Victor Brauner
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Victor Brauner was a Romanian-born surrealist painter known for his mystical, symbolic imagery and close association with the Parisian avant-garde.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Victor Brauner canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8042881 — 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: Victor Brauner Context triple: [Surrealist Group in Paris, hasMember, Victor Brauner]
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A.
André Masson
André Masson was a French painter and printmaker known for his pioneering role in Surrealism, especially his use of automatic drawing and exploration of the unconscious.
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B.
Max Ernst
Max Ernst was a pioneering German painter, sculptor, and graphic artist renowned for his innovative contributions to Dada and Surrealism, including experimental techniques like frottage and grattage.
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C.
André Le Breton
André Le Breton was an 18th-century French printer and bookseller best known as one of the principal publishers of Denis Diderot’s Encyclopédie.
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D.
Yves Tanguy
Yves Tanguy was a French surrealist painter known for his dreamlike landscapes filled with abstract, biomorphic forms and meticulous detail.
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E.
Balthus
Balthus was a 20th-century Polish-French modern painter known for his enigmatic, often controversial figurative works that blend classical technique with unsettling, dreamlike scenes.
- 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: Victor Brauner Target entity description: Victor Brauner was a Romanian-born surrealist painter known for his mystical, symbolic imagery and close association with the Parisian avant-garde.
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A.
André Masson
André Masson was a French painter and printmaker known for his pioneering role in Surrealism, especially his use of automatic drawing and exploration of the unconscious.
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B.
Max Ernst
Max Ernst was a pioneering German painter, sculptor, and graphic artist renowned for his innovative contributions to Dada and Surrealism, including experimental techniques like frottage and grattage.
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C.
André Le Breton
André Le Breton was an 18th-century French printer and bookseller best known as one of the principal publishers of Denis Diderot’s Encyclopédie.
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D.
Yves Tanguy
Yves Tanguy was a French surrealist painter known for his dreamlike landscapes filled with abstract, biomorphic forms and meticulous detail.
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E.
Balthus
Balthus was a 20th-century Polish-French modern painter known for his enigmatic, often controversial figurative works that blend classical technique with unsettling, dreamlike scenes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painter
ⓘ
person ⓘ surrealist artist ⓘ |
| activeIn |
France
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Romania ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
André Breton
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Parisian avant-garde ⓘ Surrealist group in Paris ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Romania ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1903-06-15 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Piatra Neamț ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Montmartre Cemetery
ⓘ
linked to:
Cimetière de Montmartre
|
| causeOfDeath | pancreatic cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
France
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Romania ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1966-03-12 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
Centre Pompidou, Paris
ⓘ
linked to:
Centre Pompidou
Galerie Pierre, Paris ⓘ Museum of Modern Art, New York ⓘ
linked to:
Museum of Modern Art
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| familyName | Brauner ⓘ |
| field |
drawing
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painting ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| genre |
surrealist painting
ⓘ
symbolist painting ⓘ |
| givenName | Victor ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
André Breton
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Surrealism ⓘ esotericism ⓘ mysticism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
French
ⓘ
Romanian ⓘ |
| movement |
Dada
ⓘ
Surrealism ⓘ |
| name | Victor Brauner ⓘ |
| nationality | Romanian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
La rencontre du 2 bis rue Perrel
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Loup-table ⓘ Prélude à une civilisation ⓘ |
| occupation |
illustrator
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painter ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| residence | Paris ⓘ |
| style |
mystical imagery
ⓘ
symbolic imagery ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Victor Brauner Description of subject: Victor Brauner was a Romanian-born surrealist painter known for his mystical, symbolic imagery and close association with the Parisian avant-garde.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.