Reginald Marsh
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Reginald Marsh was an American painter and printmaker best known for his vivid, crowded depictions of New York City’s urban life during the early 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Reginald Marsh canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1560500 — 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: Reginald Marsh Context triple: [Kenneth Hayes Miller, notableStudent, Reginald Marsh]
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A.
Everett Shinn
Everett Shinn was an American painter and illustrator associated with the Ashcan School, known for his dynamic depictions of urban life and theatrical scenes in early 20th-century New York City.
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B.
John Sloan
John Sloan was a prominent American painter and printmaker associated with the Ashcan School, known for his gritty, realist depictions of early 20th-century urban life.
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C.
George Bellows
George Bellows was an American realist painter best known for his dynamic depictions of urban life and boxing scenes in early 20th-century New York City.
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D.
Rockwell Kent
Rockwell Kent was an American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and writer known for his rugged landscapes and distinctive book illustrations, including for Herman Melville’s "Moby-Dick."
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E.
Milton Avery
Milton Avery was a 20th-century American modern painter known for his simplified forms, bold color harmonies, and influential role bridging American Impressionism and Abstract Expressionism.
- 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: Reginald Marsh Target entity description: Reginald Marsh was an American painter and printmaker best known for his vivid, crowded depictions of New York City’s urban life during the early 20th century.
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A.
Everett Shinn
Everett Shinn was an American painter and illustrator associated with the Ashcan School, known for his dynamic depictions of urban life and theatrical scenes in early 20th-century New York City.
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B.
John Sloan
John Sloan was a prominent American painter and printmaker associated with the Ashcan School, known for his gritty, realist depictions of early 20th-century urban life.
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C.
George Bellows
George Bellows was an American realist painter best known for his dynamic depictions of urban life and boxing scenes in early 20th-century New York City.
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D.
Rockwell Kent
Rockwell Kent was an American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and writer known for his rugged landscapes and distinctive book illustrations, including for Herman Melville’s "Moby-Dick."
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E.
Milton Avery
Milton Avery was a 20th-century American modern painter known for his simplified forms, bold color harmonies, and influential role bridging American Impressionism and Abstract Expressionism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American artist
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human ⓘ illustrator ⓘ painter ⓘ printmaker ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
Great Depression
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surface form:
Great Depression era
early 20th century ⓘ |
| artisticMedium |
egg tempera
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engraving ⓘ etching ⓘ lithography ⓘ oil paint ⓘ watercolor ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| depicts |
Coney Island crowds
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New York City ⓘ burlesque dancers ⓘ subway commuters ⓘ unemployment lines ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Art Students League of New York
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Yale University ⓘ |
| employer |
Esquire magazine
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surface form:
Esquire
New Masses ⓘ The New Yorker ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
social realism
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urban realism ⓘ |
| genre |
genre painting
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printmaking ⓘ |
| movement |
Realism
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surface form:
American Realism
Social realism ⓘ
surface form:
Social Realism
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| name | Reginald Marsh self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
crowded scenes of Coney Island
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depictions of subways and elevated trains ⓘ images of burlesque theaters ⓘ vivid depictions of New York City urban life ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bread Line – No One Has Starved
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Coney Island Beach ⓘ Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
surface form:
Hudson Bay Fur Company
Merry-Go-Round ⓘ Twenty Cent Movie ⓘ Why Not Use the ‘L’? ⓘ |
| occupation |
illustrator
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painter ⓘ printmaker ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Paris ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Bennington, Vermont ⓘ |
| taughtAt | Art Students League of New York ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Coney Island
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Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Reginald Marsh Description of subject: Reginald Marsh was an American painter and printmaker best known for his vivid, crowded depictions of New York City’s urban life during the early 20th century.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.