Alice Neel
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Alice Neel was a 20th-century American painter renowned for her psychologically incisive, expressionistic portraits of friends, family, and marginalized individuals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alice Neel canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10546377 — 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: Alice Neel Context triple: [Alice Neel Estate, managesLegacyOf, Alice Neel]
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A.
Grace Hartigan
Grace Hartigan was an influential American Abstract Expressionist painter known for her bold, gestural style and for bridging abstraction with figurative imagery in the mid-20th century art scene.
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B.
Lee Krasner
Lee Krasner was an influential American abstract expressionist painter known for her innovative collages and for helping shape the New York School of modern art.
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C.
Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Bernarda Bryson Shahn was an American painter, illustrator, and writer known for her socially conscious art and collaborations with her husband, artist Ben Shahn.
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D.
Elaine de Kooning
Elaine de Kooning was an American Abstract Expressionist painter and influential art critic known for her dynamic portraits and role in the New York art scene.
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E.
Elizabeth Catlett
Elizabeth Catlett was an influential African American and Mexican sculptor and printmaker renowned for her politically charged, socially conscious depictions of Black women and the African diaspora.
- 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: Alice Neel Target entity description: Alice Neel was a 20th-century American painter renowned for her psychologically incisive, expressionistic portraits of friends, family, and marginalized individuals.
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A.
Grace Hartigan
Grace Hartigan was an influential American Abstract Expressionist painter known for her bold, gestural style and for bridging abstraction with figurative imagery in the mid-20th century art scene.
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B.
Lee Krasner
Lee Krasner was an influential American abstract expressionist painter known for her innovative collages and for helping shape the New York School of modern art.
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C.
Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Bernarda Bryson Shahn was an American painter, illustrator, and writer known for her socially conscious art and collaborations with her husband, artist Ben Shahn.
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D.
Elaine de Kooning
Elaine de Kooning was an American Abstract Expressionist painter and influential art critic known for her dynamic portraits and role in the New York art scene.
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E.
Elizabeth Catlett
Elizabeth Catlett was an influential African American and Mexican sculptor and printmaker renowned for her politically charged, socially conscious depictions of Black women and the African diaspora.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American artist
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human ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| artisticStyle | expressionistic realism ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Moore College of Art and Design
NERFINISHED
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Philadelphia School of Design for Women NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Neel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
figurative painting
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portraiture ⓘ |
| genre | portrait painting ⓘ |
| givenName | Alice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection |
Centre Pompidou
NERFINISHED
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Metropolitan Museum of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ Museum of Modern Art NERFINISHED ⓘ National Gallery of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ Philadelphia Museum of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ Tate Modern NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitney Museum of American Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Greenwich Village
NERFINISHED
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Spanish Harlem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
marginalized communities in New York City
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psychological depth of sitters ⓘ social inequality ⓘ |
| movement |
Expressionism
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Social realism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Alice Neel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expressionistic portraits of friends and family
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portraits of marginalized individuals ⓘ psychologically incisive portraits ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Andy Warhol (portrait)
NERFINISHED
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James Hunter Black Draftee NERFINISHED ⓘ Pregnant Maria NERFINISHED ⓘ Self-Portrait (1980) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
artist
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painter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Gladwyne, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Alice Neel: People Come First
NERFINISHED
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retrospective exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Harlem
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ Spanish Harlem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alice Neel Description of subject: Alice Neel was a 20th-century American painter renowned for her psychologically incisive, expressionistic portraits of friends, family, and marginalized individuals.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.