Milton Avery
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Milton Avery was a 20th-century American modern painter known for his simplified forms, bold color harmonies, and influential role bridging American Impressionism and Abstract Expressionism.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Milton Avery canonical | 2 |
| Milton Clark Avery | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T845782 — 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: Milton Avery Context triple: [The Phillips Collection, hasWorkBy, Milton Avery]
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A.
John Marin
John Marin was an influential American modernist painter and printmaker known for his dynamic watercolors of urban and coastal scenes.
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B.
Arthur Dove
Arthur Dove was an early American modernist painter known for his pioneering abstract works inspired by nature and organic forms.
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C.
Robert Henri
Robert Henri was a leading American painter and influential teacher, best known as a central figure of the Ashcan School and for shaping early 20th-century American art through his instruction.
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D.
William Merritt Chase
William Merritt Chase was a prominent American painter and influential art teacher known for his Impressionist style and for founding and teaching at several important art schools in the United States.
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E.
Grant Wood
Grant Wood was an American painter associated with the Regionalist movement, best known for his iconic depictions of rural Midwestern life.
- 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: Milton Avery Target entity description: Milton Avery was a 20th-century American modern painter known for his simplified forms, bold color harmonies, and influential role bridging American Impressionism and Abstract Expressionism.
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A.
John Marin
John Marin was an influential American modernist painter and printmaker known for his dynamic watercolors of urban and coastal scenes.
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B.
Arthur Dove
Arthur Dove was an early American modernist painter known for his pioneering abstract works inspired by nature and organic forms.
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C.
Robert Henri
Robert Henri was a leading American painter and influential teacher, best known as a central figure of the Ashcan School and for shaping early 20th-century American art through his instruction.
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D.
William Merritt Chase
William Merritt Chase was a prominent American painter and influential art teacher known for his Impressionist style and for founding and teaching at several important art schools in the United States.
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E.
Grant Wood
Grant Wood was an American painter associated with the Regionalist movement, best known for his iconic depictions of rural Midwestern life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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modern artist ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1960s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1910s ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
economy of detail
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flattened forms ⓘ large areas of unmodulated color ⓘ |
| child | March Avery ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1885-03-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1965-01-03 ⓘ |
| familyName | Avery ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
painting
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printmaking ⓘ |
| fullName |
Milton Avery
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Milton Clark Avery
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| genre |
figure painting
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landscape painting ⓘ still life painting ⓘ |
| givenName | Milton ⓘ |
| hasCollectionIn |
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
surface form:
Museum of Modern Art, New York
National Gallery of Art ⓘ
surface form:
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ |
| influenced |
Adolph Gottlieb
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Barnett Newman ⓘ Mark Rothko ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American Impressionism
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European modernism ⓘ Henri Matisse ⓘ |
| movement |
Abstract art
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Modernism ⓘ
surface form:
American modernism
Color field precursor ⓘ Modernism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bold color harmonies
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bridging American Impressionism and Abstract Expressionism ⓘ simplified forms ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Birds Over Sea
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Boathouse by the Sea ⓘ March and Sally Outdoors ⓘ Seaside ⓘ The White Pitcher ⓘ Two Figures at Desk ⓘ |
| occupation |
painter
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printmaker ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Altmar, New York, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| residence |
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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New York City ⓘ
surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Sally Michel Avery ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Milton Avery Description of subject: Milton Avery was a 20th-century American modern painter known for his simplified forms, bold color harmonies, and influential role bridging American Impressionism and Abstract Expressionism.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Milton Clark Avery