Pierre Soulages
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Pierre Soulages was a renowned French painter celebrated for his abstract works dominated by black, which he called "outrenoir" ("beyond black").
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pierre Soulages canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8161501 — 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: Pierre Soulages Context triple: [Musée Marmottan Monet, hasWorkBy, Pierre Soulages]
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Hans Hartung
Hans Hartung was a German-French abstract painter known for his gestural, calligraphic style and as a leading figure in European postwar abstraction.
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B.
Balthus
Balthus was a 20th-century Polish-French modern painter known for his enigmatic, often controversial figurative works that blend classical technique with unsettling, dreamlike scenes.
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C.
Pierre Restany
Pierre Restany was a French art critic and theorist best known for championing postwar avant-garde movements and co-founding the Nouveau Réalisme group.
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D.
Yves Klein
Yves Klein was a French avant-garde artist best known for his monochrome paintings, especially his signature International Klein Blue, and his pioneering work in performance and conceptual art.
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E.
Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin
Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin was a 19th-century French astronomer known for his observations of planets and minor planets and for directing the Nice Observatory.
- 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: Pierre Soulages
Target entity description: Pierre Soulages was a renowned French painter celebrated for his abstract works dominated by black, which he called "outrenoir" ("beyond black").
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A.
Hans Hartung
Hans Hartung was a German-French abstract painter known for his gestural, calligraphic style and as a leading figure in European postwar abstraction.
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B.
Balthus
Balthus was a 20th-century Polish-French modern painter known for his enigmatic, often controversial figurative works that blend classical technique with unsettling, dreamlike scenes.
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C.
Pierre Restany
Pierre Restany was a French art critic and theorist best known for championing postwar avant-garde movements and co-founding the Nouveau Réalisme group.
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D.
Yves Klein
Yves Klein was a French avant-garde artist best known for his monochrome paintings, especially his signature International Klein Blue, and his pioneering work in performance and conceptual art.
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E.
Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin
Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin was a 19th-century French astronomer known for his observations of planets and minor planets and for directing the Nice Observatory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abstract artist
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engraver ⓘ human ⓘ painter ⓘ printmaker ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
NERFINISHED
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Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form:
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
Praemium Imperiale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coinedTerm | outrenoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1919-12-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2022-10-26 ⓘ |
| familyName | Soulages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
engraving
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painting ⓘ printmaking ⓘ stained glass design ⓘ |
| genre | abstract painting ⓘ |
| givenName | Pierre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection |
Centre Pompidou
NERFINISHED
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Museum of Modern Art, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Tate Modern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Romanesque art
NERFINISHED
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landscapes of Aveyron ⓘ prehistoric art ⓘ |
| knownFor |
abstract painting
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concept of outrenoir ⓘ use of black color ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Paris, France
NERFINISHED
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Rodez, France NERFINISHED ⓘ Sète, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
abstract art
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lyrical abstraction NERFINISHED ⓘ tachisme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Pierre Soulages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableProject | stained-glass windows for Sainte-Foy Abbey Church in Conques ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Conques Abbey stained-glass windows
NERFINISHED
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Outrenoir paintings NERFINISHED ⓘ Peinture 162 x 130 cm, 14 avril 1979 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Rodez, Aveyron, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Nîmes, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | atheism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Colette Soulages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Musée Soulages in Rodez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Paris, France
NERFINISHED
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Sète, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pierre Soulages
Description of subject: Pierre Soulages was a renowned French painter celebrated for his abstract works dominated by black, which he called "outrenoir" ("beyond black").
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.