Alexander Kanoldt
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Alexander Kanoldt was a German painter associated with the New Objectivity movement, known for his precise, coolly rendered still lifes and urban scenes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alexander Kanoldt canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6683229 — 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: Alexander Kanoldt Context triple: [New Objectivity, notableArtist, Alexander Kanoldt]
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A.
Alexander Zuntz
Alexander Zuntz was an early New York financier and broker who was among the founding figures of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
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B.
Alexander Schmorell
Alexander Schmorell was a German medical student and co-founder of the White Rose resistance group that opposed the Nazi regime through clandestine leaflet campaigns.
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C.
Alexander Witt
Alexander Witt is a Chilean-born cinematographer and second unit director known for his work on major Hollywood action and thriller films.
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D.
Daniel Knauf
Daniel Knauf is an American television writer and producer best known for creating the HBO series "Carnivàle."
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E.
Alexander Wittek
Alexander Wittek was an Austro-Hungarian architect best known for designing the landmark pseudo-Moorish Sarajevo City Hall in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- 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: Alexander Kanoldt Target entity description: Alexander Kanoldt was a German painter associated with the New Objectivity movement, known for his precise, coolly rendered still lifes and urban scenes.
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A.
Alexander Zuntz
Alexander Zuntz was an early New York financier and broker who was among the founding figures of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
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B.
Alexander Schmorell
Alexander Schmorell was a German medical student and co-founder of the White Rose resistance group that opposed the Nazi regime through clandestine leaflet campaigns.
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C.
Alexander Witt
Alexander Witt is a Chilean-born cinematographer and second unit director known for his work on major Hollywood action and thriller films.
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D.
Daniel Knauf
Daniel Knauf is an American television writer and producer best known for creating the HBO series "Carnivàle."
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E.
Alexander Wittek
Alexander Wittek was an Austro-Hungarian architect best known for designing the landmark pseudo-Moorish Sarajevo City Hall in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German painter
ⓘ
human ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| artisticMovement | New Objectivity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | New Objectivity movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1881-09-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1939-01-24 ⓘ |
| describedAs | leading figure of New Objectivity still life painting ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Staatliche Akademie für Kunst und Kunstgewerbe Breslau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Edmund Kanoldt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | painting ⓘ |
| genre |
landscape painting
ⓘ
portrait ⓘ still life ⓘ urban landscape ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Cubism
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Italian metaphysical painting ⓘ Paul Cézanne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Berlin
NERFINISHED
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Breslau NERFINISHED ⓘ Karlsruhe NERFINISHED ⓘ Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf |
New Objectivity artists
NERFINISHED
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Novembergruppe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | New Objectivity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Alexander Kanoldt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | German ⓘ |
| notableFor |
coolly rendered urban scenes
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precise still lifes ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Häuser in Kochel (Houses in Kochel)
NERFINISHED
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Stillleben II (Still Life II) NERFINISHED ⓘ Stillleben mit Gipsfigur (Still Life with Plaster Figure) NERFINISHED ⓘ Straße in Kochel (Street in Kochel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | painter ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Weimar Republic art scene ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Karlsruhe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Berlin ⓘ |
| style |
cool, detached realism
ⓘ
precise rendering ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Berlin
NERFINISHED
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Breslau NERFINISHED ⓘ Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Alexander Kanoldt Description of subject: Alexander Kanoldt was a German painter associated with the New Objectivity movement, known for his precise, coolly rendered still lifes and urban scenes.
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