Philip Pearlstein
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Philip Pearlstein was an American painter best known for his large-scale, sharply realistic nude figure paintings that helped redefine figurative art in the late 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Philip Pearlstein canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philip Pearlstein Context triple: [The Phillips Collection, hasWorkBy, Philip Pearlstein]
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A.
Frank Stella
Frank Stella is an American painter and printmaker known for his pioneering role in minimalism and abstract art, particularly his geometric, hard-edged compositions and shaped canvases.
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B.
Robert Indiana
Robert Indiana was an American pop artist best known for his iconic text-based works, especially the LOVE image that became a symbol of the 1960s counterculture and peace movements.
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C.
Richard Diebenkorn
Richard Diebenkorn was a prominent 20th-century American painter known for his lyrical abstractions and the celebrated "Ocean Park" series, which bridged Abstract Expressionism and Color Field painting.
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D.
Milton R. Krasner
Milton R. Krasner was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films, including the acclaimed drama "All About Eve."
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E.
Ben Shahn
Ben Shahn was a Lithuanian-born American social realist artist and photographer known for his politically engaged murals, paintings, and documentary photographs of working-class life during the Great Depression.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philip Pearlstein Target entity description: Philip Pearlstein was an American painter best known for his large-scale, sharply realistic nude figure paintings that helped redefine figurative art in the late 20th century.
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A.
Frank Stella
Frank Stella is an American painter and printmaker known for his pioneering role in minimalism and abstract art, particularly his geometric, hard-edged compositions and shaped canvases.
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B.
Robert Indiana
Robert Indiana was an American pop artist best known for his iconic text-based works, especially the LOVE image that became a symbol of the 1960s counterculture and peace movements.
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C.
Richard Diebenkorn
Richard Diebenkorn was a prominent 20th-century American painter known for his lyrical abstractions and the celebrated "Ocean Park" series, which bridged Abstract Expressionism and Color Field painting.
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D.
Milton R. Krasner
Milton R. Krasner was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films, including the acclaimed drama "All About Eve."
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E.
Ben Shahn
Ben Shahn was a Lithuanian-born American social realist artist and photographer known for his politically engaged murals, paintings, and documentary photographs of working-class life during the Great Depression.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artist
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figurative painter ⓘ human ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Guggenheim Fellowship
ⓘ
National Endowment for the Arts fellowship ⓘ
linked to:
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
|
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1924-05-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2022-12-17 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Carnegie Institute of Technology
ⓘ
linked to:
Carnegie Technical Schools
New York University ⓘ |
| employer |
Brooklyn College, City University of New York
ⓘ
linked to:
Brooklyn College
|
| familyName | Pearlstein ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | painting ⓘ |
| genre |
nude painting
ⓘ
portrait painting ⓘ |
| givenName | Philip ⓘ |
| influenced | late 20th-century figurative painters ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American Realism
ⓘ
linked to:
Realism
|
| knownFor |
large-scale nude figure compositions
ⓘ
redefining figurative art in the late 20th century ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Army ⓘ |
| movement |
Figurative art
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Postwar American art ⓘ Realism ⓘ |
| name | Philip Pearlstein ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
avoided narrative and eroticism in nude paintings
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employed complex cropping and viewpoints in compositions ⓘ used unidealized models in studio settings ⓘ |
| notableWork | large-scale nude figure paintings ⓘ |
| occupation |
painter
ⓘ
professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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| placeOfDeath |
New York City, New York, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
|
| representedBy |
Betty Cuningham Gallery
ⓘ
Robert Miller Gallery ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City, New York, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Dorothy Cantor ⓘ |
| style | sharply realistic representation ⓘ |
| taughtAt |
Brooklyn College, City University of New York
ⓘ
linked to:
Brooklyn College
|
| workFeaturedIn |
Art Institute of Chicago
ⓘ
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York ⓘ
linked to:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York ⓘ
linked to:
Museum of Modern Art
Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Referenced by (5)
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