Peter Doig
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Peter Doig is a contemporary Scottish-born painter renowned for his atmospheric, dreamlike landscapes that blend memory, photography, and art-historical references.
All labels observed (1)
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| Peter Doig canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T845870 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peter Doig Context triple: [The Phillips Collection, hasWorkBy, Peter Doig]
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David Hockney
David Hockney is a renowned British painter, draftsman, printmaker, photographer, and stage designer, celebrated as a leading figure of 20th-century pop art and for his vibrant, innovative explorations of space, perspective, and technology in art.
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Wolfgang Tillmans
Wolfgang Tillmans is a German photographer and artist renowned for his innovative, often abstract and experimental approach to photography that blurs the boundaries between fine art and documentary.
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Grayson Perry
Grayson Perry is a British contemporary artist and Turner Prize-winning ceramicist known for his elaborate vases, tapestries, and his cross-dressing alter ego, Claire.
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D.
Julie Mehretu
Julie Mehretu is an Ethiopian-American contemporary artist renowned for her large-scale, layered abstract paintings that explore themes of geography, history, and social dynamics.
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E.
Jacob Vosmaer
Jacob Vosmaer was a Dutch Golden Age painter from Delft, known especially for his detailed and vibrant flower still lifes.
- 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: Peter Doig Target entity description: Peter Doig is a contemporary Scottish-born painter renowned for his atmospheric, dreamlike landscapes that blend memory, photography, and art-historical references.
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A.
David Hockney
David Hockney is a renowned British painter, draftsman, printmaker, photographer, and stage designer, celebrated as a leading figure of 20th-century pop art and for his vibrant, innovative explorations of space, perspective, and technology in art.
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B.
Wolfgang Tillmans
Wolfgang Tillmans is a German photographer and artist renowned for his innovative, often abstract and experimental approach to photography that blurs the boundaries between fine art and documentary.
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C.
Grayson Perry
Grayson Perry is a British contemporary artist and Turner Prize-winning ceramicist known for his elaborate vases, tapestries, and his cross-dressing alter ego, Claire.
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D.
Julie Mehretu
Julie Mehretu is an Ethiopian-American contemporary artist renowned for her large-scale, layered abstract paintings that explore themes of geography, history, and social dynamics.
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E.
Jacob Vosmaer
Jacob Vosmaer was a Dutch Golden Age painter from Delft, known especially for his detailed and vibrant flower still lifes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contemporary artist
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human ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
John Moores Painting Prize
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Turner Prize nomination ⓘ |
| basedIn |
London, England
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surface form:
London
Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1959-04-17 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Edinburgh
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Scotland ⓘ |
| degree | Master of Arts in painting ⓘ |
| education |
Chelsea School of Art
ⓘ
Saint Martin's School of Art ⓘ Wimbledon School of Art ⓘ |
| field | painting ⓘ |
| grewUpIn |
Canada
ⓘ
Trinidad ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Edvard Munch
ⓘ
Expressionism ⓘ
surface form:
German Expressionism
Paul Gauguin ⓘ |
| JohnMooresPaintingPrizeYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
atmospheric landscapes
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dreamlike imagery ⓘ large-scale figurative paintings ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| marketRecognition | one of the most expensive living European painters at auction ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| name | Peter Doig self-link ⓘ |
| nationality |
British
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Scottish ⓘ |
| notableWork |
100 Years Ago
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Blotter ⓘ Canoe Lake ⓘ Echo Lake ⓘ Jetty ⓘ The Architect’s Home in the Ravine ⓘ White Canoe ⓘ |
| occupation |
painter
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professor ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
ambiguous narratives
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art-historical references ⓘ blend of memory and imagination ⓘ rich color palettes ⓘ use of photography as source material ⓘ |
| taughtAt | Kunstakademie Düsseldorf ⓘ |
| TurnerPrizeNominationYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| workOftenDepicts |
canoes
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forests ⓘ lakes ⓘ snowy landscapes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Referenced by (2)
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