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( Les Poseuses) by Georges Seurat A ' poseur' (or ' poser') is someone who 'poses for effect, or behaves affectedly', who 'affects a particular attitude, character or manner to impress others', or who pretends to belong to a particular group. A poseur may be a 'person who pretends to be what he or she is not' or an 'insincere person'; they may have a flair for drama or behave as if they are onstage in daily life. 'Poseuse', the feminine version of the word, is sometimes used. 'Poseur' or 'poseuse' is also used to mean a person who poses for an artist—a. Oscar Wilde (right) and Lord Alfred Douglas The playwright has been described as a 'poseur'. Said of him, 'His early reputation as a poseur and – so necessary to his notoriety – recoiled upon the scholar and gentleman (as Wilde always innately was), and even upon the artist'.

'one who practices an affected attitude,' 1881, agent noun from pose (v.1); revived in teen-ager slang by 1983. Meaning 'question that puzzles' is from 1793. A poser is someone who tries to fit into a profile they aren't. People who try to give off the impression that they are one thing when they are really another.

Said of Wilde, 'That he had what passed for genius nobody will, I think, nowadays dispute, though it used to be the fashion to him for a mere poseur and decadent.' The painter has been sometimes described as a 'poseur' for his manner and personal style. It has been suggested that Whistler's genius lay partly in his ability to cultivate the role of the poseur, to 'act as if he were always on stage', in order to stir interest, and cause people to wonder how such a poseur could create work that was so serious and authentic. His fame as an artist seemed to require that he present himself as a poseur. The playwright and critic,, has been described as a poseur; in that context Shaw is quoted as saying, 'I have never pretended that G.B.S. The whole point of the creature is that he is unique, fantastic, unrepresentative, inimitable, impossible, undesirable on any large scale, utterly unlike anybody that ever existed before, hopelessly unnatural, and void of real passion.'

Color correction adobe premiere pro. In the ancient Greek comedy,, the playwright portrays as a 'poseur'. Etymology [ ] The English term poseur is a loanword from French. The word in English use dates back to the mid 19th Century. It is from the French word poseur, and from the Old French word poser, meaning 'to put, place, or set'. The Online Etymology Dictionary, suggests that 'poseur' is in fact the English word 'poser' dressed 'in French garb, and thus could itself be considered an affectation.' Use within contemporary subcultures [ ] 'Poseur' is often a pejorative term, as used in the,,, and, or the, and communities, when it is used to refer to a person who copies the dress, speech, and/or mannerisms of a group or subculture, generally for attaining acceptability within the group or for popularity among various other groups, yet who is deemed not to share or understand the values or philosophy of the subculture.