Cândido Portinari
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Cândido Portinari was a prominent Brazilian painter known for his socially engaged murals and key role in modernist art in Brazil.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cândido Portinari canonical | 2 |
| Cândido Portinari (painter) | 1 |
| Cândido Torquato Portinari | 1 |
| João Candido Portinari | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1170209 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cândido Portinari Context triple: [Escola Nacional de Belas Artes, hasNotableAlumni, Cândido Portinari]
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A.
José Clemente Pereira
José Clemente Pereira was a prominent Brazilian politician and jurist who played a leading role in the political processes that culminated in Brazil’s independence from Portugal.
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B.
Henrique Alvim Corrêa
Henrique Alvim Corrêa was a Brazilian illustrator and painter best known for his dark, visionary artwork created for early editions of H.G. Wells’s science fiction.
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C.
José Pinheiro de Azevedo
José Pinheiro de Azevedo was a Portuguese naval officer and politician who served as prime minister during the turbulent post-Carnation Revolution transitional period in the mid-1970s.
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D.
Tarsila do Amaral
Tarsila do Amaral was a pioneering Brazilian modernist painter whose bold, colorful works helped define the visual language of 20th-century Brazilian art.
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E.
José Alexandre
José Alexandre is the birth name of Xanana Gusmão, the prominent East Timorese independence leader and statesman.
- 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: Cândido Portinari Target entity description: Cândido Portinari was a prominent Brazilian painter known for his socially engaged murals and key role in modernist art in Brazil.
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A.
José Clemente Pereira
José Clemente Pereira was a prominent Brazilian politician and jurist who played a leading role in the political processes that culminated in Brazil’s independence from Portugal.
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B.
Henrique Alvim Corrêa
Henrique Alvim Corrêa was a Brazilian illustrator and painter best known for his dark, visionary artwork created for early editions of H.G. Wells’s science fiction.
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C.
José Pinheiro de Azevedo
José Pinheiro de Azevedo was a Portuguese naval officer and politician who served as prime minister during the turbulent post-Carnation Revolution transitional period in the mid-1970s.
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D.
Tarsila do Amaral
Tarsila do Amaral was a pioneering Brazilian modernist painter whose bold, colorful works helped define the visual language of 20th-century Brazilian art.
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E.
José Alexandre
José Alexandre is the birth name of Xanana Gusmão, the prominent East Timorese independence leader and statesman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brazilian painter
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modernist artist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| artisticTheme |
Brazilian history
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childhood ⓘ peasants and workers ⓘ social inequality ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | lead poisoning ⓘ |
| child |
João Candido Portinari
ⓘ
linked to:
Cândido Portinari
|
| commissionedWork | War and Peace murals for the United Nations ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Brazil ⓘ |
| createdFor | United Nations Headquarters ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1903-12-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1962-02-06 ⓘ |
| education | Escola Nacional de Belas Artes ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Italian descent ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
muralism
ⓘ
painting ⓘ |
| fullName |
Cândido Torquato Portinari
ⓘ
linked to:
Cândido Portinari
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| honoredIn | Museu Casa de Portinari in Brodowski ⓘ |
| influenced |
Brazilian modern art
ⓘ
later generations of Brazilian painters ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Diego Rivera
ⓘ
European modernism ⓘ
linked to:
Modernism
Pablo Picasso ⓘ Renaissance art ⓘ
linked to:
Renaissance art theory
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| knownFor |
depictions of Brazilian rural life
ⓘ
large-scale murals ⓘ socially engaged art ⓘ |
| language | Portuguese ⓘ |
| movement | Modernism ⓘ |
| nationality | Brazilian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Café
ⓘ
Criança Morta ⓘ Guerra e Paz ⓘ
linked to:
War and Peace
Mestiço ⓘ
linked to:
Mestizo
O Lavrador de Café ⓘ Retirantes ⓘ The Discovery of Brazil ⓘ War and Peace ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Brodowski, São Paulo, Brazil ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ⓘ
linked to:
Rio de Janeiro
|
| politicalAlignment | left-wing ⓘ |
| ranForOffice |
Brazilian Communist Party candidate
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federal deputy in Brazil ⓘ senator in Brazil ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | one of Brazil's most important painters ⓘ |
| signatureStyle | combination of modernist forms and Brazilian popular imagery ⓘ |
| spouse | Maria Victoria Martinelli Portinari ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Paris, France
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linked to:
Paris
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ⓘ
linked to:
Rio de Janeiro
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Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cândido Portinari
linked to: Cândido Portinari
linked to: Cândido Portinari
subject linked to:
Church of Saint Francis of Assisi