Hilla Rebay
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Hilla Rebay was a German-born artist and influential art advisor best known for championing non-objective art and helping to lay the foundations for what became New York’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hilla Rebay canonical | 3 |
| Baroness Hildegard Anna Augusta Elisabeth Rebay von Ehrenwiesen | 1 |
| Hilla von Rebay | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3076098 — 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: Hilla Rebay Context triple: [Museum of Non-Objective Painting, foundedBy, Hilla Rebay]
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A.
Peggy Guggenheim
Peggy Guggenheim was an influential American art collector and patron who played a key role in promoting modern art and avant-garde artists in the 20th century.
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B.
Emilie Oppenheim
Emilie Oppenheim was the wife of the influential 19th-century German Reform rabbi and scholar Abraham Geiger.
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C.
Luise Mendelsohn
Luise Mendelsohn was the wife of renowned German architect Erich Mendelsohn and a key partner in his personal and professional life.
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D.
Marie Schrader
Marie Schrader is a character in the television series "Breaking Bad," known as Skyler White’s kleptomaniac, purple-obsessed sister who is married to DEA agent Hank Schrader.
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E.
Victor Arnautoff
Victor Arnautoff was a Russian-American muralist and painter known for his prominent New Deal–era public artworks in San Francisco and his politically charged, socially realist style.
- 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: Hilla Rebay Target entity description: Hilla Rebay was a German-born artist and influential art advisor best known for championing non-objective art and helping to lay the foundations for what became New York’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
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A.
Peggy Guggenheim
Peggy Guggenheim was an influential American art collector and patron who played a key role in promoting modern art and avant-garde artists in the 20th century.
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B.
Emilie Oppenheim
Emilie Oppenheim was the wife of the influential 19th-century German Reform rabbi and scholar Abraham Geiger.
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C.
Luise Mendelsohn
Luise Mendelsohn was the wife of renowned German architect Erich Mendelsohn and a key partner in his personal and professional life.
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D.
Marie Schrader
Marie Schrader is a character in the television series "Breaking Bad," known as Skyler White’s kleptomaniac, purple-obsessed sister who is married to DEA agent Hank Schrader.
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E.
Victor Arnautoff
Victor Arnautoff was a Russian-American muralist and painter known for his prominent New Deal–era public artworks in San Francisco and his politically charged, socially realist style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German emigrant to the United States
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art advisor ⓘ artist ⓘ curator ⓘ human ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| advisorTo | Solomon R. Guggenheim ⓘ |
| birthName |
Baroness Hildegard Anna Augusta Elisabeth Rebay von Ehrenwiesen
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linked to:
Hilla Rebay
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Germany
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United States of America ⓘ |
| curatedFor | Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1890-05-31 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1967-09-27 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Académie Julian
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Cologne Kunstgewerbeschule ⓘ
linked to:
Kunstgewerbeschule Köln
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| employer | Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
abstract art
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non-objective art ⓘ |
| founded | Museum of Non-Objective Painting ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
abstract painting
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non-objective painting ⓘ |
| givenName | Hildegard ⓘ |
| helpedFound | Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Baroness ⓘ |
| influenced |
Guggenheim Museum collection
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linked to:
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Solomon R. Guggenheim ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Rudolf Bauer
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Wassily Kandinsky ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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German ⓘ |
| laterNationality | American ⓘ |
| movement |
Abstract art movement
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Non-Objective Art movement ⓘ
linked to:
concrete art movement
|
| nationality | German ⓘ |
| nickname | Hilla ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advising Solomon R. Guggenheim on art collecting
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helping to found the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ⓘ promotion of non-objective art ⓘ |
| notableWork |
abstract collages
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non-objective compositions ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Alsace
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German Empire ⓘ Strasbourg ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Westport, Connecticut ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
art advisor to Solomon R. Guggenheim
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curator at the Museum of Non-Objective Painting ⓘ first director of the Museum of Non-Objective Painting ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
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linked to: Hilla Rebay
linked to: Hilla Rebay