Section of Painting and Sculpture
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Section of Painting and Sculpture was a New Deal–era U.S. government program that commissioned and oversaw murals and sculptures for public buildings, particularly post offices, to support artists and enrich public spaces.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Section of Painting and Sculpture canonical | 2 |
| Painting and Sculpture Department | 1 |
| Section of Fine Arts | 1 |
| Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T755515 — 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: Section of Painting and Sculpture Context triple: [Public Works of Art Project, followedBy, Section of Painting and Sculpture]
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A.
Modern Art Department
The Modern Art Department is a curatorial division of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art that focuses on collecting, researching, and exhibiting modern artworks.
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B.
Department of Decorative Arts
The Department of Decorative Arts is the Louvre Museum’s collection devoted to furniture, ceramics, glassware, jewelry, tapestries, and other ornamental objects from the Middle Ages to the 19th century.
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C.
Department of Paintings
The Department of Paintings is the Louvre Museum’s curatorial division responsible for preserving, studying, and exhibiting its extensive collection of historic and masterwork paintings.
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D.
Department of Sculptures
The Department of Sculptures is a major curatorial division of the Louvre Museum dedicated to preserving, studying, and exhibiting its extensive collection of three-dimensional artworks from various periods and regions.
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E.
Contemporary Art Department
The Contemporary Art Department is the curatorial division of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art responsible for collecting, researching, and exhibiting modern and contemporary artworks.
- 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: Section of Painting and Sculpture Target entity description: Section of Painting and Sculpture was a New Deal–era U.S. government program that commissioned and oversaw murals and sculptures for public buildings, particularly post offices, to support artists and enrich public spaces.
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A.
Modern Art Department
The Modern Art Department is a curatorial division of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art that focuses on collecting, researching, and exhibiting modern artworks.
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B.
Department of Decorative Arts
The Department of Decorative Arts is the Louvre Museum’s collection devoted to furniture, ceramics, glassware, jewelry, tapestries, and other ornamental objects from the Middle Ages to the 19th century.
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C.
Department of Paintings
The Department of Paintings is the Louvre Museum’s curatorial division responsible for preserving, studying, and exhibiting its extensive collection of historic and masterwork paintings.
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D.
Department of Sculptures
The Department of Sculptures is a major curatorial division of the Louvre Museum dedicated to preserving, studying, and exhibiting its extensive collection of three-dimensional artworks from various periods and regions.
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E.
Contemporary Art Department
The Contemporary Art Department is the curatorial division of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art responsible for collecting, researching, and exhibiting modern and contemporary artworks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Deal art program
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United States federal government program ⓘ |
| aimedAt | making fine art accessible to the general public ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Section of Fine Arts of the Public Buildings Administration
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Treasury Section ⓘ Section of Painting and Sculpture ⓘ
surface form:
Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture
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| artForm |
mural painting
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sculpture ⓘ |
| commissionedFor |
Post Office Department
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surface form:
United States Post Office Department buildings
federal courthouses ⓘ other federal office buildings ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Edward Bruce ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1943 ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Federal Art Project
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surface form:
Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project
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| era | New Deal ⓘ |
| focus |
art for federal courthouses
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art for other federal buildings ⓘ post office murals ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Henry Morgenthau Jr. ⓘ |
| fundingMethod | percent-for-art allocations from federal building construction budgets ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentAgency | Edward Bruce ⓘ |
| historicalContext | New Deal public works programs ⓘ |
| inception | 1934 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
federal government of the United States
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| legacy | large corpus of New Deal–era public art across the United States ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| mainActivity |
commissioning murals
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commissioning sculptures ⓘ organizing art competitions for federal buildings ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commissioning thousands of post office murals
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promoting American Scene and Regionalist art ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
United States Department of the Treasury
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surface form:
U.S. Department of the Treasury
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| oversightOf | design and installation of commissioned artworks ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
United States Department of the Treasury
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surface form:
U.S. Treasury Department
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| partOf |
United States Department of the Treasury
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surface form:
U.S. Treasury Department
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| policy |
emphasis on high artistic standards
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use of anonymous competitions for artist selection ⓘ |
| purpose |
commission public murals and sculptures for federal buildings
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enrich public spaces with art ⓘ support artists during the Great Depression ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Section of Painting and Sculpture
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Section of Fine Arts
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| scope | nationwide ⓘ |
| selectionMethod |
national art competitions
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regional art competitions ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Great Depression ⓘ |
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Subject: Section of Painting and Sculpture Description of subject: Section of Painting and Sculpture was a New Deal–era U.S. government program that commissioned and oversaw murals and sculptures for public buildings, particularly post offices, to support artists and enrich public spaces.
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Section of Painting and Sculpture
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Section of Fine Arts
this entity surface form:
Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture
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Painting and Sculpture Department
Section of Fine Arts of the Public Buildings Administration
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Section of Painting and Sculpture
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