War (triptych)
E365942
War (triptych) is a harrowing three-panel painting by German artist Otto Dix that depicts the brutal realities and psychological devastation of World War I.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Triptychon Der Krieg | 1 |
| War (triptych) canonical | 1 |
| War (triptych) central panel | 1 |
| War (triptych) left panel | 1 |
| War (triptych) right panel | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3526783 — 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: War (triptych) Context triple: [Otto Dix, notableWork, War (triptych)]
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A.
The Face of War
The Face of War is a collection of Martha Gellhorn’s vivid, first-hand war reportage spanning multiple conflicts in the mid-20th century.
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B.
5 Days of War
5 Days of War is a 2011 action-war film depicting the 2008 Russo-Georgian conflict through the perspective of an American journalist.
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C.
War Without End
"War Without End" is a book by Michael Klare that analyzes the geopolitical, economic, and military dynamics driving perpetual global conflict in the post–Cold War era.
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D.
War of Wear and Tear
War of Wear and Tear is an alternative name for a war of attrition, a prolonged conflict in which each side aims to gradually exhaust the enemy’s personnel, resources, and morale rather than achieve swift, decisive victories.
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E.
The Arts of War
The Arts of War is a pair of monumental equestrian bronze sculptures by Leo Friedlander that symbolize martial valor and sacrifice, installed at the Washington, D.C. entrance to Arlington Memorial Bridge.
- 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: War (triptych) Target entity description: War (triptych) is a harrowing three-panel painting by German artist Otto Dix that depicts the brutal realities and psychological devastation of World War I.
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A.
The Face of War
The Face of War is a collection of Martha Gellhorn’s vivid, first-hand war reportage spanning multiple conflicts in the mid-20th century.
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B.
5 Days of War
5 Days of War is a 2011 action-war film depicting the 2008 Russo-Georgian conflict through the perspective of an American journalist.
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C.
War Without End
"War Without End" is a book by Michael Klare that analyzes the geopolitical, economic, and military dynamics driving perpetual global conflict in the post–Cold War era.
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D.
War of Wear and Tear
War of Wear and Tear is an alternative name for a war of attrition, a prolonged conflict in which each side aims to gradually exhaust the enemy’s personnel, resources, and morale rather than achieve swift, decisive victories.
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E.
The Arts of War
The Arts of War is a pair of monumental equestrian bronze sculptures by Leo Friedlander that symbolize martial valor and sacrifice, installed at the Washington, D.C. entrance to Arlington Memorial Bridge.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
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triptych ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance | major anti-war statement in 20th-century art ⓘ |
| artStyleCharacteristic |
distorted figures
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harsh realism ⓘ symbolic imagery ⓘ |
| collection | Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1932 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| creator | Otto Dix ⓘ |
| depicts |
World War I
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battlefield devastation ⓘ civilian suffering ⓘ corpses ⓘ destruction of cities ⓘ fog and smoke ⓘ no man’s land ⓘ psychological trauma of war ⓘ ruined landscape ⓘ self-portrait of Otto Dix as a soldier ⓘ skeletal remains ⓘ soldiers ⓘ trench warfare ⓘ wounded soldiers ⓘ |
| genre | war art ⓘ |
| hasArtisticForm | altarpiece-like composition ⓘ |
| hasColorPalette |
muted colors
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reds and browns ⓘ |
| hasPart |
War (triptych)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
War (triptych) central panel
War (triptych) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
War (triptych) left panel
War (triptych) predella ⓘ War (triptych) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
War (triptych) right panel
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| inception | 1929 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Otto Dix’s experience as a soldier in World War I ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | German ⓘ |
| location | Galerie Neue Meister ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Western Front
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surface form:
World War I Western Front
horrors of war ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
oil paint
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tempera ⓘ wood panel ⓘ |
| movement |
Expressionism
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New Objectivity ⓘ |
| theme |
anti-war
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death ⓘ memory of war ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| titleInOriginalLanguage | Der Krieg ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: War (triptych) Description of subject: War (triptych) is a harrowing three-panel painting by German artist Otto Dix that depicts the brutal realities and psychological devastation of World War I.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix
this entity surface form:
Triptychon Der Krieg
this entity surface form:
War (triptych) left panel
this entity surface form:
War (triptych) central panel
this entity surface form:
War (triptych) right panel