Surrealist Group in London
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The Surrealist Group in London was a collective of artists and writers active mainly in the 1930s–1940s that promoted and developed Surrealist ideas and practices in the United Kingdom.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| London Surrealist scene | 1 |
| Surrealist Group in London canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1663988 — 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)
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Target entity: Surrealist Group in London Context triple: [Surrealism, hasNotableGroup, Surrealist Group in London]
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A.
Surrealist Group in Paris
The Surrealist Group in Paris was the original and most influential collective of artists and writers who developed and promoted Surrealism in the early 20th century under figures like André Breton.
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B.
Surrealist Group in Prague
The Surrealist Group in Prague is a prominent Czech artistic and literary collective known for its influential contributions to international surrealism from the early 20th century onward.
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C.
Bloomsbury Group
The Bloomsbury Group was an influential early 20th-century circle of English writers, artists, and intellectuals known for their modernist ideas, progressive politics, and unconventional personal relationships.
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D.
Fabian Society
The Fabian Society is a British socialist organization founded in the late 19th century that advocates for gradual and democratic reforms toward socialism rather than revolutionary change.
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E.
Portland Society of Art
The Portland Society of Art was the original arts organization in Portland, Maine that evolved into what is now the Portland Museum of Art.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Surrealist Group in London Target entity description: The Surrealist Group in London was a collective of artists and writers active mainly in the 1930s–1940s that promoted and developed Surrealist ideas and practices in the United Kingdom.
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A.
Surrealist Group in Paris
The Surrealist Group in Paris was the original and most influential collective of artists and writers who developed and promoted Surrealism in the early 20th century under figures like André Breton.
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B.
Surrealist Group in Prague
The Surrealist Group in Prague is a prominent Czech artistic and literary collective known for its influential contributions to international surrealism from the early 20th century onward.
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C.
Bloomsbury Group
The Bloomsbury Group was an influential early 20th-century circle of English writers, artists, and intellectuals known for their modernist ideas, progressive politics, and unconventional personal relationships.
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D.
Fabian Society
The Fabian Society is a British socialist organization founded in the late 19th century that advocates for gradual and democratic reforms toward socialism rather than revolutionary change.
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E.
Portland Society of Art
The Portland Society of Art was the original arts organization in Portland, Maine that evolved into what is now the Portland Museum of Art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art collective
ⓘ
cultural organization ⓘ surrealist group ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ |
| artisticFocus |
automatic writing
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dream imagery ⓘ experimentation with the unconscious ⓘ |
| basedIn |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Second World War era in Britain
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interwar period in Britain ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1940s ⓘ |
| field |
art
ⓘ
literature ⓘ poetry ⓘ visual arts ⓘ |
| genre |
Surrealist art
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Surrealist literature ⓘ |
| hasPart |
artists
ⓘ
writers ⓘ |
| ideology | Surrealism ⓘ |
| inception | 1930s ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| location |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| movement | Surrealism ⓘ |
| movementAssociatedWith | European avant-garde ⓘ |
| purpose |
development of Surrealist practices in the United Kingdom
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promotion of Surrealist ideas in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| regionServed | United Kingdom ⓘ |
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Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
London Surrealist scene