Manuel Felguérez
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Mexican painter
Mexican sculptor
abstract artist
human
member of Generación de la Ruptura
non-figurative artist
Manuel Felguérez was a prominent Mexican abstract artist and sculptor associated with the Generación de la Ruptura, known for pioneering non-figurative art and large-scale public works.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Manuel Felguérez canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9118532 — 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: Manuel Felguérez Context triple: [Espacio Escultórico, designedBy, Manuel Felguérez]
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A.
Alfonso Ossorio
Alfonso Ossorio was a Filipino-American abstract expressionist artist and collector known for his vibrant, surreal assemblages and close association with artists like Jackson Pollock and Jean Dubuffet.
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B.
Luis G. Cuevas
Luis G. Cuevas was a 19th-century Mexican diplomat and politician who played a key role in negotiating and signing the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the Mexican–American War.
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C.
Jorge Oteiza
Jorge Oteiza was a pioneering Spanish Basque sculptor and theorist known for his influential abstract and minimalist works that deeply shaped 20th-century Spanish art.
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D.
Alberto Calderón
Alberto Calderón was an influential Argentine mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to harmonic analysis and partial differential equations.
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E.
Manuel de Salas
Manuel de Salas was a prominent Chilean lawyer, intellectual, and reformer who played a key role in the country’s early independence movement and institutional development.
- 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: Manuel Felguérez Target entity description: Manuel Felguérez was a prominent Mexican abstract artist and sculptor associated with the Generación de la Ruptura, known for pioneering non-figurative art and large-scale public works.
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A.
Alfonso Ossorio
Alfonso Ossorio was a Filipino-American abstract expressionist artist and collector known for his vibrant, surreal assemblages and close association with artists like Jackson Pollock and Jean Dubuffet.
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B.
Luis G. Cuevas
Luis G. Cuevas was a 19th-century Mexican diplomat and politician who played a key role in negotiating and signing the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the Mexican–American War.
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C.
Jorge Oteiza
Jorge Oteiza was a pioneering Spanish Basque sculptor and theorist known for his influential abstract and minimalist works that deeply shaped 20th-century Spanish art.
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D.
Alberto Calderón
Alberto Calderón was an influential Argentine mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to harmonic analysis and partial differential equations.
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E.
Manuel de Salas
Manuel de Salas was a prominent Chilean lawyer, intellectual, and reformer who played a key role in the country’s early independence movement and institutional development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mexican painter
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Mexican sculptor ⓘ abstract artist ⓘ human ⓘ member of Generación de la Ruptura ⓘ non-figurative artist ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
integration of art and architecture
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non-figurative composition ⓘ use of geometric forms ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mexican cultural institutions
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Mexican modern art ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Mexico ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Generación de la Ruptura’s break with Mexican muralism
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post-World War II Mexican art ⓘ |
| familyName |
Felguérez
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linked to:
Felguérez Manuel
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| fieldOfWork |
painting
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public art ⓘ sculpture ⓘ visual arts ⓘ |
| genre |
abstract painting
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constructivist-inspired sculpture ⓘ geometric abstraction ⓘ |
| givenName | Manuel ⓘ |
| hasWorkType |
abstract canvases
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monumental sculpture ⓘ public murals ⓘ sculptural reliefs ⓘ |
| influenced | later generations of Mexican abstract artists ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
European abstract art
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Mexican muralism (as a point of departure) ⓘ constructivism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
experimental use of industrial materials in art
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murals and reliefs in public spaces ⓘ |
| movement |
Generación de la Ruptura
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abstract art ⓘ non-figurative art ⓘ |
| name | Manuel Felguérez ⓘ |
| nationality | Mexican ⓘ |
| notableFor |
large-scale public artworks
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pioneering non-figurative art in Mexico ⓘ |
| occupation |
painter
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sculptor ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| partOf | Mexican avant-garde art of the 20th century ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Referenced by (4)
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