–2022), his works, or his authorship; especially of his use of the black color. Full definition →