Picasso’s Dora Maar period

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artistic period phase of Pablo Picasso’s career

Picasso’s Dora Maar period refers to the mid- to late-1930s phase of Pablo Picasso’s work marked by intense, often distorted portraits of his muse Dora Maar and a darker, more psychologically charged style.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Picasso’s Dora Maar period canonical	2
PabloPicassoEmotionalLife	1
Picasso drawings	1
Picasso's 1930s oeuvre	1
Picasso's Dora Maar period	1
Picasso's Dora Maar series	1
Picasso’s Marie-Thérèse Walter period	1
Picasso’s early 1930s style period	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1664263 — 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: Picasso’s Dora Maar period
Context triple: [Dora Maar au Chat, periodInArtistCareer, Picasso’s Dora Maar period]

A. Picasso's Rose Period
Picasso's Rose Period is a phase in Pablo Picasso's early career, roughly 1904–1906, characterized by warmer colors and more optimistic, often circus-themed subjects.
B. Picasso's early Barcelona period
Picasso's early Barcelona period was the formative phase in the late 1890s when the young artist, influenced by Catalan modernism and local bohemian circles, developed the stylistic and thematic foundations that would lead into his Blue Period.
C. Estudios Picasso
Estudios Picasso is a Spanish film production company known for working on acclaimed movies such as Guillermo del Toro’s dark fantasy "Pan’s Labyrinth."
D. Picasso's Blue Period
Picasso's Blue Period was a melancholic phase in Pablo Picasso's early career (circa 1901–1904) characterized by predominantly blue tones and somber depictions of poverty, isolation, and human suffering.
E. Dora Maar au Chat
Dora Maar au Chat is a famous 1941 oil painting by Pablo Picasso depicting his muse Dora Maar seated with a small cat, celebrated as a key work of his Surrealist-influenced portraiture.
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: Picasso’s Dora Maar period
Target entity description: Picasso’s Dora Maar period refers to the mid- to late-1930s phase of Pablo Picasso’s work marked by intense, often distorted portraits of his muse Dora Maar and a darker, more psychologically charged style.

A. Picasso's Rose Period
Picasso's Rose Period is a phase in Pablo Picasso's early career, roughly 1904–1906, characterized by warmer colors and more optimistic, often circus-themed subjects.
B. Picasso's early Barcelona period
Picasso's early Barcelona period was the formative phase in the late 1890s when the young artist, influenced by Catalan modernism and local bohemian circles, developed the stylistic and thematic foundations that would lead into his Blue Period.
C. Estudios Picasso
Estudios Picasso is a Spanish film production company known for working on acclaimed movies such as Guillermo del Toro’s dark fantasy "Pan’s Labyrinth."
D. Picasso's Blue Period
Picasso's Blue Period was a melancholic phase in Pablo Picasso's early career (circa 1901–1904) characterized by predominantly blue tones and somber depictions of poverty, isolation, and human suffering.
E. Dora Maar au Chat
Dora Maar au Chat is a famous 1941 oil painting by Pablo Picasso depicting his muse Dora Maar seated with a small cat, celebrated as a key work of his Surrealist-influenced portraiture.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artistic period ⓘ phase of Pablo Picasso’s career ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance	considered a key phase in Picasso’s late 1930s production ⓘ marks a shift to darker psychological themes in Picasso’s work ⓘ
associatedWith	politically charged imagery ⓘ surrealist photography milieu through Dora Maar ⓘ
associatedWithTechnique	complex multi-perspective composition ⓘ deformation of the human figure ⓘ oil painting ⓘ
chronologicallyFollows	Picasso’s Marie-Thérèse Walter period ⓘ linked to: Picasso’s Dora Maar period
chronologicallyPrecedes	Picasso’s postwar period ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
dominantGenre	portrait ⓘ
dominantSubject	Dora Maar ⓘ
emotionalTone	melancholic ⓘ tragic ⓘ
endTime	late 1930s ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	distorted portraiture ⓘ emotional darkness ⓘ exaggerated facial features ⓘ expressive color contrasts ⓘ fragmented forms ⓘ psychological intensity ⓘ psychological portraiture ⓘ sharp angular lines ⓘ
hasTheme	anguish ⓘ anxiety ⓘ emotional conflict ⓘ female identity ⓘ suffering ⓘ war ⓘ
includesWork	Dora Maar Seated ⓘ Dora Maar au Chat ⓘ Portrait of Dora Maar ⓘ linked to: Dora Maar au Chat Weeping Woman ⓘ linked to: The Weeping Woman Weeping Woman with Handkerchief ⓘ linked to: The Weeping Woman Woman Weeping ⓘ
influencedBy	Picasso’s relationship with Dora Maar ⓘ Spanish Civil War ⓘ rise of fascism in Europe ⓘ
mainArtist	Pablo Picasso ⓘ
movement	Cubism ⓘ Surrealism ⓘ
muse	Dora Maar ⓘ
primaryLocation	Paris ⓘ
relatedTo	Guernica ⓘ
startTime	mid-1930s ⓘ
stylisticallyRelatedTo	Guernica ⓘ

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