Lafayette Maynard Dixon
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Lafayette Maynard Dixon, better known as Maynard Dixon, was an American artist renowned for his modernist, atmospheric depictions of the American West and its landscapes, Native peoples, and working-class life.
All labels observed (1)
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| Lafayette Maynard Dixon canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11513661 — 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: Lafayette Maynard Dixon Context triple: [Maynard Dixon, fullName, Lafayette Maynard Dixon]
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A.
Lafayette S. Foster
Lafayette S. Foster was a 19th-century American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Connecticut and briefly as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Civil War era.
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B.
Jesse E. Moorland
Jesse E. Moorland was an African American minister, educator, and philanthropist whose extensive collection of books and documents on Black history helped form the foundation of Howard University’s Moorland–Spingarn Research Center.
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C.
George Biddle Kelley
George Biddle Kelley was an American engineer and educator best known as one of the seven co-founders of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate historically African American fraternity.
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D.
Henry B. Walthall
Henry B. Walthall was an American stage and silent film actor best known for his leading role in D.W. Griffith’s landmark and controversial film "The Birth of a Nation."
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E.
Oscar E. Teagarden
Oscar E. Teagarden was a judge who served on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, contributing to the development of U.S. customs and patent law.
- 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: Lafayette Maynard Dixon Target entity description: Lafayette Maynard Dixon, better known as Maynard Dixon, was an American artist renowned for his modernist, atmospheric depictions of the American West and its landscapes, Native peoples, and working-class life.
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A.
Lafayette S. Foster
Lafayette S. Foster was a 19th-century American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Connecticut and briefly as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Civil War era.
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B.
Jesse E. Moorland
Jesse E. Moorland was an African American minister, educator, and philanthropist whose extensive collection of books and documents on Black history helped form the foundation of Howard University’s Moorland–Spingarn Research Center.
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C.
George Biddle Kelley
George Biddle Kelley was an American engineer and educator best known as one of the seven co-founders of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate historically African American fraternity.
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D.
Henry B. Walthall
Henry B. Walthall was an American stage and silent film actor best known for his leading role in D.W. Griffith’s landmark and controversial film "The Birth of a Nation."
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E.
Oscar E. Teagarden
Oscar E. Teagarden was a judge who served on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, contributing to the development of U.S. customs and patent law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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illustrator ⓘ muralist ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Maynard Dixon ⓘ |
| artisticFocus |
simplified, modernist compositions
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strong use of light and shadow ⓘ vast skies and desert spaces ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Arizona, United States
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linked to:
Arizona
San Francisco, California, United States ⓘ
linked to:
San Francisco, California
Utah, United States ⓘ
linked to:
Utah
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1875-01-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1946-11-11 ⓘ |
| depicts |
American West
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Native American life ⓘ working-class people of the West ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
California School of Design
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linked to:
California College of Arts and Crafts
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| fieldOfWork |
Western art
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illustration ⓘ landscape painting ⓘ |
| genre | modernism ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American West landscape
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Native American cultures ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | American modernism ⓘ |
| name | Lafayette Maynard Dixon ⓘ |
| notableFor |
atmospheric depictions of the American West
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depictions of Native American peoples ⓘ depictions of working-class life in the American West ⓘ paintings of Western landscapes ⓘ shaping visual iconography of the American West in the early 20th century ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cloud World
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Earth Knower ⓘ Home of the Desert Rat ⓘ Shapes of Fear ⓘ |
| occupation |
artist
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illustrator ⓘ muralist ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Fresno, California, United States
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linked to:
Fresno
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| placeOfDeath | Tucson, Arizona, United States ⓘ |
| spouse |
Dorothea Lange
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Edith Hamlin ⓘ Lillian West Tobey ⓘ |
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