Théophile Steinlen
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Théophile Steinlen was a Swiss-born French Art Nouveau painter and printmaker best known for his iconic cabaret and poster art in late 19th-century Paris, including the famous "Le Chat Noir" poster.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Steinlen | 2 |
| Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen | 2 |
| Théophile Alexandre Steinlen | 1 |
| Théophile Steinlen canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2213782 — 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: Théophile Steinlen Context triple: [Cimetière de Levallois-Perret, hasNotableBurial, Théophile Steinlen]
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A.
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes was a 19th-century French painter renowned for his large-scale, dreamlike murals and his influential role in the development of Symbolist art.
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B.
Henri Le Fauconnier
Henri Le Fauconnier was a French painter associated with early Cubism, known for his role in the avant-garde Paris art scene and contributions to the development of modernist painting.
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C.
Raymond Duchamp-Villon
Raymond Duchamp-Villon was a French sculptor associated with Cubism, known for his innovative, geometrically stylized works in the early 20th century.
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D.
Félix Vallotton
Félix Vallotton was a Swiss-French painter and printmaker known for his bold, graphic woodcuts and his association with the Post-Impressionist group Les Nabis.
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E.
Fernand Khnopff
Fernand Khnopff was a Belgian Symbolist painter and graphic artist known for his enigmatic, dreamlike compositions and refined, introspective portraits.
- 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: Théophile Steinlen Target entity description: Théophile Steinlen was a Swiss-born French Art Nouveau painter and printmaker best known for his iconic cabaret and poster art in late 19th-century Paris, including the famous "Le Chat Noir" poster.
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A.
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes was a 19th-century French painter renowned for his large-scale, dreamlike murals and his influential role in the development of Symbolist art.
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B.
Henri Le Fauconnier
Henri Le Fauconnier was a French painter associated with early Cubism, known for his role in the avant-garde Paris art scene and contributions to the development of modernist painting.
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C.
Raymond Duchamp-Villon
Raymond Duchamp-Villon was a French sculptor associated with Cubism, known for his innovative, geometrically stylized works in the early 20th century.
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D.
Félix Vallotton
Félix Vallotton was a Swiss-French painter and printmaker known for his bold, graphic woodcuts and his association with the Post-Impressionist group Les Nabis.
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E.
Fernand Khnopff
Fernand Khnopff was a Belgian Symbolist painter and graphic artist known for his enigmatic, dreamlike compositions and refined, introspective portraits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Art Nouveau artist
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illustrator ⓘ painter ⓘ person ⓘ poster artist ⓘ printmaker ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Le Chat Noir
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surface form:
Le Chat Noir cabaret
Montmartre artistic community ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Switzerland ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1859-11-10 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Lausanne ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Cimetière Saint-Vincent ⓘ |
| deathCountry | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1923-12-13 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| familyName |
Théophile Steinlen
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Steinlen
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| field |
illustration
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painting ⓘ poster art ⓘ printmaking ⓘ |
| genre |
poster art
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satirical illustration ⓘ social realist art ⓘ |
| givenName | Théophile ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Émilie Steinlen
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surface form:
Colette Steinlen
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| influencedBy |
Parisian cabaret culture
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socialist and anarchist ideas ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Le Chat Noir poster
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cabaret posters ⓘ cat illustrations ⓘ depictions of Parisian street life ⓘ political prints ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| movement | Art Nouveau ⓘ |
| name |
Théophile Steinlen
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
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| nationality |
French
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Swiss ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Lait pur Stérilisé de la Vingeanne poster
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Le Chat Noir ⓘ Le Chat Noir posters ⓘ
surface form:
Tournee du Chat Noir avec Rodolphe Salis poster
|
| residence | Montmartre ⓘ |
| signature |
Théophile Steinlen
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Steinlen
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| spouse | Émilie Steinlen ⓘ |
| subjectOf | exhibitions in French museums ⓘ |
| workLocation | Paris ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Théophile Steinlen Description of subject: Théophile Steinlen was a Swiss-born French Art Nouveau painter and printmaker best known for his iconic cabaret and poster art in late 19th-century Paris, including the famous "Le Chat Noir" poster.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen
this entity surface form:
Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen
this entity surface form:
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
this entity surface form:
Steinlen
this entity surface form:
Steinlen