Carl-Henning Pedersen
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Carl-Henning Pedersen was a Danish painter known for his colorful, imaginative, and abstract expressionist works associated with the European avant-garde.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carl-Henning Pedersen canonical | 4 |
| Carl-Henning | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2616827 — 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: Carl-Henning Pedersen Context triple: [COBRA movement, notableMember, Carl-Henning Pedersen]
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A.
Morten Ristorp
Morten Ristorp is a Danish songwriter and producer known for his work on international pop and R&B hits.
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B.
Niels Torp
Niels Torp is a Norwegian architect known for designing prominent public and commercial buildings in Norway and abroad.
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C.
Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Peter Aalbæk Jensen is a Danish film producer and co-founder of the influential production company Zentropa, known for his collaborations with prominent directors such as Lars von Trier.
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D.
Björn Andrésen
Björn Andrésen is a Swedish actor and musician best known for his hauntingly ethereal screen presence, particularly in films like "Death in Venice" and later the horror film "Midsommar."
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E.
Knut Pedersen
Knut Pedersen, better known by his pen name Knut Hamsun, was a Norwegian novelist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his influential modernist works such as "Hunger" and "Growth of the Soil."
- 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: Carl-Henning Pedersen Target entity description: Carl-Henning Pedersen was a Danish painter known for his colorful, imaginative, and abstract expressionist works associated with the European avant-garde.
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A.
Morten Ristorp
Morten Ristorp is a Danish songwriter and producer known for his work on international pop and R&B hits.
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B.
Niels Torp
Niels Torp is a Norwegian architect known for designing prominent public and commercial buildings in Norway and abroad.
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C.
Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Peter Aalbæk Jensen is a Danish film producer and co-founder of the influential production company Zentropa, known for his collaborations with prominent directors such as Lars von Trier.
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D.
Björn Andrésen
Björn Andrésen is a Swedish actor and musician best known for his hauntingly ethereal screen presence, particularly in films like "Death in Venice" and later the horror film "Midsommar."
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E.
Knut Pedersen
Knut Pedersen, better known by his pen name Knut Hamsun, was a Norwegian novelist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his influential modernist works such as "Hunger" and "Growth of the Soil."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
modern artist ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Eckersberg Medal
ⓘ
Thorvaldsen Medal ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Denmark ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Denmark ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Denmark ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1913-09-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2007-02-20 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Scandinavians
ⓘ
surface form:
Danes
|
| familyName | Pedersen ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
mural art
ⓘ
painting ⓘ stained glass ⓘ |
| genre |
abstract art
ⓘ
expressionist painting ⓘ |
| givenName |
Carl-Henning Pedersen
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Carl-Henning
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| hasMuseum | Carl-Henning Pedersen & Else Alfelt Museum ⓘ |
| hasWorkLocation |
Copenhagen
ⓘ
Herning ⓘ |
| influenced | Danish abstract painters ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Paul Klee
ⓘ
Wassily Kandinsky ⓘ surrealism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Danish ⓘ |
| memberOf |
CoBrA
ⓘ
surface form:
CoBrA movement
|
| movement |
CoBrA
ⓘ
European avant-garde ⓘ Abstract expressionism ⓘ
surface form:
abstract expressionism
|
| name | Carl-Henning Pedersen self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Danish ⓘ |
| notableFor |
abstract expressionist works
ⓘ
colorful imaginative paintings ⓘ fantastical bird and animal motifs ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ribe Cathedral
ⓘ
surface form:
decoration of Ribe Cathedral
large-scale murals in Herning ⓘ mosaics for the Angli building in Herning ⓘ |
| occupation | painter ⓘ |
| placeAssociatedWith |
Copenhagen
ⓘ
Herning ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Copenhagen ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Frederiksberg ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Else Alfelt ⓘ |
| style |
spontaneous brushwork
ⓘ
vivid color palette ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Carl-Henning Pedersen Description of subject: Carl-Henning Pedersen was a Danish painter known for his colorful, imaginative, and abstract expressionist works associated with the European avant-garde.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Carl-Henning