Rufino Tamayo
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Rufino Tamayo was a renowned Mexican painter and printmaker known for blending European modernism with Mexican folk themes and vivid color.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rufino Tamayo canonical | 8 |
| Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2307188 — 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: Rufino Tamayo Context triple: [Museo Tamayo, founder, Rufino Tamayo]
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A.
José Clemente Orozco
José Clemente Orozco was a prominent Mexican muralist known for his powerful, often somber depictions of social injustice and the human condition during and after the Mexican Revolution.
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B.
David Alfaro Siqueiros
David Alfaro Siqueiros was a prominent Mexican painter and muralist, known as one of the leading figures of the Mexican muralism movement alongside Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco.
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C.
Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera was a prominent Mexican painter and muralist known for his large-scale public works depicting social and political themes, and for helping to establish the Mexican muralism movement.
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D.
Wifredo Lam
Wifredo Lam was a Cuban modernist painter best known for his Afro-Cuban–inspired, Surrealist-influenced works that fused European avant-garde styles with Caribbean spiritual and cultural themes.
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E.
Jorge Oteiza
Jorge Oteiza was a pioneering Spanish Basque sculptor and theorist known for his influential abstract and minimalist works that deeply shaped 20th-century Spanish 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: Rufino Tamayo Target entity description: Rufino Tamayo was a renowned Mexican painter and printmaker known for blending European modernism with Mexican folk themes and vivid color.
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A.
José Clemente Orozco
José Clemente Orozco was a prominent Mexican muralist known for his powerful, often somber depictions of social injustice and the human condition during and after the Mexican Revolution.
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B.
David Alfaro Siqueiros
David Alfaro Siqueiros was a prominent Mexican painter and muralist, known as one of the leading figures of the Mexican muralism movement alongside Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco.
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C.
Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera was a prominent Mexican painter and muralist known for his large-scale public works depicting social and political themes, and for helping to establish the Mexican muralism movement.
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D.
Wifredo Lam
Wifredo Lam was a Cuban modernist painter best known for his Afro-Cuban–inspired, Surrealist-influenced works that fused European avant-garde styles with Caribbean spiritual and cultural themes.
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E.
Jorge Oteiza
Jorge Oteiza was a pioneering Spanish Basque sculptor and theorist known for his influential abstract and minimalist works that deeply shaped 20th-century Spanish art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
modern artist ⓘ painter ⓘ printmaker ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor
ⓘ
National Prize for Arts and Sciences (Mexico) ⓘ |
| citizenship | Mexico ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Mexico ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Mexico ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1899-08-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1991-06-24 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Academy of San Carlos
ⓘ
surface form:
Academia de San Carlos
UNAM Faculty of Arts and Design ⓘ
surface form:
Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas
|
| field |
graphic arts
ⓘ
painting ⓘ printmaking ⓘ |
| founded |
Museo Tamayo
ⓘ
surface form:
Museo Rufino Tamayo
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| fullName |
Rufino Tamayo
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo
|
| genre |
abstract art
ⓘ
figurative art ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection |
Museo Tamayo
ⓘ
surface form:
Museo Rufino Tamayo
Museum of Modern Art (Mexico City) ⓘ
surface form:
Museo de Arte Moderno (Mexico City)
Museum of Modern Art ⓘ Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ⓘ |
| influenced |
Latin American artists
ⓘ
Mexican modern painters ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
European modernism
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Mexican folk art ⓘ pre-Columbian art ⓘ |
| knownFor |
innovative use of color and texture
ⓘ
rejection of overt political themes in favor of universal subjects ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Spanish ⓘ |
| movement |
Mexican modern art
ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ |
| nationality | Mexican ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blending European modernism with Mexican folk themes
ⓘ
use of vivid color ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Animals
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Duality ⓘ Man Contemplating the Firmament ⓘ The Watermelon Eater ⓘ Women of Tehuantepec ⓘ |
| occupation |
art teacher
ⓘ
muralist ⓘ painter ⓘ printmaker ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
City of Oaxaca de Juárez
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surface form:
Oaxaca de Juárez
|
| placeOfDeath | Mexico City ⓘ |
| spouse | Olga Flores Rivas ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Mexico City
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ Paris ⓘ |
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Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo