Anthony Caro
E336504
Anthony Caro was a pioneering British abstract sculptor known for his large-scale, brightly painted steel constructions that helped redefine modern sculpture in the 20th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anthony Caro canonical | 3 |
| Anthony Alfred Caro | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3201504 — 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: Anthony Caro Context triple: [Henry Moore, influenced, Anthony Caro]
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A.
Tony Cragg
Tony Cragg is a renowned British sculptor known for his innovative use of materials and abstract forms, and for serving as a prominent professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.
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B.
Donald Judd
Donald Judd was an influential American artist and leading figure of Minimalism, known for his precise, industrially fabricated geometric sculptures and installations.
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C.
Antony Gormley
Antony Gormley is a British sculptor renowned for his large-scale public artworks and explorations of the human body in space, such as the iconic "Angel of the North."
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D.
Rachel Whiteread
Rachel Whiteread is a British sculptor renowned for her large-scale cast works that capture the negative spaces of everyday objects and architectural interiors.
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E.
Richard Serra
Richard Serra was an influential American sculptor renowned for his monumental, site-specific steel works that explore space, balance, and the viewer’s physical experience.
- 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: Anthony Caro Target entity description: Anthony Caro was a pioneering British abstract sculptor known for his large-scale, brightly painted steel constructions that helped redefine modern sculpture in the 20th century.
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A.
Tony Cragg
Tony Cragg is a renowned British sculptor known for his innovative use of materials and abstract forms, and for serving as a prominent professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.
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B.
Donald Judd
Donald Judd was an influential American artist and leading figure of Minimalism, known for his precise, industrially fabricated geometric sculptures and installations.
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C.
Antony Gormley
Antony Gormley is a British sculptor renowned for his large-scale public artworks and explorations of the human body in space, such as the iconic "Angel of the North."
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D.
Rachel Whiteread
Rachel Whiteread is a British sculptor renowned for her large-scale cast works that capture the negative spaces of everyday objects and architectural interiors.
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E.
Richard Serra
Richard Serra was an influential American sculptor renowned for his monumental, site-specific steel works that explore space, balance, and the viewer’s physical experience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British artist
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abstract sculptor ⓘ human ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| artisticTechnique |
assemblage
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welding ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Knight Bachelor
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The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
surface form:
Order of the Companions of Honour
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| birthName |
Anthony Caro
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Anthony Alfred Caro
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| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1924-03-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2013-10-23 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Christ’s College, Cambridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Westminster ⓘ
surface form:
Regent Street Polytechnic
Royal Academy Schools ⓘ |
| employer |
Saint Martin's School of Art
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surface form:
St Martin’s School of Art
|
| exhibitedAt |
Hayward Gallery
ⓘ
Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
surface form:
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Tate Britain ⓘ
surface form:
Tate Gallery
|
| fieldOfWork | sculpture ⓘ |
| genre | abstract sculpture ⓘ |
| helpedRedefine | 20th-century modern sculpture ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| influenced | New Generation sculptors in Britain ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
David Smith
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Henry Moore ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Academy of Arts ⓘ |
| movement |
abstract art
ⓘ
contemporary sculpture ⓘ modernism ⓘ |
| name | Anthony Caro self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
large-scale abstract steel sculptures
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pioneering abstract sculpture in Britain ⓘ use of brightly painted industrial materials ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Early One Morning
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Midday ⓘ Table Pieces series ⓘ Yorkshire Sculpture Park works ⓘ |
| occupation |
art teacher
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sculptor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New Malden, Surrey, England ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | London, England ⓘ |
| spouse | Sheila Girling ⓘ |
| taughtAt |
Saint Martin's School of Art
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surface form:
St Martin’s School of Art
|
| usedMaterial |
industrial scrap metal
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steel ⓘ welded steel ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Anthony Caro Description of subject: Anthony Caro was a pioneering British abstract sculptor known for his large-scale, brightly painted steel constructions that helped redefine modern sculpture in the 20th century.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Anthony Alfred Caro