Otto Modersohn
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Otto Modersohn was a German landscape painter and co-founder of the Worpswede artists' colony, known for his atmospheric, mood-filled depictions of the North German countryside.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Otto Modersohn canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7195833 — 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: Otto Modersohn Context triple: [Clara Westhoff, associatedWith, Otto Modersohn]
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A.
Max Liebermann
Max Liebermann was a leading German Impressionist painter and printmaker, known for his depictions of everyday life and his prominent role in the Berlin Secession art movement.
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B.
Max Pechstein
Max Pechstein was a prominent German Expressionist painter and printmaker associated with the early 20th-century avant-garde.
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C.
Emil Nolde
Emil Nolde was a pioneering German-Danish painter and printmaker renowned for his intensely colored, emotionally charged works that helped define early 20th-century Expressionism.
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D.
Max Beckmann
Max Beckmann was a German painter and printmaker known for his powerful, often dark figurative works that bridged Expressionism and New Objectivity in early 20th-century art.
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E.
Moritz Hartmann
Moritz Hartmann was a 19th-century German-Jewish poet, writer, and revolutionary known for his politically engaged poetry and participation in the 1848 revolutions.
- 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: Otto Modersohn Target entity description: Otto Modersohn was a German landscape painter and co-founder of the Worpswede artists' colony, known for his atmospheric, mood-filled depictions of the North German countryside.
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A.
Max Liebermann
Max Liebermann was a leading German Impressionist painter and printmaker, known for his depictions of everyday life and his prominent role in the Berlin Secession art movement.
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B.
Max Pechstein
Max Pechstein was a prominent German Expressionist painter and printmaker associated with the early 20th-century avant-garde.
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C.
Emil Nolde
Emil Nolde was a pioneering German-Danish painter and printmaker renowned for his intensely colored, emotionally charged works that helped define early 20th-century Expressionism.
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D.
Max Beckmann
Max Beckmann was a German painter and printmaker known for his powerful, often dark figurative works that bridged Expressionism and New Objectivity in early 20th-century art.
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E.
Moritz Hartmann
Moritz Hartmann was a 19th-century German-Jewish poet, writer, and revolutionary known for his politically engaged poetry and participation in the 1848 revolutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German painter
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human ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| artisticFocus |
mood-filled landscape scenes
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rural North German motifs ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Fritz Mackensen
NERFINISHED
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Hans am Ende NERFINISHED ⓘ Heinrich Vogeler NERFINISHED ⓘ Paula Modersohn-Becker NERFINISHED ⓘ Worpswede, Lower Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | Worpswede artists' colony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
German Empire
NERFINISHED
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Germany ⓘ |
| depicts |
North German moorlands
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changing light and weather in landscapes ⓘ villages and farmsteads in Worpswede region ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Germans ⓘ |
| familyName | Modersohn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
landscape painting
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oil painting ⓘ |
| genre | landscape art ⓘ |
| givenName | Otto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | Paula Modersohn-Becker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Barbizon school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Worpswede artists' colony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
German Impressionism
NERFINISHED
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Worpswede school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Otto Modersohn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableFor |
atmospheric depictions of North German landscapes
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co-founding the Worpswede artists' colony ⓘ quiet, introspective landscape compositions ⓘ |
| notableWork | landscape paintings of the North German countryside ⓘ |
| occupation |
landscape painter
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painter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Soest, Province of Westphalia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Rotenburg an der Wümme, Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Elisabeth Modersohn
NERFINISHED
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Paula Modersohn-Becker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
emphasis on mood and atmosphere
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subdued color palette ⓘ |
| workLocation |
North German countryside
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Worpswede, Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Otto Modersohn Description of subject: Otto Modersohn was a German landscape painter and co-founder of the Worpswede artists' colony, known for his atmospheric, mood-filled depictions of the North German countryside.
Referenced by (2)
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