Frank Auerbach
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Frank Auerbach is a German-born British painter renowned for his thickly impastoed, expressive portraits and cityscapes that have made him a leading figure in postwar figurative art.
All labels observed (1)
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| Frank Auerbach canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10850707 — 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: Frank Auerbach Context triple: [R. B. Kitaj, associatedWith, Frank Auerbach]
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Lucian Freud
Lucian Freud was a British painter renowned for his intense, psychologically charged portraits and nudes, and is considered one of the foremost figurative artists of the 20th century.
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B.
Walter Sickert
Walter Sickert was a British painter and printmaker associated with the Camden Town Group, known for his atmospheric urban scenes and influential role in the development of modern British art.
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C.
Graham Sutherland
Graham Sutherland was a prominent 20th-century British artist known for his surreal, often unsettling landscapes and his influential work as an official war artist during World War II.
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D.
Howard Hodgkin
Howard Hodgkin was a British painter and printmaker renowned for his vibrant, abstract works that evoke memory and emotion through bold color and gestural brushwork.
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E.
R. B. Kitaj
R. B. Kitaj was an American-born British painter known for his intellectually rich, figurative works and his association with the London School of artists.
- 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: Frank Auerbach Target entity description: Frank Auerbach is a German-born British painter renowned for his thickly impastoed, expressive portraits and cityscapes that have made him a leading figure in postwar figurative art.
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A.
Lucian Freud
Lucian Freud was a British painter renowned for his intense, psychologically charged portraits and nudes, and is considered one of the foremost figurative artists of the 20th century.
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B.
Walter Sickert
Walter Sickert was a British painter and printmaker associated with the Camden Town Group, known for his atmospheric urban scenes and influential role in the development of modern British art.
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C.
Graham Sutherland
Graham Sutherland was a prominent 20th-century British artist known for his surreal, often unsettling landscapes and his influential work as an official war artist during World War II.
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D.
Howard Hodgkin
Howard Hodgkin was a British painter and printmaker renowned for his vibrant, abstract works that evoke memory and emotion through bold color and gestural brushwork.
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E.
R. B. Kitaj
R. B. Kitaj was an American-born British painter known for his intellectually rich, figurative works and his association with the London School of artists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British painter
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German-born British painter ⓘ figurative artist ⓘ painter ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
20th century
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21st century ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Francis Bacon
NERFINISHED
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Leon Kossoff NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucian Freud NERFINISHED ⓘ School of London painters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Golden Lion (Venice Biennale, shared)
NERFINISHED
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John Moores Painting Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Frank Helmut Auerbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1931-04-29 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Birkbeck, University of London
NERFINISHED
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Royal College of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ St Martin's School of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
National Gallery, London
NERFINISHED
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Royal Academy of Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ Tate Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Tate Modern NERFINISHED ⓘ Venice Biennale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field | painting ⓘ |
| genre |
cityscape painting
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portrait painting ⓘ |
| hasMuse |
Catherine Lampert
NERFINISHED
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Estella Olive West NERFINISHED ⓘ Julia Auerbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honor | Order of Merit (United Kingdom) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Alberto Giacometti
NERFINISHED
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Francis Bacon NERFINISHED ⓘ Rembrandt NERFINISHED ⓘ Titian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
expressive cityscapes
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expressive portraits ⓘ thick impasto painting technique ⓘ |
| movement |
School of London
NERFINISHED
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expressionism NERFINISHED ⓘ postwar figurative art ⓘ |
| name | Frank Auerbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Turner Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Head of E.O.W.
NERFINISHED
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Mornington Crescent NERFINISHED ⓘ Primrose Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Rebuilding the Empire Cinema, Leicester Square NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Berlin ⓘ |
| residence |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| style |
expressionist figurative painting
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impasto ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Frank Auerbach (Tate retrospective 2015) ⓘ |
| taughtAt | Camden Arts Centre (evening classes) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Camden Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Referenced by (2)
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