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John W. Dunn (painter)

American painter

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ98091198 ↗
Source-derived summary

John W. Dunn (April 5, 1891 – April 7, 1975) was an American painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “John W. Dunn (painter)” as american painter. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around John, Dunn and painter.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1891, 1975, 1932—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1891-04-05. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with John, Dunn and painter providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q98091198. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1891, 1975 and 1932.

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This entry incorporates text from “John W. Dunn (painter)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.