Winold Reiss
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Winold Reiss was a German-born American artist and designer known for his vibrant modernist portraits and illustrations, particularly of African American and Native American subjects in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Winold Reiss canonical | 3 |
| Winold | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2798331 — 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: Winold Reiss Context triple: [The Weary Blues, coverArtist, Winold Reiss]
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Simeon Solomon
Simeon Solomon was a 19th-century British painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, known for his symbolist, often homoerotic depictions of biblical and classical subjects.
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B.
Rockwell Kent
Rockwell Kent was an American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and writer known for his rugged landscapes and distinctive book illustrations, including for Herman Melville’s "Moby-Dick."
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C.
Anders Zorn
Anders Zorn was a renowned Swedish painter and printmaker of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, celebrated for his masterful portraits, nudes, and depictions of Swedish folk life.
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D.
Paul Otto
Paul Otto was a military commander known for leading forces in the 1939 Battle of Kock during the German invasion of Poland in World War II.
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E.
Paul Manship
Paul Manship was an American sculptor renowned for his stylized Art Deco works and mythological themes, most famously the "Prometheus" statue at Rockefeller Center.
- 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: Winold Reiss Target entity description: Winold Reiss was a German-born American artist and designer known for his vibrant modernist portraits and illustrations, particularly of African American and Native American subjects in the early 20th century.
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A.
Simeon Solomon
Simeon Solomon was a 19th-century British painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, known for his symbolist, often homoerotic depictions of biblical and classical subjects.
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B.
Rockwell Kent
Rockwell Kent was an American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and writer known for his rugged landscapes and distinctive book illustrations, including for Herman Melville’s "Moby-Dick."
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C.
Anders Zorn
Anders Zorn was a renowned Swedish painter and printmaker of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, celebrated for his masterful portraits, nudes, and depictions of Swedish folk life.
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D.
Paul Otto
Paul Otto was a military commander known for leading forces in the 1939 Battle of Kock during the German invasion of Poland in World War II.
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E.
Paul Manship
Paul Manship was an American sculptor renowned for his stylized Art Deco works and mythological themes, most famously the "Prometheus" statue at Rockefeller Center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German-American
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artist ⓘ designer ⓘ illustrator ⓘ painter ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeIn | Harlem Renaissance ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
early 20th century
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interwar period ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Alain Locke ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1886-09-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1953-08-29 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Kunstgewerbeschule, Munich ⓘ |
| educatedBy | Franz von Stuck ⓘ |
| emigratedTo | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Reiss ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
graphic design
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illustration ⓘ portrait painting ⓘ |
| genre |
commercial illustration
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portraiture ⓘ poster art ⓘ |
| givenName |
Winold Reiss
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Winold
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| hasWorkInCollection |
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Art Nouveau
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German Jugendstil ⓘ |
| movement |
Art Deco
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Modernism ⓘ |
| name | Winold Reiss self-link ⓘ |
| nationality |
American
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German ⓘ |
| notableFor |
portraits of African American subjects
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portraits of Native American subjects ⓘ vibrant modernist portraits ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Harlem Renaissance portraits
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interior designs for restaurants and cafes in New York ⓘ murals for Cincinnati Union Terminal ⓘ portraits for The New Negro anthology ⓘ |
| occupation |
artist
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designer ⓘ illustrator ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Karlsruhe administrative region
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surface form:
Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire
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| placeOfDeath |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| residence |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| spouse | Henriette Reiss ⓘ |
| taughtAt | Art Students League of New York ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Winold Reiss Description of subject: Winold Reiss was a German-born American artist and designer known for his vibrant modernist portraits and illustrations, particularly of African American and Native American subjects in the early 20th century.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Winold