Francis Bacon
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Francis Bacon was a 20th-century Irish-born British painter renowned for his raw, emotionally charged, and often disturbing figurative works.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Francis Bacon canonical | 17 |
| Francis Bacon (painter) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T845806 — 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: Francis Bacon Context triple: [The Phillips Collection, hasWorkBy, Francis Bacon]
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A.
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon was an English philosopher, statesman, and pioneer of the scientific method whose works laid the foundations for modern empirical science.
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B.
Henry Oldenburg
Henry Oldenburg was a 17th-century German-born philosopher and diplomat who became the first Secretary of the Royal Society and a pioneering figure in early scientific communication.
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C.
Theodore de Mayerne
Theodore de Mayerne was a prominent 17th-century Swiss-born physician and chemist who served as royal doctor in England and helped advance early modern medical and chemical practice.
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D.
Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne was a 16th-century French philosopher and writer best known for pioneering the essay as a literary form and for his deeply personal, skeptical reflections on human nature.
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E.
Richard Bentley
Richard Bentley was a prominent 19th-century British publisher and bookseller known for issuing major literary works by authors such as Charles Dickens and Herman Melville.
- 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: Francis Bacon Target entity description: Francis Bacon was a 20th-century Irish-born British painter renowned for his raw, emotionally charged, and often disturbing figurative works.
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A.
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon was an English philosopher, statesman, and pioneer of the scientific method whose works laid the foundations for modern empirical science.
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B.
Henry Oldenburg
Henry Oldenburg was a 17th-century German-born philosopher and diplomat who became the first Secretary of the Royal Society and a pioneering figure in early scientific communication.
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C.
Theodore de Mayerne
Theodore de Mayerne was a prominent 17th-century Swiss-born physician and chemist who served as royal doctor in England and helped advance early modern medical and chemical practice.
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D.
Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne was a 16th-century French philosopher and writer best known for pioneering the essay as a literary form and for his deeply personal, skeptical reflections on human nature.
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E.
Richard Bentley
Richard Bentley was a prominent 19th-century British publisher and bookseller known for issuing major literary works by authors such as Charles Dickens and Herman Melville.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British artist
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Irish-born artist ⓘ figurative painter ⓘ human ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| artStyleCharacteristic |
distorted human figures
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disturbing imagery ⓘ raw emotional intensity ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Lucian Freud
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Soho art scene ⓘ |
| birthName | Francis Bacon self-link ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Ireland ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Spain ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1909-10-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1992-04-28 ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Anglo-Irish ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | painting ⓘ |
| genre |
figurative painting
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portrait ⓘ self-portrait ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Diego Velázquez
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Pablo Picasso ⓘ Surrealism ⓘ photography ⓘ |
| knownFor |
depictions of screaming popes
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emotionally charged figurative paintings ⓘ triptych format paintings ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Expressionism
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Figurative art ⓘ |
| name | Francis Bacon self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Painting 1946
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Portrait of Innocent X ⓘ
surface form:
Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X
Study for a Portrait ⓘ Study for a Self-Portrait ⓘ Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion ⓘ Three Studies of Lucian Freud ⓘ |
| occupation |
painter
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visual artist ⓘ |
| parentalBackground | British parents living in Ireland ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Dublin ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Madrid ⓘ |
| residence |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| sexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Francis Bacon Description of subject: Francis Bacon was a 20th-century Irish-born British painter renowned for his raw, emotionally charged, and often disturbing figurative works.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Francis Bacon (painter)