David Park
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David Park was an influential American painter and a leading figure in the Bay Area Figurative Movement, known for his expressive return to representational art in mid-20th-century California.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Park canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6215129 — 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: David Park Context triple: [California School of Fine Arts, hasFaculty, David Park]
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A.
Clyfford Still
Clyfford Still was a pioneering American abstract expressionist painter known for his monumental, jagged color-field canvases that profoundly influenced postwar modern art.
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B.
Milton Avery
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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C.
Edgar Payne
Edgar Payne was an American landscape painter renowned for his vibrant depictions of the American West and as a leading figure in early 20th-century California Impressionism.
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D.
Morris Louis
Morris Louis was an influential American abstract painter associated with the Color Field movement, known for his large, stained canvases that emphasized pure color and fluid, veil-like forms.
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E.
Herb Ryman
Herb Ryman was an American artist and Disney Imagineer best known for his influential concept art and designs that helped shape the look and feel of Disneyland and other Disney theme parks.
- 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: David Park Target entity description: David Park was an influential American painter and a leading figure in the Bay Area Figurative Movement, known for his expressive return to representational art in mid-20th-century California.
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A.
Clyfford Still
Clyfford Still was a pioneering American abstract expressionist painter known for his monumental, jagged color-field canvases that profoundly influenced postwar modern art.
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B.
Milton Avery
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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C.
Edgar Payne
Edgar Payne was an American landscape painter renowned for his vibrant depictions of the American West and as a leading figure in early 20th-century California Impressionism.
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D.
Morris Louis
Morris Louis was an influential American abstract painter associated with the Color Field movement, known for his large, stained canvases that emphasized pure color and fluid, veil-like forms.
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E.
Herb Ryman
Herb Ryman was an American artist and Disney Imagineer best known for his influential concept art and designs that helped shape the look and feel of Disneyland and other Disney theme parks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painter
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person ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1960 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1930 ⓘ |
| artisticFocus |
everyday life scenes
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human figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
California School of Fine Arts faculty
ⓘ
San Francisco art scene ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1911-03-17 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Boston, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deathDate | 1960-09-20 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Berkeley, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education | self-taught artist ⓘ |
| employer |
California School of Fine Arts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| field | painting ⓘ |
| genre |
figurative art
ⓘ
representational art ⓘ |
| influenced |
Elmer Bischoff
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Richard Diebenkorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayne Thiebaud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Abstract Expressionism
NERFINISHED
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European modernism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Bay Area Figurative Movement
NERFINISHED
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figurative painting ⓘ return to representational art ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Abstract expressionism
ⓘ
surface form:
Abstract Expressionism
Bay Area Figurative Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | David Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Four Women
NERFINISHED
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Kids on Bikes NERFINISHED ⓘ Rehearsal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Berkeley, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Lydia Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
bold color
ⓘ
expressive brushwork ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
monograph "David Park: A Painter’s Life"
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retrospective exhibitions at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Berkeley, California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San Francisco Bay Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: David Park Description of subject: David Park was an influential American painter and a leading figure in the Bay Area Figurative Movement, known for his expressive return to representational art in mid-20th-century California.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.