Chuck Close - Wikipedia
Charles Thomas Close (July 5, 1940 – August 19, 2021) was an American painter, visual artist, and photographer who made massive-scale photorealist and abstract portraits of himself and others. Close also created photo portraits using a very large format camera.
Chuck Close Paintings, Bio, Ideas | TheArtStory
Chuck Close's methodical, system-driven portraits are inseparable from his own daily reckoning with the body's own vulnerable, material condition.
Chuck Close | Biography, Art, Style, & Facts | Britannica
Chuck Close (born July 5, 1940, Monroe, Washington, U.S.—died August 19, 2021, Oceanside, New York) was an American artist noted for his highly inventive techniques used to paint the human face. He is best known for his large-scale Photo-realist portraits.
Chuck Close, Artist of Outsized Reality, Dies at 81
Aug 19, 2021 — Chuck Close, who rose to prominence in the 1970s and ’80s with colossal Photorealist portraits of himself, family members and fellow artists, but who late in his career faced accusations of...
Chuck Close - Paintings, Quotes & Facts - Biography
Apr 2, 2014 — Chuck Close was noted for his highly inventive techniques in painting the human face. He rose to fame in the late 1960s for his large-scale, photorealist portraits.
Chuck Close - MoMA
Charles Thomas Close (July 5, 1940 – August 19, 2021) was an American painter, visual artist, and photographer who made massive-scale photorealist and abstract portraits of himself and others. Close also created photo portraits using a very large format camera.
Photorealist Painter Chuck Close Dies At 81 - NPR
Aug 20, 2021 — Chuck Close, who was known for his giant photorealist portraits of friends and colleagues in the art world, has died at the age of 81. Late in life, Close faced accusations of sexual...
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Official Chuck Close website. © 2014–2016 Chuck Close. All Rights Reserved. Unless otherwise noted, all artwork reproduced courtesy the artist, Pace Prints, and Pace Gallery.
Remembering Chuck Close, The Creator of 'Troubling Icons' | TIME
Aug 20, 2021 — Close, a gruff iconoclast and minimalist who created Photorealist portraits across five decades, died on Thursday in New York at 81.
Chuck Close, Artist Whose Photorealist Portraits Captivated America ...
Aug 23, 2021 — Chuck Close, the acclaimed American artist known for his stunning photorealist portraits, died last Thursday at age 81. As Ken Johnson and Robin Pogrebin report for the New York...