Yves Tanguy
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Yves Tanguy was a French surrealist painter known for his dreamlike landscapes filled with abstract, biomorphic forms and meticulous detail.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yves Tanguy canonical | 26 |
| Yves Tanguy oeuvre | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1663907 — 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: Yves Tanguy Context triple: [Surrealism, hasKeyFigure, Yves Tanguy]
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A.
Max Ernst
Max Ernst was a pioneering German painter, sculptor, and graphic artist renowned for his innovative contributions to Dada and Surrealism, including experimental techniques like frottage and grattage.
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B.
André Le Breton
André Le Breton was an 18th-century French printer and bookseller best known as one of the principal publishers of Denis Diderot’s Encyclopédie.
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C.
Odilon Redon
Odilon Redon was a French Symbolist painter and printmaker known for his dreamlike, often fantastical imagery that bridged 19th-century Romanticism and early modern art movements.
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D.
Giorgio de Chirico
Giorgio de Chirico was an Italian painter whose enigmatic, dreamlike cityscapes and metaphysical imagery profoundly shaped the development of Surrealism.
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E.
Francis Picabia
Francis Picabia was a French avant-garde painter and poet known for his influential role in early 20th-century modern art movements, particularly Dada and Surrealism.
- 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: Yves Tanguy Target entity description: Yves Tanguy was a French surrealist painter known for his dreamlike landscapes filled with abstract, biomorphic forms and meticulous detail.
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A.
Max Ernst
Max Ernst was a pioneering German painter, sculptor, and graphic artist renowned for his innovative contributions to Dada and Surrealism, including experimental techniques like frottage and grattage.
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B.
André Le Breton
André Le Breton was an 18th-century French printer and bookseller best known as one of the principal publishers of Denis Diderot’s Encyclopédie.
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C.
Odilon Redon
Odilon Redon was a French Symbolist painter and printmaker known for his dreamlike, often fantastical imagery that bridged 19th-century Romanticism and early modern art movements.
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D.
Giorgio de Chirico
Giorgio de Chirico was an Italian painter whose enigmatic, dreamlike cityscapes and metaphysical imagery profoundly shaped the development of Surrealism.
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E.
Francis Picabia
Francis Picabia was a French avant-garde painter and poet known for his influential role in early 20th-century modern art movements, particularly Dada and Surrealism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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painter ⓘ surrealist artist ⓘ |
| artisticPeriod | 20th-century art ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
André Breton
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Paris Surrealist group ⓘ
linked to:
Surrealist Group in Paris
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| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| creativeUniverse | imaginary landscapes ⓘ |
| depicts |
dreamlike scenes
ⓘ
unreal, abstract terrains ⓘ |
| familyName | Tanguy ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | painting ⓘ |
| genre | surrealist painting ⓘ |
| givenName | Yves ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
absence of traditional perspective
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illusion of infinite space ⓘ limited, subtle color palettes ⓘ smooth, polished surfaces ⓘ |
| influenced |
Jackson Pollock
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Roberto Matta ⓘ later abstract painters ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Giorgio de Chirico
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Surrealist movement ⓘ
linked to:
Surrealism
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| movement |
Surrealism
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modern art ⓘ |
| name | Yves Tanguy ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
abstract biomorphic forms
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dreamlike landscapes ⓘ meticulous detail in painting ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Indefinite Divisibility
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Mama, Papa is Wounded! ⓘ The Furniture of Time ⓘ |
| occupation |
painter
ⓘ
visual artist ⓘ |
| partOf | history of Surrealism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Kay Sage ⓘ |
| style | biomorphic abstraction ⓘ |
| usesMaterial | oil paint ⓘ |
| usesMotif |
ambiguous horizons
ⓘ
desolate landscapes ⓘ organic abstract forms ⓘ |
| usesTechnique | precise, detailed brushwork ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Paris
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yves Tanguy Description of subject: Yves Tanguy was a French surrealist painter known for his dreamlike landscapes filled with abstract, biomorphic forms and meticulous detail.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Yves Tanguy