Bernard Zakheim
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Bernard Zakheim was a Polish-born American muralist best known for his New Deal–era frescoes in San Francisco, where he was a prominent figure in the city’s social realist art movement.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bernard Zakheim canonical | 9 |
| Bernard Baruch Zakheim | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T138262 — 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: Bernard Zakheim Context triple: [Coit Tower, hasArtist, Bernard Zakheim]
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A.
Harold T. Shapiro
Harold T. Shapiro is an economist and academic leader best known for serving as president of both Princeton University and the University of Michigan and for his influential work at the intersection of higher education and public policy.
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B.
Daniel H. Weiss
Daniel H. Weiss is an American art historian and academic leader who served as president and CEO of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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C.
Philippe Erlanger
Philippe Erlanger was a French historian and cultural administrator best known for initiating and organizing the creation of the Cannes Film Festival.
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D.
Peter Oppenheimer
Peter Oppenheimer is the son of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, known primarily for his connection to the famed "father of the atomic bomb."
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E.
Paul Nitze
Paul Nitze was a prominent American diplomat and defense strategist who played a key role in shaping U.S. Cold War military and nuclear policy.
- 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: Bernard Zakheim Target entity description: Bernard Zakheim was a Polish-born American muralist best known for his New Deal–era frescoes in San Francisco, where he was a prominent figure in the city’s social realist art movement.
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A.
Harold T. Shapiro
Harold T. Shapiro is an economist and academic leader best known for serving as president of both Princeton University and the University of Michigan and for his influential work at the intersection of higher education and public policy.
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B.
Daniel H. Weiss
Daniel H. Weiss is an American art historian and academic leader who served as president and CEO of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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C.
Philippe Erlanger
Philippe Erlanger was a French historian and cultural administrator best known for initiating and organizing the creation of the Cannes Film Festival.
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D.
Peter Oppenheimer
Peter Oppenheimer is the son of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, known primarily for his connection to the famed "father of the atomic bomb."
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E.
Paul Nitze
Paul Nitze was a prominent American diplomat and defense strategist who played a key role in shaping U.S. Cold War military and nuclear policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American artist
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muralist ⓘ painter ⓘ person ⓘ |
| birthName |
Bernard Zakheim
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Bernard Baruch Zakheim
|
| child | Nathan Zakheim ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Poland ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1898-04-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1985-11-27 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Académie de la Grande Chaumière
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École des Beaux-Arts ⓘ |
| employer |
Public Works of Art Project
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Works Progress Administration ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Zakheim ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
fresco painting
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mural painting ⓘ |
| genre |
historical mural
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religious mural ⓘ social realist mural ⓘ |
| givenName | Bernard ⓘ |
| immigratedTo | United States of America ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Diego Rivera
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Mexican muralism ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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French ⓘ Polish ⓘ Yiddish ⓘ |
| movement |
New Deal art
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Social realism ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
New Deal–era frescoes in San Francisco
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social realist murals depicting workers and intellectual life ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Jewish-themed murals in San Francisco
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Coit Tower ⓘ
surface form:
Library frescoes at Coit Tower
The History of Medicine in California ⓘ |
| originalNationality | Polish ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
New Deal
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surface form:
New Deal art programs
|
| placeOfBirth |
Hrodna
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surface form:
Grodno, Poland
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| placeOfDeath |
Sebastopol, California
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surface form:
Sebastopol, California, United States
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| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
San Francisco
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surface form:
San Francisco, California, United States
Sebastopol, California ⓘ
surface form:
Sebastopol, California, United States
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| spouse | Helen Zakheim ⓘ |
| studiedUnder | Diego Rivera ⓘ |
| workLocation |
San Francisco Bay Area
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surface form:
Bay Area, California, United States
San Francisco ⓘ
surface form:
San Francisco, California, United States
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bernard Zakheim Description of subject: Bernard Zakheim was a Polish-born American muralist best known for his New Deal–era frescoes in San Francisco, where he was a prominent figure in the city’s social realist art movement.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bernard Baruch Zakheim