Grant DeVolson Wood
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Grant DeVolson Wood was an American painter best known for his iconic Regionalist work "American Gothic," which depicted Midwestern rural life in a stylized, detailed manner.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Grant DeVolson Wood canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7859063 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Grant DeVolson Wood Context triple: [Young Corn, creatorBirthName, Grant DeVolson Wood]
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A.
Peter Hardeman Burnett
Peter Hardeman Burnett was an American politician and lawyer who became the first elected civilian governor of California after it gained statehood in 1850.
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B.
Hugh F. Locke King
Hugh F. Locke King was a British entrepreneur and motor-racing pioneer best known for financing and creating the Brooklands motor racing circuit, one of the world’s first purpose-built race tracks.
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C.
Franklin D’Olier Reeve
Franklin D’Olier Reeve was an American poet, critic, translator, and academic, known for his work in Russian literature and for being the father of actor Christopher Reeve.
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D.
John Marshall Clemens
John Marshall Clemens was an American lawyer, judge, and the father of author Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens).
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E.
John Rhea Barton Willing
John Rhea Barton Willing was an American socialite and member of a prominent Philadelphia family in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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: Grant DeVolson Wood Target entity description: Grant DeVolson Wood was an American painter best known for his iconic Regionalist work "American Gothic," which depicted Midwestern rural life in a stylized, detailed manner.
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A.
Peter Hardeman Burnett
Peter Hardeman Burnett was an American politician and lawyer who became the first elected civilian governor of California after it gained statehood in 1850.
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B.
Hugh F. Locke King
Hugh F. Locke King was a British entrepreneur and motor-racing pioneer best known for financing and creating the Brooklands motor racing circuit, one of the world’s first purpose-built race tracks.
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C.
Franklin D’Olier Reeve
Franklin D’Olier Reeve was an American poet, critic, translator, and academic, known for his work in Russian literature and for being the father of actor Christopher Reeve.
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D.
John Marshall Clemens
John Marshall Clemens was an American lawyer, judge, and the father of author Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens).
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E.
John Rhea Barton Willing
John Rhea Barton Willing was an American socialite and member of a prominent Philadelphia family in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Regionalist artist
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human ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1942 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1910 ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1891-02-13 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Anamosa, Iowa, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirthPrecision | day ⓘ |
| dateOfDeathPrecision | day ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1942-02-12 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Iowa City, Iowa, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | Midwestern rural life ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Académie Julian
NERFINISHED
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | University of Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | painting ⓘ |
| genre |
landscape painting
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portrait painting ⓘ |
| givenName | Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection |
Art Institute of Chicago
NERFINISHED
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Cedar Rapids Museum of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Hans Memling
NERFINISHED
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Jan van Eyck NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Renaissance art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
American Scene painting
NERFINISHED
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Regionalism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Grant DeVolson Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | Regionalist depictions of rural American Midwest ⓘ |
| notableWork |
American Gothic
NERFINISHED
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Arbor Day NERFINISHED ⓘ Daughters of Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ Fall Plowing NERFINISHED ⓘ Parson Weems’ Fable NERFINISHED ⓘ Stone City, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Young Corn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
art teacher
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painter ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Anamosa, Iowa, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| style |
highly detailed
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stylized realism ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States
NERFINISHED
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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