Kurt Schwitters
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Kurt Schwitters was a German artist and poet best known for his pioneering Merz collages and his influential role in the Dada and early avant-garde movements.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kurt Schwitters canonical | 7 |
| Helma Schwitters | 1 |
| Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2766930 — 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.
Target entity: Kurt Schwitters Context triple: [Dada, hasKeyFigure, Kurt Schwitters]
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Erich Heckel
Erich Heckel was a German painter and printmaker, co-founder of the influential Die Brücke group, and a key figure in the development of early 20th-century Expressionist art.
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Max Ernst
Max Ernst was a pioneering German painter, sculptor, and graphic artist renowned for his innovative contributions to Dada and Surrealism, including experimental techniques like frottage and grattage.
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C.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a pioneering German painter and printmaker, co-founder of the artists’ group Die Brücke and a central figure in the development of Expressionism in the early 20th century.
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Hans Arp
Hans Arp was a pioneering Alsatian artist and poet known for his abstract biomorphic sculptures and collages, and for co-founding the Dada movement before becoming a key figure in Surrealism.
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Lyonel Feininger
Lyonel Feininger was a German-American painter, printmaker, and caricaturist best known for his architectonic, cubist-influenced Expressionist works and his association with the Bauhaus.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Kurt Schwitters Target entity description: Kurt Schwitters was a German artist and poet best known for his pioneering Merz collages and his influential role in the Dada and early avant-garde movements.
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A.
Erich Heckel
Erich Heckel was a German painter and printmaker, co-founder of the influential Die Brücke group, and a key figure in the development of early 20th-century Expressionist art.
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B.
Max Ernst
Max Ernst was a pioneering German painter, sculptor, and graphic artist renowned for his innovative contributions to Dada and Surrealism, including experimental techniques like frottage and grattage.
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C.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a pioneering German painter and printmaker, co-founder of the artists’ group Die Brücke and a central figure in the development of Expressionism in the early 20th century.
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Hans Arp
Hans Arp was a pioneering Alsatian artist and poet known for his abstract biomorphic sculptures and collages, and for co-founding the Dada movement before becoming a key figure in Surrealism.
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E.
Lyonel Feininger
Lyonel Feininger was a German-American painter, printmaker, and caricaturist best known for his architectonic, cubist-influenced Expressionist works and his association with the Bauhaus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artist
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collagist ⓘ graphic artist ⓘ human ⓘ painter ⓘ performance artist ⓘ poet ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| birthName |
Kurt Schwitters
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters
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| causeOfDeath |
pneumonia
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pulmonary edema ⓘ |
| child | Ernst Schwitters ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1887-06-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1948-01-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Dresden Academy of Fine Arts
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surface form:
Kunstakademie Dresden
School of Applied Arts in Hanover ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
abstract art
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collage ⓘ installation art ⓘ sound poetry ⓘ typography ⓘ |
| genre |
concrete poetry
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experimental poetry ⓘ sound poetry ⓘ |
| influenced |
Fluxus
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Pop art ⓘ conceptual art ⓘ installation art ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Dada
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surface form:
Dada movement
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| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| movement |
Constructivism
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Dada ⓘ Merzbau ⓘ
surface form:
Merz
Surrealism ⓘ |
| name | Kurt Schwitters self-link ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
Merzbau
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surface form:
Merz
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| notableWork |
Merzbau
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surface form:
Merz collages
Merzbau ⓘ Ursonate ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
World War I
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surface form:
First World War
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| placeOfBirth |
German Empire
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Hanover ⓘ Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
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| placeOfDeath |
Cumbria
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England ⓘ Kendal ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| religion | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| spouse |
Kurt Schwitters
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Helma Schwitters
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| workLocation |
Hanover
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Norway ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
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Subject: Kurt Schwitters Description of subject: Kurt Schwitters was a German artist and poet best known for his pioneering Merz collages and his influential role in the Dada and early avant-garde movements.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.