Tarsila do Amaral
E137930
Tarsila do Amaral was a pioneering Brazilian modernist painter whose bold, colorful works helped define the visual language of 20th-century Brazilian art.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tarsila do Amaral canonical | 30 |
| Tarsila de Aguiar do Amaral | 4 |
| Tarsila | 2 |
| Tarsila do Amaral oeuvre | 2 |
| Tarsila do Amaral (painter) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1170163 — 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: Tarsila do Amaral Context triple: [Brazilian modernism, notableFigure, Tarsila do Amaral]
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A.
Christina Oiticica
Christina Oiticica is a Brazilian visual artist known for her experimental, nature-integrated works and her long-time partnership with writer Paulo Coelho.
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B.
Beatriz Milhazes
Beatriz Milhazes is a Brazilian contemporary artist renowned for her vibrant, large-scale abstract paintings that blend modernist geometry with motifs from Brazilian culture and decorative arts.
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C.
Oswald de Andrade
Oswald de Andrade was a pioneering Brazilian writer and cultural theorist whose manifestos and experimental works helped define and propel the Brazilian Modernist movement in the early 20th century.
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D.
Mário de Andrade
Mário de Andrade was a pioneering Brazilian writer, poet, musicologist, and critic who played a central role in shaping the country’s modernist movement in the early 20th century.
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E.
Mira Schendel
Mira Schendel was a Swiss-born Brazilian artist renowned for her innovative conceptual works that explored language, materiality, and perception, making her a central figure in postwar Latin American art.
- 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: Tarsila do Amaral Target entity description: Tarsila do Amaral was a pioneering Brazilian modernist painter whose bold, colorful works helped define the visual language of 20th-century Brazilian art.
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A.
Christina Oiticica
Christina Oiticica is a Brazilian visual artist known for her experimental, nature-integrated works and her long-time partnership with writer Paulo Coelho.
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B.
Beatriz Milhazes
Beatriz Milhazes is a Brazilian contemporary artist renowned for her vibrant, large-scale abstract paintings that blend modernist geometry with motifs from Brazilian culture and decorative arts.
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C.
Oswald de Andrade
Oswald de Andrade was a pioneering Brazilian writer and cultural theorist whose manifestos and experimental works helped define and propel the Brazilian Modernist movement in the early 20th century.
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D.
Mário de Andrade
Mário de Andrade was a pioneering Brazilian writer, poet, musicologist, and critic who played a central role in shaping the country’s modernist movement in the early 20th century.
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E.
Mira Schendel
Mira Schendel was a Swiss-born Brazilian artist renowned for her innovative conceptual works that explored language, materiality, and perception, making her a central figure in postwar Latin American art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brazilian modernist painter
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modernist artist ⓘ painter ⓘ person ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Brazil ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1886-09-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1973-01-17 ⓘ |
| describedBySource | major figure of 20th-century Brazilian art ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Brazilian ⓘ |
| familyName | do Amaral ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
painting
ⓘ
visual arts ⓘ |
| fullName |
Tarsila de Aguiar do Amaral
ⓘ
linked to:
Tarsila do Amaral
|
| genre |
abstract art
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figurative art ⓘ surrealist-influenced painting ⓘ |
| givenName |
Tarsila
ⓘ
linked to:
Tarsila do Amaral
|
| influenced |
Brazilian modern art
ⓘ
Latin American modernism ⓘ
linked to:
Latin American Modernism
|
| influencedBy |
Cubism
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European modernism ⓘ Fernand Léger ⓘ Pablo Picasso ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Portuguese ⓘ |
| memberOf | Grupo dos Cinco ⓘ |
| movement |
Anthropophagic movement
ⓘ
linked to:
Anthropophagic Movement
Brazilian Modernism ⓘ
linked to:
Brazilian modernism
Modernism ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| notableFor | helping define the visual language of Brazilian modernism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Negra
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Abaporu ⓘ Antropofagia ⓘ
linked to:
Anthropophagic Movement
Carnaval em Madureira ⓘ E.F.C.B. (Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil) ⓘ Morro da Favela ⓘ O Lago ⓘ O Mamoeiro ⓘ O Pescador ⓘ O Sapo ⓘ O Sono ⓘ O Touro ⓘ O Vendedor de Frutas ⓘ Operários ⓘ Religião Brasileira ⓘ Sol Poente ⓘ São Paulo ⓘ |
| occupation |
draftswoman
ⓘ
painter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Capivari, São Paulo, Brazil ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
São Paulo, Brazil
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linked to:
São Paulo
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| residence |
São Paulo, Brazil
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linked to:
São Paulo
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| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
participation in the Brazilian Anthropophagic movement
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study of art in Paris in the 1920s ⓘ |
| spouse | Oswald de Andrade ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Paris, France
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linked to:
Paris
São Paulo, Brazil ⓘ
linked to:
São Paulo
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tarsila do Amaral Description of subject: Tarsila do Amaral was a pioneering Brazilian modernist painter whose bold, colorful works helped define the visual language of 20th-century Brazilian art.
Referenced by (39)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tarsila do Amaral
linked to: Tarsila do Amaral
linked to: Tarsila do Amaral
subject linked to:
MALBA, Buenos Aires
subject linked to:
MALBA, Buenos Aires
subject linked to:
Capivari, São Paulo, Brazil
linked to: Tarsila do Amaral
linked to: Tarsila do Amaral
linked to: Tarsila do Amaral
linked to: Tarsila do Amaral