Nicolas de Staël
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Nicolas de Staël was a Russian-born French painter renowned for his thickly impastoed, abstract and semi-abstract compositions that bridged post-war abstraction and figurative art.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nicolas de Staël canonical | 4 |
| Françoise de Staël | 1 |
| Nicolas de Staël von Holstein | 1 |
| de Staël | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Nicolas de Staël Context triple: [The Phillips Collection, hasWorkBy, Nicolas de Staël]
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Madame de Staël
Madame de Staël was a prominent French-Swiss intellectual, novelist, and political theorist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, renowned for her influential salons and writings that shaped European Romanticism and liberal thought.
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Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne
Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne was a French Protestant pastor and revolutionary politician who played a significant role in the early stages of the French Revolution, particularly in advancing religious tolerance and civil rights for Protestants.
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C.
Juliette Récamier
Juliette Récamier was a celebrated French socialite and salonnière of the early 19th century, renowned for her beauty, wit, and influential literary and political circle in Paris.
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D.
Gaston Vidal
Gaston Vidal was a French sports official and politician known for delivering the Olympic Oath at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
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E.
Charles de La Fosse
Charles de La Fosse was a prominent French Baroque painter known for his decorative ceiling and religious works, and for helping transition French art toward the Rococo style.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Nicolas de Staël Target entity description: Nicolas de Staël was a Russian-born French painter renowned for his thickly impastoed, abstract and semi-abstract compositions that bridged post-war abstraction and figurative art.
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A.
Madame de Staël
Madame de Staël was a prominent French-Swiss intellectual, novelist, and political theorist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, renowned for her influential salons and writings that shaped European Romanticism and liberal thought.
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B.
Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne
Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne was a French Protestant pastor and revolutionary politician who played a significant role in the early stages of the French Revolution, particularly in advancing religious tolerance and civil rights for Protestants.
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C.
Juliette Récamier
Juliette Récamier was a celebrated French socialite and salonnière of the early 19th century, renowned for her beauty, wit, and influential literary and political circle in Paris.
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D.
Gaston Vidal
Gaston Vidal was a French sports official and politician known for delivering the Olympic Oath at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
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E.
Charles de La Fosse
Charles de La Fosse was a prominent French Baroque painter known for his decorative ceiling and religious works, and for helping transition French art toward the Rococo style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abstract painter
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modern artist ⓘ painter ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1940s
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1950s ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
École de Paris
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surface form:
School of Paris
post-war European art ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1914-01-05 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
St. Petersburg
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surface form:
Saint Petersburg
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| causeOfDeath |
fall from a building
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suicide ⓘ |
| deathCountry | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1955-03-16 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Antibes ⓘ |
| education |
Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts (Brussels)
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surface form:
Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles
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| emigratedTo | France ⓘ |
| familyName |
Nicolas de Staël
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
de Staël
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| field | painting ⓘ |
| fullName |
Nicolas de Staël
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Nicolas de Staël von Holstein
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| givenName |
Nicholas
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surface form:
Nicolas
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| influenced |
contemporary abstract painters
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post-war European abstraction ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Cubism
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Fauvism ⓘ Georges Braque ⓘ Henri Matisse ⓘ |
| knownFor |
abstract compositions
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bridge between abstraction and figuration ⓘ semi-abstract compositions ⓘ thick impasto technique ⓘ |
| language |
French
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Russian ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Antibes
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France ⓘ Nice ⓘ Paris ⓘ |
| movement |
Abstract art
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Orphism ⓘ
surface form:
Lyrical abstraction
Abstract expressionism ⓘ
surface form:
Tachisme
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| nationality |
French
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Russian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Akragas
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surface form:
Agrigente
Parc des Princes ⓘ
surface form:
Le Parc des Princes
Les Footballeurs ⓘ Nature morte au pichet ⓘ Paysage méditerranéen ⓘ |
| servedIn | French Foreign Legion ⓘ |
| spouse |
Nicolas de Staël
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Françoise de Staël
Jeannine Guillou ⓘ |
| style |
abstract
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figure painting ⓘ landscape painting ⓘ semi-abstract ⓘ still life painting ⓘ |
| workCharacteristic |
dense layered surfaces
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large flat color planes ⓘ strong contrasts of light and color ⓘ |
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Referenced by (7)
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