Sunflowers (Arles series)
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Sunflowers (Arles series) is a famous group of still-life paintings by Vincent van Gogh depicting vibrant sunflowers in vases, created during his productive period in Arles, France.
All labels observed (9)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3657178 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sunflowers (Arles series) Context triple: [Arles period of Vincent van Gogh, notableWorkCreated, Sunflowers (Arles series)]
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A.
Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers
Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers is a famous still-life painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a vibrant bouquet of sunflowers in a simple vase.
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B.
Vase with Three Sunflowers
Vase with Three Sunflowers is a still-life painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a simple arrangement of sunflowers in a vase, part of his iconic sunflower series.
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C.
Vase with Five Sunflowers
Vase with Five Sunflowers is a famous still-life painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a vibrant bouquet of sunflowers in a simple vase.
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D.
View of Arles with Irises in the Foreground
"View of Arles with Irises in the Foreground" is a painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting the town of Arles framed by vibrant irises in the foreground.
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E.
Yellow House, Arles
Yellow House, Arles was Vincent van Gogh’s rented residence in Arles, France, where he created some of his most famous works and briefly lived with Paul Gauguin.
- 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: Sunflowers (Arles series) Target entity description: Sunflowers (Arles series) is a famous group of still-life paintings by Vincent van Gogh depicting vibrant sunflowers in vases, created during his productive period in Arles, France.
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A.
Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers
Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers is a famous still-life painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a vibrant bouquet of sunflowers in a simple vase.
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B.
Vase with Three Sunflowers
Vase with Three Sunflowers is a still-life painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a simple arrangement of sunflowers in a vase, part of his iconic sunflower series.
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C.
Vase with Five Sunflowers
Vase with Five Sunflowers is a famous still-life painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a vibrant bouquet of sunflowers in a simple vase.
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D.
View of Arles with Irises in the Foreground
"View of Arles with Irises in the Foreground" is a painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting the town of Arles framed by vibrant irises in the foreground.
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E.
Yellow House, Arles
Yellow House, Arles was Vincent van Gogh’s rented residence in Arles, France, where he created some of his most famous works and briefly lived with Paul Gauguin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting series
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still life painting series ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
iconic example of van Gogh’s mature style
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one of the most famous still-life series in Western art ⓘ |
| associatedPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Yellow House, Arles ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Paul Gauguin ⓘ |
| collection |
National Gallery
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surface form:
National Gallery, London
Neue Pinakothek, Munich ⓘ Philadelphia Museum of Art ⓘ Sompo Museum of Art ⓘ
surface form:
Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo
Van Gogh Museum ⓘ
surface form:
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
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| colorPalette | yellow-dominated ⓘ |
| countryOfCreation | France ⓘ |
| creator | Vincent van Gogh ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| depicts |
sunflowers
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vase ⓘ |
| genre | still life ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Sunflowers (Arles series)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Sunflowers (Arles, August 1888 version)
Sunflowers (Arles series) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Sunflowers (Arles, January 1889 repetitions)
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| hasVersion |
Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers
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surface form:
Sunflowers (fifteen sunflowers in a vase)
Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (Munich) ⓘ
surface form:
Sunflowers (twelve sunflowers in a vase)
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| inception |
1888
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1889 ⓘ |
| influenced | 20th-century expressionist painters ⓘ |
| intendedUse | decoration for Paul Gauguin’s room in the Yellow House ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Dutch ⓘ |
| locationCreated | Arles ⓘ |
| motif |
flower
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still-life arrangement ⓘ |
| movement | Post-Impressionism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Sunflowers (Arles series)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Sunflowers (National Gallery, London)
Sunflowers (Munich) ⓘ
surface form:
Sunflowers (Neue Pinakothek, Munich)
Sunflowers (Philadelphia Museum of Art) ⓘ Sompo Museum of Art ⓘ
surface form:
Sunflowers (Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo)
Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (Munich) ⓘ
surface form:
Sunflowers (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam)
Sunflowers (destroyed version, formerly in Japan) ⓘ |
| numberOfWorks | 7 ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Zonnebloemen ⓘ |
| paintingTechnique | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| partOf |
Arles period of Vincent van Gogh
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surface form:
Vincent van Gogh’s Arles period
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| styleCharacteristic |
simplified background
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strong complementary contrasts ⓘ thick impasto brushwork ⓘ |
| subjectType | botanical painting ⓘ |
| theme | cycle of life and decay ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Sunflowers (Arles series) Description of subject: Sunflowers (Arles series) is a famous group of still-life paintings by Vincent van Gogh depicting vibrant sunflowers in vases, created during his productive period in Arles, France.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Vincent van Gogh’s sunflower still lifes
subject surface form:
Neue Pinakothek
this entity surface form:
Sunflowers (Vincent van Gogh painting)
this entity surface form:
Van Gogh sunflower paintings
subject surface form:
Sompo Museum of Art
this entity surface form:
Sunflowers (Vincent van Gogh, 1888)
this entity surface form:
Sunflowers series by Vincent van Gogh
this entity surface form:
Sunflowers (National Gallery, London)
this entity surface form:
Sunflowers (Arles, August 1888 version)
this entity surface form:
Sunflowers (Arles, January 1889 repetitions)