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Sem

French caricaturist (1863–1934)
Person human Q1508923

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
November 22, 1863
Date of death
November 26, 1934
Place of birth
Périgueux
Place of death
Paris
Country of citizenship
France[10]
Occupation
poster artist, painter, caricaturist, graphic designer, opinion journalist, artist[5][6][7][8][9][11]
Field of work
caricature, opinion journalism, poster[12][13][14]
Award received
Officer of the Legion of Honour[15]
Languages spoken, written or signed
French[20]
Artist files at
Frick Art Research Library, Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library
Birth name
Marie Joseph Georges Goursat[21]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired
Given name
Georges[17]
Has works in the collection
Finnish National Gallery, Musea Brugge, Print Collection
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library, WikiProject New York Public Library[22]
Pseudonym
Sem[18]
Relative
Pierre Goursat[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Georges Goursat en Sem en 'Sem' Goursat en Sem (pseud.) es Georges Goursat es Jorge Goursat fa سم fr Georges Goursat fr Georges Goursat dit SEM it Georges Goursat ja ジョルジュ・グルサ ja セム nl Georges Goursat
🔖 Identifiers · 64
ISNI
0000000080793610
VIAF cluster ID
139491, 5889151248000744270001
Library of Congress authority ID
n80159816
GND ID
122177886
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
M. Sem.jpg ↗
AGORHA UUID
f387be99-366e-48b8-9a9a-1b4b5d121e18
AGORHA person/institution ID
112587
Academy of Athens authority ID
25601
Alvin ID
alvin-person:15649
Art Gallery of South Australia creator ID
11532
Artist ID of the Department of Prints and Drawings of the Louvre
2408-SEM
Artist-info artist ID
284640
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Artists of the World ID
00041242
Artnet artist ID
sem
AskArt person ID
11210434
Babelio author ID
234188
Benezit ID
B00167538
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
128748531, 14896278w
Christie's creator ID
24601
CiNii Research ID
1140845216642457984
DDB person (GND) ID
122177886
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
122177886
Dezède person ID
25828, 25827
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
georges-goursat-dit-sem
Europeana entity
agent/base/41899
FAST ID
65185
Finnish National Gallery artist ID
76FD81F0-F31A-4A69-B862-9DF2DD121A56
Freebase ID
/m/0gmc0v9
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
991004591129707141
Google Arts & Culture entity ID
m0gmc0v9
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
sem-1
IdRef ID
027342867
Invaluable.com person ID
28jn61npoo
Isidore scholar ID
sem
KBR person ID
14430438
Larousse ID
personnage/wd/143852
Le Delarge artist ID
5724_artiste_SEM_
Léonore ID
19800035/546/62403
Léonore Web ID
168588
Met Constituent ID
27310
Musée d'Orsay artist or personality ID
21919
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA13917222
NDL Authority ID
01146601
NL CR AUT ID
hka20191037218
NUKAT ID
n2018248702
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000433333
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007280518605171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810577155905606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
072775947
Open Library ID
OL1673279A
OpenMLOL author ID
327681
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
49876
Prabook ID
2307051
RKDartists ID
94050
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
104479
SBN author ID
UBOV600740
SNAC ARK ID
w6x374cg
Saint Louis Art Museum person ID
16054
Treccani ID
sem_res-3d8ba7ad-86d9-11dc-9a1b-0016357eee51
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
sem_res-0226b752-8bb7-11dc-8e9d-0016357eee51
Union List of Artist Names ID
500016883
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/319739
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PCjvDxTRRbdWqDvdVH8Xwyb, E39PBJppFdxrFyKvbpMRjGbcfq
Yale LUX ID
person/567731ea-248f-4339-b063-280591565623

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 5
painter, graphic designer, opinion journalist, caricaturist, poster artist
Field of work 3
caricature, poster, opinion journalism
Award received 1
Officer of the Legion of Honour
Country of citizenship 1
France
Given name 1
Georges
Has works in the collection 1
Finnish National Gallery
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
French
Place of birth 1
Périgueux
Place of death 1
Paris
Relative 1
Pierre Goursat
Sex or gender 1
male
← Cast member 1
Camille
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Summary

Sem's place of birth was Périgueux[1]. He was born on November 22, 1863[2]. He passed away in Paris[3]. He died on November 26, 1934[4]. He worked as a poster artist[5], painter[6], caricaturist[7], graphic designer[8], and opinion journalist[9].

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Career and Affiliations

Fields of work include caricature[12], an art genre[23]; opinion journalism[13], a journalism genre[24]; and poster[14], a type of creative work[25].

FAQs

Where was Sem born?

Sem was born in Périgueux[1].

Where did Sem die?

Sem died in Paris[3].

What did Sem do for work?

Sem worked as poster artist[5], painter[6], caricaturist[7], graphic designer[8], and opinion journalist[9].

What awards did Sem receive?

Honors received include Officer of the Legion of Honour[15].

Related Entities

France Périgueux

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana. wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana. wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [2] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [4] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Medol · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'pt']
    Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID → sem-1
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: sem-1, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/327063158|Sem (#327063158)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8549|GEC — Biografies — "
  2. 20w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dezède person ID → 25828, 25827
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Dezède person ID: 25827, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259603|batch #259603]]"
  3. 22w ago · Bargioni · 2026-06-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Citizenship → —
    Languages spoken, written or signed → French
    Artist files at → Frick Art Research Library, Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library
    Has works in the collection → Finnish National Gallery, Musea Brugge, Print Collection
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/34352|batch #34352]]: add P1810 to P8034"
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