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Producer of art, never more surreal, no parts drawn (7)

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vermeer

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'producer' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for vermeer that I've seen before include "Dutch painter renowned for his use of light" , "Jan -, seventeenth-century Dutch painter" , "Jan ---, Delft painter" , "Dutch painter, 1673-75" , "Dutch Baroque painter" .)

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