Jean Charlot
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Jean Charlot was a French-born American painter, muralist, and illustrator known for his significant contributions to the Mexican muralism movement and religious and social-themed artworks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jean Charlot canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3096584 — 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: Jean Charlot Context triple: [San Ildefonso College, hasMuralsBy, Jean Charlot]
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Ben Shahn
Ben Shahn was a Lithuanian-born American social realist artist and photographer known for his politically engaged murals, paintings, and documentary photographs of working-class life during the Great Depression.
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B.
Archibald Motley
Archibald Motley was an influential African American painter renowned for his vibrant depictions of Black urban life and culture in early 20th-century America.
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C.
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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D.
Winold Reiss
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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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: Jean Charlot Target entity description: Jean Charlot was a French-born American painter, muralist, and illustrator known for his significant contributions to the Mexican muralism movement and religious and social-themed artworks.
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A.
Ben Shahn
Ben Shahn was a Lithuanian-born American social realist artist and photographer known for his politically engaged murals, paintings, and documentary photographs of working-class life during the Great Depression.
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B.
Archibald Motley
Archibald Motley was an influential African American painter renowned for his vibrant depictions of Black urban life and culture in early 20th-century America.
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C.
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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D.
Winold Reiss
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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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 (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art historian
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illustrator ⓘ muralist ⓘ painter ⓘ person ⓘ printmaker ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Hawaii
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Mexico ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| birthDate | 1898-02-07 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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| conflictParticipatedIn | World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
France
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United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1979-03-20 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States ⓘ |
| employer |
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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surface form:
University of Hawaii at Manoa
|
| familyName | Charlot ⓘ |
| field |
illustration
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mural painting ⓘ painting ⓘ printmaking ⓘ |
| genre |
religious art
ⓘ
social realism ⓘ |
| givenName | Jean ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection |
Honolulu Museum of Art
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art ⓘ Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
surface form:
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
surface form:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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| influencedBy |
Catholic iconography
ⓘ
Diego Rivera ⓘ José Clemente Orozco ⓘ pre-Columbian art ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| movedTo |
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Honolulu, Hawaii
Mexico City ⓘ New York City ⓘ |
| movement |
Mexican muralism
ⓘ
Modern art ⓘ |
| name | Jean Charlot self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to Mexican muralism
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lithographs ⓘ religious-themed artworks ⓘ social-themed artworks ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Hawaiian-themed murals at the University of Hawaii
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massacre at Tóxcatl in Tenochtitlan ⓘ
surface form:
The Massacre in the Main Temple (Massacre in the Templo Mayor)
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| occupation | university professor ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| servedIn | French Army ⓘ |
| studiedAt |
École des Beaux-Arts
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surface form:
École des Beaux-Arts (Paris)
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| taughtAt |
Art Students League of New York
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Columbia University ⓘ University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa ⓘ
surface form:
University of Hawaii at Manoa
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Referenced by (3)
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