Jacques-André Boiffard
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Jacques-André Boiffard was a French photographer closely associated with the Surrealist movement in Paris, known for his experimental and often unsettling images.
All labels observed (1)
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| Jacques-André Boiffard canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8042875 — 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: Jacques-André Boiffard Context triple: [Surrealist Group in Paris, hasMember, Jacques-André Boiffard]
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Antoine-Claude Briasson
Antoine-Claude Briasson was an 18th-century French printer-publisher best known for being one of the principal publishers of Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie.
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B.
Nicolas-François Guillard
Nicolas-François Guillard was an 18th-century French librettist known for writing texts for major operas by composers such as Christoph Willibald Gluck and Antonio Salieri.
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C.
Jean-Baptiste Descamps
Jean-Baptiste Descamps was an 18th-century French painter, art historian, and writer best known for his biographical dictionary of artists and his role in art education.
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D.
Jean-Baptiste Perronneau
Jean-Baptiste Perronneau was an 18th-century French painter renowned for his refined pastel portraits and subtle psychological characterizations of his sitters.
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E.
Etienne Guibourg
Etienne Guibourg was a 17th-century French Catholic priest infamous for his alleged role in black masses and occult rituals during the Affair of the Poisons under Louis XIV.
- 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: Jacques-André Boiffard Target entity description: Jacques-André Boiffard was a French photographer closely associated with the Surrealist movement in Paris, known for his experimental and often unsettling images.
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A.
Antoine-Claude Briasson
Antoine-Claude Briasson was an 18th-century French printer-publisher best known for being one of the principal publishers of Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie.
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B.
Nicolas-François Guillard
Nicolas-François Guillard was an 18th-century French librettist known for writing texts for major operas by composers such as Christoph Willibald Gluck and Antonio Salieri.
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C.
Jean-Baptiste Descamps
Jean-Baptiste Descamps was an 18th-century French painter, art historian, and writer best known for his biographical dictionary of artists and his role in art education.
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D.
Jean-Baptiste Perronneau
Jean-Baptiste Perronneau was an 18th-century French painter renowned for his refined pastel portraits and subtle psychological characterizations of his sitters.
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E.
Etienne Guibourg
Etienne Guibourg was a 17th-century French Catholic priest infamous for his alleged role in black masses and occult rituals during the Affair of the Poisons under Louis XIV.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French photographer
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Surrealist artist ⓘ human ⓘ photographer ⓘ |
| activeIn | 20th-century photography ⓘ |
| artisticMovement | Surrealism ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
avant-garde
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experimental ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Paris Surrealist group
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linked to:
Surrealist Group in Paris
Surrealist movement ⓘ
linked to:
Surrealism
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| collaboratedWith |
André Breton
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Man Ray ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| describedAs |
closely associated with the Surrealist movement in Paris
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creator of unsettling images ⓘ experimental photographer ⓘ |
| familyName | Boiffard ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
art
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photography ⓘ |
| genre |
Surrealist photography
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experimental photography ⓘ |
| givenName | Jacques-André ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection | museums of modern art and photography ⓘ |
| influenced | later Surrealist photographers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Man Ray
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Surrealism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
dark and unsettling imagery
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distorted perspectives ⓘ use of extreme close-ups ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| memberOf | Surrealist group in Paris ⓘ |
| movement | Surrealism ⓘ |
| name | Jacques-André Boiffard ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
close-up and distorted imagery
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unsettling photographic images ⓘ |
| notableWork | photographs for André Breton’s "Nadja" ⓘ |
| occupation | photographer ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Paris art scene ⓘ |
| residence | Paris ⓘ |
| subjectOf | exhibitions on Surrealist photography ⓘ |
| workLocation | Paris ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jacques-André Boiffard Description of subject: Jacques-André Boiffard was a French photographer closely associated with the Surrealist movement in Paris, known for his experimental and often unsettling images.
Referenced by (2)
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